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Anyway, I’m delighted you’re here, so hello.

 

Latest News

Updated 01/03/2014

New Live Dates For 2014

My first live dates for 2014 are now online and there’s more to come too!
Find out where you can see my show Growing Old Disgracefully and book tickets HERE

Recent ‘Granny Annexe’ Columns Now Online

The most recent editions of my monthly column for The Oldie are now available to read here.

My Latest Book Is Now Available

My latest book No! I Don’t Need Reading Glasses! – Growing Older Disgracefully is now available

It’s a follow-up to No! I Don’t Want To Join a Bookclub and continues the adventures of Marie Sharp.

‘Marie Sharp is a genius comic creation’ Daily Express

You can purchase a copy (including the Kindle format) from Amazon UK here

 

20 Years of Agony Aunt Advice in The Independent

John Walsh has written a  very nice piece about my “Dilemmas” column for The Independent which is now 20 years old.

You can read it here.

Latest Radio Appearances

My recent radio appearances have all been on BBC Radio 4 and included chatting to Clive Anderson about my latest book No! I Don’t Need Reading Glasses! on Loose Ends, contributing to a documentary about one of my favourite writers Julian Maclaren Ross and choosing my favourite music for a podcast series called Inheritance Tracks. You can listen to all of these again via my TV and Radio page HERE

Forthcoming Robin Ironside Exhibition

Robin Ironside: Inner Eye (16 April – 21 June 2014)
The South Gallery,
Abbot Hall,
Kendal,
Cumbria LA9 5AL

Visit the exhibition website here

Robin Ironside Website

A content rich online resource dedicated to the life and work of Robin Ironside is now available here

My book Robin Ironside: Neo-Romantic Visionary (written with Peter Boughton, and Simon Martin) was published to accompany two exhibitions of my late uncle’s work in 2012. It’s now available from the Pallant House Gallery Bookshop. You can find out more about Robin Ironside and hear me talking about him on the BBC radio Today programme here.