Noted poet Andrew McMillan tweeted recently that he had enjoyed my newnewnew book, the pleasure of regret.
He accompanied the tweet with the following picture:

Of course, because I’m polite, I responded with thanks and ANDREW MCMILLAN DOUBLED DOWN ON HIS PRAISE:
There you have it – “It’s great” from one of the UK’s leading poets.
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Here’s a video of me recently performing at the prestigious (it has a Wikipedia page) comedy night, Quantum Leopard. Listen to how much fun the crowd is having. You could have that much fun, too!
Forthcoming gigs include the following – there may/will be others:
6th May 2026, 8.15pm: Prop Roulette at the Caroline of Brunswick for the Brighton Fringe
27th June 2026: Twinkles Cabaret, London
14th July 2026: Poole, Dorset
5th November: Isle of Wight
14th November: Welwyn
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