Despite being promoted to Second Lieutenant, Dad looks about 12 in this photo.
In reality, he was about 20 and getting towards the end of his National Service.
But the question is - what do you call the stick that he's holding under his arm?
I can't remember for the life of me.
In reality, he was about 20 and getting towards the end of his National Service.
But the question is - what do you call the stick that he's holding under his arm?
I can't remember for the life of me.
February 9, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Despite being promoted to Second Lieutenant, Dad looks about 12 in this photo.
In reality, he was about 20 and getting towards the end of his National Service.
But the question is - what do you call the stick that he's holding under his arm?
I can't remember for the life of me.
In reality, he was about 20 and getting towards the end of his National Service.
But the question is - what do you call the stick that he's holding under his arm?
I can't remember for the life of me.
Who knew that George VI took time out of his busy schedule to write to "you and all other boys and girls at school" to celebrate victory in World War II?
It obviously meant a lot to Dad, as he kept this for the rest of his life.
It obviously meant a lot to Dad, as he kept this for the rest of his life.
February 8, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Who knew that George VI took time out of his busy schedule to write to "you and all other boys and girls at school" to celebrate victory in World War II?
It obviously meant a lot to Dad, as he kept this for the rest of his life.
It obviously meant a lot to Dad, as he kept this for the rest of his life.
Here's my Dad channelling Elvis in the army.
Dad did two years of National Service and rose to the rank of Second Lieutenant.
Want to find out more?
Then check out episode 8 of Letters To My Dead Dad wherever you get your podcasts!
Dad did two years of National Service and rose to the rank of Second Lieutenant.
Want to find out more?
Then check out episode 8 of Letters To My Dead Dad wherever you get your podcasts!
February 7, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Here's my Dad channelling Elvis in the army.
Dad did two years of National Service and rose to the rank of Second Lieutenant.
Want to find out more?
Then check out episode 8 of Letters To My Dead Dad wherever you get your podcasts!
Dad did two years of National Service and rose to the rank of Second Lieutenant.
Want to find out more?
Then check out episode 8 of Letters To My Dead Dad wherever you get your podcasts!
Fantastic time at the Horsebridge in Whitstable last night watching my old chum Mark Thomas perform a blisteringly funny night of stand-up.
Fantastic venue, fantastic comedian.
Both highly recommended!
Fantastic venue, fantastic comedian.
Both highly recommended!
February 2, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Fantastic time at the Horsebridge in Whitstable last night watching my old chum Mark Thomas perform a blisteringly funny night of stand-up.
Fantastic venue, fantastic comedian.
Both highly recommended!
Fantastic venue, fantastic comedian.
Both highly recommended!
Hilariously customised envelope, January 1984.
Hear what was in the letter in episode 7, out now!
If you've listened to and enjoyed Letters To My Dead Dad, I'd love it if you could post a 5* review on one of the big platforms (e.g. Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, etc.).
Hear what was in the letter in episode 7, out now!
If you've listened to and enjoyed Letters To My Dead Dad, I'd love it if you could post a 5* review on one of the big platforms (e.g. Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, etc.).
February 1, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Hilariously customised envelope, January 1984.
Hear what was in the letter in episode 7, out now!
If you've listened to and enjoyed Letters To My Dead Dad, I'd love it if you could post a 5* review on one of the big platforms (e.g. Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, etc.).
Hear what was in the letter in episode 7, out now!
If you've listened to and enjoyed Letters To My Dead Dad, I'd love it if you could post a 5* review on one of the big platforms (e.g. Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, etc.).
Cartoon published in RANT magazine, Exeter University, 1984. Rant was an arty magazine full of arty poetry, creative writing and photography. So I submitted a craply drawn cartoon ro Rant, richly ripping the piss out of it.
And to their credit, they published it.
And to their credit, they published it.
January 31, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Cartoon published in RANT magazine, Exeter University, 1984. Rant was an arty magazine full of arty poetry, creative writing and photography. So I submitted a craply drawn cartoon ro Rant, richly ripping the piss out of it.
And to their credit, they published it.
And to their credit, they published it.
"I think you'd have to be quite a niche pervert."
11 years ago today I fell down and broke my femur.
I had an operation to shove a big metal rod down it, spent over a week in a geriatric ward and took months to recover.
11 years ago today I fell down and broke my femur.
I had an operation to shove a big metal rod down it, spent over a week in a geriatric ward and took months to recover.
January 30, 2026 at 9:20 AM
"I think you'd have to be quite a niche pervert."
11 years ago today I fell down and broke my femur.
I had an operation to shove a big metal rod down it, spent over a week in a geriatric ward and took months to recover.
11 years ago today I fell down and broke my femur.
I had an operation to shove a big metal rod down it, spent over a week in a geriatric ward and took months to recover.
Watch to the end for the twist ending of this story that I told in Dad's eulogy.
Wasn't sure whether to post footage of his funeral, but I hope this story justifies my decision.
Want to know more? Then check out episode 7 of Letters To My Dead Dad, out now wherever you get your podcasts.
Wasn't sure whether to post footage of his funeral, but I hope this story justifies my decision.
Want to know more? Then check out episode 7 of Letters To My Dead Dad, out now wherever you get your podcasts.
January 28, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Watch to the end for the twist ending of this story that I told in Dad's eulogy.
Wasn't sure whether to post footage of his funeral, but I hope this story justifies my decision.
Want to know more? Then check out episode 7 of Letters To My Dead Dad, out now wherever you get your podcasts.
Wasn't sure whether to post footage of his funeral, but I hope this story justifies my decision.
Want to know more? Then check out episode 7 of Letters To My Dead Dad, out now wherever you get your podcasts.
"Buttery Commons", 'Laundress" and "Nurse" are just some of the things you could be charged for at Jesus College Cambridge in 1950.
January 27, 2026 at 7:37 PM
"Buttery Commons", 'Laundress" and "Nurse" are just some of the things you could be charged for at Jesus College Cambridge in 1950.
I'm going to be hosting Threads and Legends, a fashion show celebrating the University of Kent's 60th anniversary.
January 26, 2026 at 10:19 AM
I'm going to be hosting Threads and Legends, a fashion show celebrating the University of Kent's 60th anniversary.
Took this pic YESTERDAY in Rochester Cathedral!
They still have not one but TWO Christmas trees up!
WTF, Rochester??
They still have not one but TWO Christmas trees up!
WTF, Rochester??
January 25, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Took this pic YESTERDAY in Rochester Cathedral!
They still have not one but TWO Christmas trees up!
WTF, Rochester??
They still have not one but TWO Christmas trees up!
WTF, Rochester??
"And I'm reading this for the first time, so I hope I do it justice. Although I suspect it hasn't got a lot of justice owed to it."
Hear me read the script of what was kind of my first ever stand-up performance in early 1984 in ep 6 of Letters To My Dead Dad!
Hear me read the script of what was kind of my first ever stand-up performance in early 1984 in ep 6 of Letters To My Dead Dad!
January 24, 2026 at 7:17 PM
"And I'm reading this for the first time, so I hope I do it justice. Although I suspect it hasn't got a lot of justice owed to it."
Hear me read the script of what was kind of my first ever stand-up performance in early 1984 in ep 6 of Letters To My Dead Dad!
Hear me read the script of what was kind of my first ever stand-up performance in early 1984 in ep 6 of Letters To My Dead Dad!
"THE HOSPITAL FOR POO" spotted on day out in Rochester today.
January 24, 2026 at 6:37 PM
"THE HOSPITAL FOR POO" spotted on day out in Rochester today.
Envelope with customised Perishers cartoon.
Dad hated dogs, so look what I did to enhance the new Perishers stationery I'd got for Christmas in 1983.
This is the first letter I wrote to him in 1984.
Hear all about it in ep 6, out now wherever you get your podcasts.
Dad hated dogs, so look what I did to enhance the new Perishers stationery I'd got for Christmas in 1983.
This is the first letter I wrote to him in 1984.
Hear all about it in ep 6, out now wherever you get your podcasts.
January 22, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Envelope with customised Perishers cartoon.
Dad hated dogs, so look what I did to enhance the new Perishers stationery I'd got for Christmas in 1983.
This is the first letter I wrote to him in 1984.
Hear all about it in ep 6, out now wherever you get your podcasts.
Dad hated dogs, so look what I did to enhance the new Perishers stationery I'd got for Christmas in 1983.
This is the first letter I wrote to him in 1984.
Hear all about it in ep 6, out now wherever you get your podcasts.
The new series of the podcast I'm doing with the mighty Laura Lexx is back for a second series!
The Comedy Bureau is a super nerdy exploration of all things comedy, and to kick off the second series, the latest ep is about court jesters.
And a hey nonny nonny to that!
The Comedy Bureau is a super nerdy exploration of all things comedy, and to kick off the second series, the latest ep is about court jesters.
And a hey nonny nonny to that!
January 22, 2026 at 5:23 PM
The new series of the podcast I'm doing with the mighty Laura Lexx is back for a second series!
The Comedy Bureau is a super nerdy exploration of all things comedy, and to kick off the second series, the latest ep is about court jesters.
And a hey nonny nonny to that!
The Comedy Bureau is a super nerdy exploration of all things comedy, and to kick off the second series, the latest ep is about court jesters.
And a hey nonny nonny to that!
Check out my new DMs!
Those of you who were saddened by the recent demise of my old Doc Martens will surely be cheered by these cherry red bad boys currently adorning my feet.
Those of you who were saddened by the recent demise of my old Doc Martens will surely be cheered by these cherry red bad boys currently adorning my feet.
January 21, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Check out my new DMs!
Those of you who were saddened by the recent demise of my old Doc Martens will surely be cheered by these cherry red bad boys currently adorning my feet.
Those of you who were saddened by the recent demise of my old Doc Martens will surely be cheered by these cherry red bad boys currently adorning my feet.
2025 recording of 1983 song "Vile Style", with montage of stuff I talk about in the latest ep.
So, what do we have here?
So, what do we have here?
January 17, 2026 at 6:44 PM
2025 recording of 1983 song "Vile Style", with montage of stuff I talk about in the latest ep.
So, what do we have here?
So, what do we have here?
My Dad playing drums in a jazz band in probably the late 1940s.
So many questions!
Why is the pianist dressed like an elf?
So many questions!
Why is the pianist dressed like an elf?
January 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
My Dad playing drums in a jazz band in probably the late 1940s.
So many questions!
Why is the pianist dressed like an elf?
So many questions!
Why is the pianist dressed like an elf?
Pic 1: my first stand-up class of the year was a real smash with the students!
Pic 2: setting up pic one, with the instruction, "Pull a face like you're having an awful time."
What a brilliant bunch of students!
Pic 2: setting up pic one, with the instruction, "Pull a face like you're having an awful time."
What a brilliant bunch of students!
January 16, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Pic 1: my first stand-up class of the year was a real smash with the students!
Pic 2: setting up pic one, with the instruction, "Pull a face like you're having an awful time."
What a brilliant bunch of students!
Pic 2: setting up pic one, with the instruction, "Pull a face like you're having an awful time."
What a brilliant bunch of students!
Want to know what the world looked like to a teenage kid from Westmoreland, Jamaica in 1949?
Look no further! Here's a letter from my Dad's pen pal Lloyd George Bailey written on the 23rd of August that year.
Hear me read from it in ep 5 of Letters To My Dead, wherever you get your podcasts.
Look no further! Here's a letter from my Dad's pen pal Lloyd George Bailey written on the 23rd of August that year.
Hear me read from it in ep 5 of Letters To My Dead, wherever you get your podcasts.
January 15, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Want to know what the world looked like to a teenage kid from Westmoreland, Jamaica in 1949?
Look no further! Here's a letter from my Dad's pen pal Lloyd George Bailey written on the 23rd of August that year.
Hear me read from it in ep 5 of Letters To My Dead, wherever you get your podcasts.
Look no further! Here's a letter from my Dad's pen pal Lloyd George Bailey written on the 23rd of August that year.
Hear me read from it in ep 5 of Letters To My Dead, wherever you get your podcasts.
Found this intriguing set list in the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive @unikentarchives this morning.
Can you guess which fab British stand-up this belonged to?
Can you guess which fab British stand-up this belonged to?
January 14, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Found this intriguing set list in the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive @unikentarchives this morning.
Can you guess which fab British stand-up this belonged to?
Can you guess which fab British stand-up this belonged to?
My Dad's Jamaican penfriend Lloyd George Bailey in 1949.
In the latest ep of Letters To My Dead Dad, I not only talk about these beautiful photos but also read from a letter that Lloyd wrote to Dad.
Find it via link below or wherever you get your podcasts.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
In the latest ep of Letters To My Dead Dad, I not only talk about these beautiful photos but also read from a letter that Lloyd wrote to Dad.
Find it via link below or wherever you get your podcasts.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
January 14, 2026 at 8:08 PM
My Dad's Jamaican penfriend Lloyd George Bailey in 1949.
In the latest ep of Letters To My Dead Dad, I not only talk about these beautiful photos but also read from a letter that Lloyd wrote to Dad.
Find it via link below or wherever you get your podcasts.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
In the latest ep of Letters To My Dead Dad, I not only talk about these beautiful photos but also read from a letter that Lloyd wrote to Dad.
Find it via link below or wherever you get your podcasts.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
The cassette recordings that I talk about in ep 4, plus the Moog synth I used to record 'em.
Stay tuned for ep 5, to be released tomorrow...
Stay tuned for ep 5, to be released tomorrow...
January 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The cassette recordings that I talk about in ep 4, plus the Moog synth I used to record 'em.
Stay tuned for ep 5, to be released tomorrow...
Stay tuned for ep 5, to be released tomorrow...
Who likes my weird collage art?
The images always come from authentic vintage sources that I collect - old adverts, comics, magazines, theatre programmes, etc. And I work carefully to create vividly jarring juxtapositions.
The images always come from authentic vintage sources that I collect - old adverts, comics, magazines, theatre programmes, etc. And I work carefully to create vividly jarring juxtapositions.
January 12, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Who likes my weird collage art?
The images always come from authentic vintage sources that I collect - old adverts, comics, magazines, theatre programmes, etc. And I work carefully to create vividly jarring juxtapositions.
The images always come from authentic vintage sources that I collect - old adverts, comics, magazines, theatre programmes, etc. And I work carefully to create vividly jarring juxtapositions.
After over 15 years of great service, my DMs finally split on me.
WAH!!
WAH!!
January 10, 2026 at 2:36 PM
After over 15 years of great service, my DMs finally split on me.
WAH!!
WAH!!