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My long-time writing partner Peter Lawrence and I had our first success in the 70’s, with our strip club-set comic novel IT’S YOUR MONEY IN MY POCKET, DEAR, NOT MINE IN YOURS, published by Quartet Books. THE MAO TSE TUNG WORKERS REVOLUTIONARY STRIPTEASE EMPORIUM was its long-delayed sequel, featuring many of its original characters. This...Continue reading→

KING ARTHUR'S DISASTERS was a BAA- and BAFTA-nominated show, with an all-star cast including the late great Rik Mayall as King Arthur, Matt Lucas as Merlin and Morwenna Banks as Guinevere.Continue reading→

PRETTY DEAD is a dark comedy by the well-known German playwright Fred Apke. Under its original title Das Huhn auf dem Rucken, it has been successfully performed in Germany and several other European countries.Continue reading→

BEANOTOWN IN BLOOM was an episode in the series DENNIS AND GNASHER, for which I was Script Consultant and Head Writer. Commissioned by comics publisher D C Thomson, the series was broadcast by the BBC.Continue reading→

Under the title KATZERS: CLAWS OF FURY, my YA novel was one of the first books published by Bloomsbury’s children’s division. PROLOGUE As he approached the foothills, the young Katzer warrior reined in his mount and turned to look back over the plain. It was a day’s ride away now, but in his mind’s eye...Continue reading→