Peter The Great

It takes a lot to make me laugh. And one man who can make me laugh — a lot — is Peter Searles (above). I last saw one of his one-man shows many years ago. And the first time I saw him was when I was camping at an arts festival with my kids back in the 1990s. He was so funny that we still laugh when talking about it now...

By complete chance, I met Peter again, for the first time in a decade, when I was helping out with the music at an end-of-term show at Crisis (the charity for homeless people) in London... and he was helping out with the drama.

He's still on the road and I (and my kids... now grown-up) are buying tickets to see him again. I would advise you that if you have any sense of humour, you should do the same.

Day Tripper

I recently went to Australia to do some features. It was a quick, packed visit and I was there for only five days. Everybody said it was a long way to go for such a short time.

Yesterday I managed to take that concept further and went to America for the afternoon. I flew to Philadelphia from London at noon on Saturday and got back into London at 10am this morning (Sunday).

Now, that is a long way to go for such a short time. It wasn't supposed to be like that, I should add. And this momentous waste of time was achieved only thanks to the US immigration authorities and the Department of Homeland Security.

The full story will be published before long...