This week, Rod Stewart was photographed filling the pot holes down his road so he could drive his Ferrari again. Inspired by, in homage to and entirely in honour of Sir Rod's heroic pot hole filling exploits I wrote this one in the hope he might fill a few more... I have a list, Rod. Hit me up.

Recorded from my home in Southend and to celebrate Southend's new city status. This one's less witty and rather from the heart.... 

"A city built on kindness, by the people of Southend, lovingly acknowledged, as the nation’s seaside friend."

This edition features paramedic, mother and all-round superhero Serena De Lastic. Inspired by her patients, family and her own experience of working through the pandemic as a paramedic and in vaccination clinics, Serena has written a poem and short story. Witchy Poos and the Covid Fairy is a short illustrated story to help children with any anxieties and questions they may have around getting a vaccine. 

You can hear more about the book in a full interview with Serena on my "Now You're Talking" podcast. To support Serena in publishing and getting more copies of this book into schools click here to visit her Crowdfunding page. Illustrations by Fran Montgomerie.

Inspired by the many questions anyone else who's ever had to do a stool sample will undoubtedly have wrestled with. (Don't worry, it's all quite clean.)

In a special edition of the poetry podcast I shared a witty ditty about the bard and in honour of Burns Night two very special listeners also wrote their own poems too!

When it comes to cooking, I'm certainly no master chef. But since I've seen Jamie Oliver's mansion on tele I've started wishing I was!

The world's tennis number one has been causing a stir down under. I've changed his name for legal reasons so we'll call him No Vax Djokovic... but this is his story.

At this time of year it's good to look back at the last 12 months. From poetry competitions and publishing my first anthology to getting the Drivetime gig, being in a film and releasing a song; I'm lucky to have had a lot of little wins this year in spite of everything 2021 threw at us all. I hope this little ditty might inspire you to think about some of the events of your year and hopefully find a few things to be proud of, happy about and grateful for. Here's to an awesome, happy and healthy 2022!

A wise man once said "time is an illusion" - he was right. This instalment is for everyone else constantly chasing time and wondering how on earth you could possibly have lost an hour in what felt like 10 minutes. 

This little one is born from the fear of kids who enjoy the spirit of Halloween just a little too much! 

(No little cousins were harmed during the making of this poem)