As 2022 draws to a close it’s time again to sit down for half an hour and work out where the year went?
The first few weeks of the year were a cloud of nervous, excited anticipation, dreaming…
Read moreDec 31 2022
As 2022 draws to a close it’s time again to sit down for half an hour and work out where the year went?
The first few weeks of the year were a cloud of nervous, excited anticipation, dreaming…
Read moreDec 31 2021
So farewell, 2021!
It’s been a funny old year and looking back, I can’t decide whether it’s been a fantastic year or a bit of a shitty one. First the shitty bits: Separation, death, fire, and of course a…
Read moreDec 31 2020
It’s a few hours before midnight on the last day of 2020. Even though I don’t really feel like it, I feel I need to force myself to write up a few things about the year that has gone, if…
Read moreMay 22 2020
Last night was the first of the socially distanced comedy nights. And in many ways, it went as planned.
A beautiful summer’s evening, with a massive audience of 5 people, who got just over 30 minutes of bespoke stand up…
Read moreMay 13 2020
Here's a transcript of the event description on Facebook.
1. Varför är det här på engelska? Linköping är ju i Sverige! Fy fan!
The short answer to that is: Deal with it! The longer answer is a combination of ‘Come…
Read moreMay 11 2020
On Thursday I ventured into the world of the Zoomosphere with a live event called 'Postcard From Sweden'. If you missed it, let's just say that you should have been there. Or maybe not.
It was all going so well…
Read moreMar 24 2020
Like every artistically inclined soul out there, I have seen this period of social distancing not as an inconvenience, but as a great opportunity. My plan is to use this time to live life to the fullest.
In other words…
Read moreMar 13 2020
Corona. It’s here. It is amongst us. And like every other non-expert out there, I don’t really know what to do other than follow official advice.
As the saying goes - Plan for the worst, hope for the best -…
Read moreFeb 13 2020
A couple of weeks ago, I travelled to the far north of Sweden. The very far north of Sweden. In fact it was as far as you can travel without falling off the map, if of course your map only…
Read moreDec 31 2019
As the year draws to an end, it’s time to do a quick summary of the year that has gone. I’ve snuck away to my office to write this as the smell of cooking rises up the stairs and as…
Read moreNov 19 2019
The other day I got some fan mail. I don’t think I’ve ever had any fan mail before, not even fake fan mail from my wife, mother or children. So it was quite exciting to get a piece of fan…
Read moreOct 22 2019
A week or so ago I went to Pilsen in the Czech Republic to show our film Big In Sweden at the International Road Movie Festival
It’s taken me a few days to get round to blogging about it because…
Read moreAug 29 2019
A couple of Sundays ago stand up comedy in Linköping went underground. Well, into an underground carpark at least.
The original plan was to put the show on with the audience lounging around on picnic blankets outside Stadshuset, sipping white…
Read moreJul 23 2019
I did a gig in Nyköping the other day.
I wonder if there is any other job or even hobby which involves so much travel for so little actual ‘doing’. It's nearly always a hell of a long commute for…
Read moreJul 21 2019
It's raining. It's mid-July. And I remembered that I have a blog. I guess I'm suffering from that mid-summer malaise of the freelancer. This is the point in the summer, usually when the rain is falling hardest, where you realise…
Read moreMay 21 2019
It was a funny old week last week, in more ways that one. I went to see some politicians from the culture department speak about their vision for Linköping’s kulturliv. The event came to me as a bit of a…
Read moreApr 4 2019
It’s a weird feeling. .. But our sitcom is finally going to be broadcast on proper telly. Thinking back, the first time Al and I discussed this idea was probably two and a half years ago in a cafe in…
Read moreFeb 13 2019
Last night the Brexit Express steamrolled to my home town, Linköping. The UK Foreign Office are on a PR offensive trying to reassure businesses, expats and potential tourists that even though the UK is going down the drain at speed…
Read moreJan 20 2019
The other day I made an incredible scientific discovery about beavers and their bottoms.
I don’t want to take credit for the actual science, or give the impression that it was I who first made this discovery for…
Read moreDec 30 2018
As 2018 draws to a close, here's a quick look back at the year that was.
Like most years, when you sit back during those strange, long-weekend-like days between Xmas and New Year, it’s hard to remember what…
Read moreDec 23 2018
It's almost Xmas. I'm exhausted. My defences and usual cynicism have been gently eroded over an intensive month. I've been holed up, writing until my fingers bleed. On the few occasions I have ventured out into the real world…
Read moreNov 12 2018
When I was in my final year at university, my friend Tom and I had a simple plan for the future: Move to New York.
This was back in 1998 and when the internet still hadn’t really come…
Read moreNov 8 2018
In the early 2000's I went to see the brilliant, pranksterfly rap artist Chilly Gonzales at the Scala in King's Cross, London. One of the best live acts I've ever seen, here was a Jewish Canadian rapper who lived…
Read moreOct 30 2018
Just a quick one to say that I am on my way to New York to attend the Nordic International Film Festival (NIFF) where we'll show a few scenes from the film, which is now called 'Big in Sweden'…
Read moreOct 22 2018
I need to start this blog post with a warning and a caveat.
First the warning: This is about Linköping’s cultural life, so perhaps appeals to a very small group of readers. If you have any sense and…
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