These three are my favourite fictional creatives of all time. Doctor Who has a time machine, Willy Wonka has a chocolate factory, and Zaphod Beeblebrox has a spaceship that can travel anywhere instantly. All have a huge intellect. Essentially I think they’re so ridiculously happy and creative because they’re adults who can think like children. They break […]
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My five-year-old son always beats me at the memory game ‘pairs’. There are two possible outcomes: He beats me by a pretty clear margin. He crushes me decisively. In both cases, he verifies his win with painful slowness. I’m an adult; I have experience, and I have systems in place. How does he beat me?
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Where do you find your inspiration for writing? It takes serious discipline to be able to quickly switch into the right frame of mind to produce good material. Apparently Sean Lock (an excellent comic, you may have seen him on ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’ or ‘QI’) used to separate ‘work’ from ‘home’ by leaving the
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Watch this, it’s possibly my favourite rap video ever, by a gentleman called ‘Xzibit’. Even if hip hop is not your thing, please give it a go. As an over-the-top ‘day in the life’, I think it’s superb (and all the rude words have been omitted). Other than the music and lyrics (the subjective aspect),
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My son (5 years old) and I were playing superhero fights recently (we each play the role of a superhero and have a pretend battle e.g. Batman or Wolverine against, say, Hulk or the Joker). This was the selection process: Him: “Dad, let’s have a superhero fight.” Me: “OK. Who are we? Him: “I’m Iron
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