Personal and diary update. I’m sorry to say I will not be at Bristolcon this weekend. My father has died, and I will be dealing with all that follows, and mostly offline, until further notice.

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Terrance Dicks is why I am an author. One of the greatest small moments of my life was when he passed a good luck message on to me, via @paulcornell.bsky.social, at the launch of my debut novel Empire State at Forbidden Planet London back in 2012.

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It's been so nice not thinking about Matt Hancock

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It is worse. Mum, in a dementia care home & brave stance of the the Mngr, who'd just moved into her role, refused to take anyone without full testing. Protected staff too. Bravest front line, against Gov guidance. Mum survived 2 more yrs. I can't thank mgr enough for that precious time! #Hancock

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Matt Hancock is now claiming his claim that a ‘protective ring’ had been placed around care homes during the height of the Covid pandemic was ’clearly a piece of rhetoric’. So, as the inquiry has concluded: a lie. Every new thing we learn about Hancock, the worse he seems as a person.

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