Watching a mohawked punk covered in piercings and wearing torn up flannel, studs and spikes, give an opera-singing busker a very substantial tip.

My children’s story ‘Ghostwriter’ will appear in Short and Scary, a charity anthology published by fabulous Australian children’s publisher Black Dog Books. Proceeds from the book, which should be launched in February, will go to the Big Brother Big Sister organisation.

. . .the blade of a pain scraper
Ouch.

Proof that Google either doesn’t use your search history to generate its Gmail ads, or that it has a cruel sense of humour:

(It says, if you can’t see it: Read Meat, Amazing Food, and has a lovely little ad about all things meaty and bloody)
Why yes, I am a strict vegetarian.