I've got a new book coming out soon - As Easy As A Nuclear War - which is a collection of short stories inspired by…
pcuddihy8th May 2015
The 2014 World Cup kicks off on June 12 when hosts Brazil play Croatia. It’s a month of…
pcuddihy29th May 2014
Bloody foreigners … coming over here with their brilliantly-written books and educating and entertaining our children. What are they like? Coming here and forcing their…
pcuddihy25th May 2014
I’ve been reading a book on my mobile phone. Even just writing that sentence jars with me. It’s not right, is it? I’ve accepted that…
pcuddihy14th May 2014
Teachers are great. I might be slightly biased here, given that both my parents were teachers, but I still think they do an invaluable, but…
pcuddihy30th April 2014
I've been invited by one of my writer friends, Helen MacKinven, to take part in a series of blog posts where writers nominate others to answer four…
pcuddihy21st April 2014
Hands up who can remember the good old days of corporal punishment in Scottish schools? If you’re sitting reading this with your arm in the…
pcuddihy2nd April 2014
I was recently on holiday in Lanzarote. Have I mentioned that already? Sorry, but it was a wonderful break. One of the books I read…
pcuddihy4th March 2014