It was great to meet lots of people at Thames Ditton last night. Thanks to everyone who turned up – I hope you enjoyed the evening. Thank you also Marion, Liz and the rest of the Library staff for doing all the planning that made everything go so smoothly.

There’s a photo on the gallery page of me standing next to the publicity card – I guess in boring moments people were able to play Spot the Difference between Author Done Up For Professional Photograph and Author In The Flesh (minus hairspray, lipstick and soft focus). This is another good reason for taking Dug, who looks even scarier than I do.

Excellent news on the St Albans library visit – the folk from the Verulamium museum will be joining us, bringing all sorts of fascinating things Roman for everyone to look at and play with. Details are on the Diary page.