I realized that what sold was not the script but the connection of excitement, the acceleration of a heart beat, the comic tone, the sudden absurd eruption in the life of another.

Who do children identify with? Superman? Spiderman? Ironman? Barbie? Gandhi?

I identified immediately with their show. I reckon that this must be like Mr Benn. We need characters who somehow capture our imagination.

Yesterday, I started the day with a blog post entitled 'In the Tribble Valley' inspired by a series of tweets between people who I had never met

during the week we had students reading my blog, seeing their snow hat from last winter being commented on by people all around the world and retweeted by Rihanna (a robot - I kept that quiet not to spoil the effect) on Twitter.

I have indeed succeeded in my ambition, I even referred to Mr Benn in a conference I did in Plymouth in 2011 entitled "In Search of Nomad's Land".

a writer...(now, I come to think of it, I could say that now, I had never assumed that costume before)

whose story are we telling 'objectively'?

Another star discovered with my brother's telescope might have made a blemish in their cultural landscape...