Sunday 11th November 2012. Armistice Day. Remembrance Sunday. Poppy Day. Poppies bloomed across some of the worst battlefields of Flanders in World War I, their brilliant red colour symbolising the blood spilled in the war. Hostilities formally ended “at the…
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Photoshoots, Chefs, Sheep and a Goat called Gorgeous George!
It’s been a mad, mental amazing last few weeks. I’ve driven over 4000 miles, presented to over 20 schools and one fantastic book festival and done two or three slightly unusual things. Spot the odd one out. A Masterchef winner…
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Tagged with: BBC, book, book signing, children's, first, Generator, George, Geriatric, Giant, Goat, Gok Wan, Gordon Ramsay, Gorgeous, Hotel GB, Masterchef, Primary, Radio Royal, reid, school, schools, signings, teachers. motivate
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Saved By The Bell!
I have the best job in the world! Is this what real authors do? Is this what it actually feels like to call myself a proper author and do proper author things? Or maybe it’s all pretend and I’m just…
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Funnyer Than David Wallyums
Back in the olden days, when I had a real job, I used to present in illustrious venues such as the Burj Al Arab to esteemed audiences as the British Embassy and the British Business Group. Usually with those presentations,…
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Tagged with: bogies, book, calvin, children's, creativity, David, first, George, Gorgeous, innes, reid, schools, stuart, Walliams
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Hero Worship!
These blogs are becoming monthly rather than weekly episodes but I think I’ve got a good enough excuse this time. Two weeks in Orlando on a screenwriting fact-finding and ‘research’ mission (I have to say that, for tax purposes) followed…
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Tagged with: axel scheffler, book, book signing, calvin, children's, Express, first, Generator, George, Geriatric, Giant, Gorgeous, Gruffalo, innes, JK Rowling, julia donaldson, london book fair, philip ardagh, reid, school, stuart, Sunday, writing, zigzag, zit-faced, Zombies
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As Seen On TV!
“Stuart Reid, the hardest working writer/presenter in Britain and author of Gorgeous George and the Giant Geriatric Generator, made his television debut this week, as seen on ITV’s Daybreak.” Except if you sneezed at 7.24am on Wednesday 11th July! It…
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Best. Week. Ever. Part 2!
The Giant Geriatric Generator Tour continues around Britain at a great pace and I’ve only got a 42 minute window in my busy schedule to bash out a very quick blog. I’ve called this episode Best.Week. Ever. Part 2 but…
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In My Make-Believe World.
Her Duchessness Kate is a fan. Posh Spice too, and her boys (although David still has to use his finger). JK Rowling’s read it and loved it. And so far this year Gorgeous George and the Giant Geriatric Generator is the…
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England 159 Scotland 0
Normally I’d find that type of scoreline rather upsetting, whether its being hammered at the football, rugby or any other sport for that matter. I still wince when I remember one of the first ever football matches I watched back…
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And Then I Met The BBC!
If you’ve never read one of my blogs before and you never intend to read another - read this one. Not because it’s brilliantly written (it’s not), a work of creative genius (far from it) or contains the secrets of the fountain…
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