Philip Ardagh
@PhilipArdagh
Award-winning children's author; poet
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Patron @StratLitFest & @NCBFGalaDa
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'Cerne Abbas Giant: has the mystery been solved?' The suggestion is that it turns out NOT to have been an advertisement for the 1993 drama FREE WILLY after all. #cerneabbas
Sir William Morrison, inventor of garlic breath, giving his creation one final test - on assistant, Miss Jennifer Merrygrove - before going public in announcement in The Times (of London). Girls' Own advice
Philip Ardagh Or receiving a 'Glasgow Kiss' from the person whose shoulders you have grabbed, which usually results in waking up in Casualty/A&E with severe concussion.
Philip Ardagh When I first visited the north east, my girlfriend’s mam offered me a ‘pek’ sandwich and I thought she was going to feed me bird food. Little did I know that I was on the threshold of initiation to the world of tinned meats…
Philip Ardagh Andy Vickers 🇺🇦🌻 Lovely Easter egg if that Beatles episode of Doctor Who had Ncuti sat in the audience of TOTP wondering where he'd seen this before.
Sharing festive reads throughout Dec. Day 21; Sunnytown’s vehicle-loving bunnies star in a Yuletide sleigh ride you'll never forget! Super-charged Christmas craziness, rollicking rhymes and action-packed artwork Philip Ardagh Ben Mantle Walker Books
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Some people may have forgotten/not know that the real Beatles did appear in a 1965 episode of #DoctorWho where they're seen performing 'Ticket To Ride' on the Tardis's Time Space Visualiser. They used a clip from Top of The Pops which was later wiped! #DoctorWho Beatles
Since Russell T announced that there'd be a Beatles episode, some of the suggestions for #DoctorWhoBeatles songs have been inspirational. These include:
•Norwegian Ood MrNoseybonk
*Get Strax when I'm 64 (soon)
•Long And Winding Scarf Andy Vickers 🇺🇦🌻
Superb!
Always looked after beautifully at the Borders Book Festival and I even got to carry a London Olympic torch one year. Season's greeting, one and all!