It’s been a strange, high-velocity week.

After 22 years of navigating the worlds of novels, short stories, songs, and podcasts, I decided to try my hand at a different kind of discipline: the short, sharp, and often surreal world of satire at NewsBiscuit.

NewsBiscuit has been a staple of the British satirical landscape since 2006. Founded by John O’Farrell with the goal of “bringing the news to a world that didn’t know it was missing any,” it has spent two decades as a training ground and a showcase for some of the sharpest comic minds in the country. Having followed the site’s evolution for years, there is a genuine thrill in finally contributing to such a storied stable. After a career spent largely in long-form storytelling, stepping into a platform with such a rich history of biting wit feels like a natural—if slightly chaotic—next chapter.

I’m pleased (and slightly surprised) to say that the “internal compiler” seems to be working. Today, I landed my second front page of the week with the lead headline story: Global AI labels the word ‘Artificial’ a hate crime.

It’s a fascinating challenge to see if you can still catch the eye of an editor and an audience in the space of a single coffee break. I’ll be contributing more to the site as the spirit (and the absurdity of the 2026 news cycle) moves me. For now, I’ll be back at the desk, working on the final polish of my sitcom and trying to figure out if the AI in my script is offended by this blog post.

Stay tuned.

Well that was a swift change of plans. My health hasn’t been the greatest and I am reaching that point in my life where my body and I are no longer on the best of terms which is why I decided to release the album much earlier than expected.

A little bit about the band:

The Polyphonic Troubadour: purveyors of musical mischief, sonic subversion, and genre-bending glee. We’re not just a band, we’re an experience – a kaleidoscopic journey through the absurd corners of modern life, all set to a soundtrack that’s as catchy as it is cunning.

Imagine a world where Britpop laments the woes of a truly terrible Friday night, disco grooves pulsate with the agony of endless hold music, gangsta rap takes on the titans of oversized vehicles, and art rock dissects the clichés of luxury advertising. That’s just a glimpse into the wonderfully weird world of The Polyphonic Troubadour. We tackle life’s absurdities head-on, armed with wit, whimsy, and a healthy dose of the unexpected. From bluesy confessions of being half-duck to hard rock anthems about demonic kittens, no subject is too sacred (or too silly) for our musical musings. And yes, we even have a barbershop quartet… about not being barbers.

The Polyphonic Troubadour on a musical adventure unlike any other. We promise you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll probably question your sanity… but you’ll definitely be humming along.

There we have it. Our debut album “Polyphonic Pandemonium” is out now. It will gradually spread itself across most streaming platforms. For now you can find the album on Amazon Music and YouTube, with Spotify and Tidal to come. Randomly it is already on TokTik.

You can listen to the album below.