"Philip Threadneedle wrote his first book, A Cow in the Canteen, when he was at primary school. It was six pages long. You'll be delighted to hear that his current works are even longer, and every bit as exciting."

I come from the north of England and write funny children's books set in space. My debut novel, The Astronaut's Apprentice, was described as "laugh-out-loud funny in places... a fun and unusual book" by the Bookbag.

The sequel, City of Meteors, was released in December 2011. ...more

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A brief sexist aside in The Force Awakens (MILD SPOILERS)

It’s a long time since I’ve done a blog, and completely unprecedented for me to blog about a) sexism or b) Star Wars. Today, I find myself blogging about both.

Basically, there was a line in The Force Awakens which annoyed me, because I thought it was a textbook example of thoughtless sexism.

It’s surprising that the line bothered me, because it’s a throwaway remark in a film with some progressive

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