I shall be taking a new show on the road for a short summer tour starting in Bournemouth on June 7th. It coincides with the paperback release of my most recent book Erebus, The Story Of A Ship, which has been more popular than I ever expected. In the two hour show, I’ll be telling her story and looking at how writing a book about a Victorian ship fits in with a life of Python, Ripping Yarns and eating camel liver in the Sahara.

I’m really sorry that the tour can’t be longer and take in more of the country. The reason is not that I’m lazy, quite the opposite, it’s because I’m making plans for a busy autumn, including publication of my North Korea journal and hopefully some travels. Watch this space.