A whole bunch of stuff for you to look at today as I'm doing nothing but powering along with finishing up my short - Shouting and Pointing - for the Alibi Channel/Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. Would it be foolish to say I was expecting great things to come from it? Probably but I've said it now so it's out there.

On the subject of crime writing, John Connolly's The Whisperers is out this week (the 12th I think) which I'm really looking forward to and Mark Billingham also has a new Thorne novel out in the shape of From The Dead. This means that summer is well and truly on its way, not that you'd know it.

In a coincidental chain of events this weekend, I have come across references to the TV show Sapphire and Steel three or four times. A while back I considered writing a script for it but I'm sure more powerful and influential people than I have thought about this since Doctor Who successfully rebranded itself. That said, there is a very cool series of Sapphire and Steel audio books over at Big Finish who also produce the Doctor Who audio along with a bunch of other neat stuff including some new Sherlock Holmes adventures. Take note - this is not cheap shit. Their production values are something else. If you're bored of only having songs on your ipod, load it up with a few of these as well. Good stuff.

Jumping the rails, it's awesome to see Adam Ant back on track. Funny how you never thought you missed people until they turned up again. For however long he sticks around, it's great to see him being himself again. Lynne (50ft Woman) went to check out the show a few nights back and reported all the right things. Not only is he back on track, but he's still not afraid of doing whatever it is that needs doing - he's been seen duetting Prime Mover with Zodiac Mindwarp and also Cars with Gary Numan (dressed as V from V for Vendetta).

Much more of this. Now in fact. Superb interview with the AntMan currently available right here.

And just for the hell of it, remember that cool Dalek Poster a few links back? Here's another. There's still a few days left for one of the political parties to get their head around this and come up with some ideas we all might actually be interested in.