The likelihood of someone who announces on social media that they are leaving social media actually leaving social media is statistically zero.

Great that the Strait of Hormuz has reopened but I worry that, with all this news coverage, it'll become too commercialised now. Hard to see it recreating the amazing nights that those of us who were there in the early days had.

When's International Men's Day? I want to talk about the fact that spelling bee accepts two spellings of Mama and only one spelling of Papa.

I am of course old enough for sooty but was sadly not alive for the changeover.

This is a great joke because it only works on people a) older than me b) who have any memory of the history of Sooty and who are c) prepared to overlook the fact that even the topical Iran bit is weeks out of date.

Remember when Trump achieved regime change by replacing Harry Corbett with Matthew Corbett on Sooty.

Actually, it's just a fun murder mystery, but I thought I'd have a stab at the Matt Goodwin style of book promotion.

This is the book they don't want you to read.

The media, the government, the elites who run this country.

None of them want you to see what's inside.

But thousands are finding it for one reason and one reason only...

They want the truth.

www.amazon.co.uk/Everybody-Re...

I have a very fun scene in The Other Bennet Sister in episode five tonight. BBC1. 8pm.

I had a lot of fun.

Ah, that's nice.

The Oscars and Shaun Murphy I just watched some of the Oscars and as usual I was conflicted between the two competing thoughts of ‘This is all so stupid’ and ‘Dear God, I wish I was there’.

I've written a little bit about the Oscars and Shaun Murphy... ferguscraig.substack.com/p/the-oscars...

Only the BBC would, the day after it launched its flagship new show, put an article on its front page saying the show split critics.

Oh God.

A couple of book clubs who are reading 'I'm Not The Only Murderer in My Retirement Home' have been in touch to ask if I'll come and chat to them. I've said yes because I can and it seems like fun. If your book club is doing the same then let me know!

Oh, this was me before I got into costume. All my own gear.

This is the reason my walk to New Zealand suddenly diverted to Wales. So fun to see some of The Other Bennet Sister last night. I will be popping up in it from time to time later in the series. Starts on BBC1 this Sunday night.

Just bought a euromillions ticket for tonight and Friday. I'm going to feel like a right idiot if I win £181m tonight and end up having wasted £2.50 on Friday's ticket.

Oh, excellent. Glad you're enjoying.

Woken up with a hangover to find the tabs open in my browser include the wiki pages of Gore Vidal, Norman Mailer, Mother Teresa and former Portsmouth striker David Nugent.

Sorry if I'm not my usual self today. My eighty day wordle streak just came to an end. Need some time to process.

And if you've read it yourself, you may be interested to know I popped into the Royal Academy of Arts today and happened to notice that I was in the Sackler Wing.

Thinking of taking tomorrow morning off just so I can finish the Empire of Pain audiobook. It is absolutely unbelievable and might well be my favourite ever non-fiction.

Nice to see people enjoying the audiobook. Read brilliantly by Joan Walker. And of course, it is very much available in delicious hardback.

The cover of The Town House by Norah Lofts.

The audiobook image for Earth to Moon by Moon Unit Zappa.

The cover of Something to Answer For, by P.H. Newby.

The cover of I Am Not The Only Murderer In My Retirement Home by Fergus Craig.

Books read or listened to February 2026. Good historical fiction, a memoir of an unusual childhood, a cozy/comic mystery and a Booker Prize winner I am still trying to understand. The mystery from @ferguscraig.bsky.social was a fun break from the rest.

Gorton and Denton sound like a double act from the 2000s who went to Edinburgh a couple of times but never really took off. One of them went into corporate video production and the other retrained as a lawyer.

CANBERRA WEEKLY 26 FEBRUARY 2026: NEW CRIME FROM FERGUS CRAIG, JOHN McMAHON and KATE ALICE MARSHALL This week in the Canberra Weekly I reviewed three enjoyable crime novels that tackle the serial killer thriller from very different perspectives! Inside Man by John McMahon (Harper Collin…

This week in the Canberra Weekly I reviewed 3 very different books with a serial killer theme. @ferguscraig.bsky.social's is very funny Also enjoyable are the ones by #JohnMcMahon & @katealicemarshall.bsky.social murdermayhemandlongdogs.com/canberra-wee...

31 page-turning new thrillers to read Prepare yourself for espionage, murder and mayhem.

I'm Not The Only Murderer In My Retirement Home makes it to the New York Post. I think we now know what Carrie Bradshaw and Spike Lee are going to be reading next... nypost.com/2026/02/21/l...

Saw Martin Lewis at the theatre once. Imagine the damage I could have done to his reputation if I saw him buy Maltesers from the bar rather than a nearby shop.

Good point. Fun to chat the new book on the Herring pod.