Hello, I’m Andy Hawthorne. I live in Coventry, England, although my favourite place in the world is the Isle of Wight.

I’m a storyteller. It took me a surprisingly long time to work that out, considering I’ve been writing stories for years.

I grew up with British comedy at its most gloriously unhinged. Spike Milligan, Monty Python, Tom Sharpe. Then along came Douglas Adams. They taught me that the most ridiculous things can make perfect sense, provided you approach them with a straight face.

For years, I tried different approaches to writing. Columns, essays, fiction, radio scripts. I even tried being sensible occasionally. It didn’t last.

Eventually, I realised they all had something in common. Storytelling. So that’s what you’ll find here. Stories about ordinary life and sometimes, not so ordinary.