Dad, the Donkey's on Fire

A mixture of stories, poems and autobiography: the donkey survives the fire, and the poet survives in a northern world where the sun does not shine equally or often on all and where Postman Pat pens a suicide note, maddened by his theme tune, but keeps on driving all the same.

Ian McMillan is a regular radio and television presenter and contributor to "NMW" and other magazines.