BBC History

My two previous Footsteps pieces have been placed on the magazine’s web site. For Clare Priory, please click here; and for Tymperley’s Clock Museum, please click here.

BBC Countryfile

My latest “Five days to the weekend” piece, featuring Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, is now online. Click here to read it.

MSN Tech & Gadgets UK

My eBook Reader roundup for the MSN Tech & Gadgets UK web site is now online – please click here to read it.

Microsoft Windows Magazine, issue 36

The latest issue of Microsoft’s official Windows title features three of my contributions. There’s a four-page featuring on installing Windows 7 as an upgrade from Windows Vista, plus a recycled piece on speeding up startup and shutdown in Windows XP. Finally, my regular four-page Q&A column is also present.

Click here for details.

Blues News

My latest Ex-Factor column appears in today’s special match-day programme to accompany Birmingham City’s home match with Bolton Wanderers. Click here for details.

BBC Countryfile

My latest Five Days to the Weekend piece, featuring Chagford in Dartmoor, is online here.

PC Answers

My back-up feature from issue 195 of PC Answers can now be read in its entirety at the PCA web site, exactly as it appeared in the original magazine. Click here for details.

PC Answers, 203

The latest issue of PCA goes on sale Thursday (17th September), and features my usual Helpdesk contribution (the entire section, despite appearances), plus a tutorial on ridding yourself of the Conficker worm.

The main attraction, however, is the cover feature: Healthcheck your PC, a seven-page guide to running regular maintenance tasks to keep your hardware and software running smoothly.

Issue 203 will cost £5.99, and more details can be found here.

BBC Countryfile

This week’s “Five days to the weekend” piece features Wells Next The Sea in Norfolk. Click here to view.

Computeractive

I’ve just submitted my Masterclass on “Backing up your hard drive for free”, a guide to drive imaging using free software. It will be published in issue 304, in late October.

Blues News

My third “Ex-Factor” column, featuring the exploits of ex-Blues stars as players and managers, will be published this Sunday in Birmingham City’s official match day programme, priced £3.00 for the match against local rivals Aston Villa. Click here for more details.

Windows Magazine

I’ve been commissioned for a four-page feature on extending the life of your PC in addition to my regular Q&A column for issue 37 of the magazine. Deadlines for both are next week.

BBC Who Do You Think You Are?

I’ve been commissioned to write a guide to using Serif PhotoPlus 9 for the next issue of the BBC’s genealogy magazine. Deadline late September.

BBC Countryfile

Market Bosworth in Leicestershire is the subject of this week’s “Five Days to the Weekend” feature – click here to view it.

MSN Tech & Gadgets

I’ve just been commissioned for my first piece for the MSN Tech & Gadgets web site (click here), a roundup of eBook Readers. Deadline at the end of this month – link will follow after publication.

Microsoft Windows Magazine, issue 35

The latest issue of Microsoft’s official magazine for Windows XP, Vista and 7 is now on-sale, priced £4.99, featuring my regular four-page Q&A column. Click here for more details.

BBC Countryfile Magazine

My latest “Five days to the weekend” piece, featuring Longridge in Lancashire, is now online – click here to read it.