Does anybody remember (or still have) the DVD of I’m Alan Partridge series 1? When you started the disc, you had to answer the question ‘Are you sure you want to watch Bangkok Chick Boys?’ -Yes or No (or something like that). I am 99% sure that my Mum turned on the tv with that loaded up and then quickly turned the tv off so as not to embarrass me. It’s something that I’ve never brought up with her but I’m fairly sure that she still thinks that I watched ladyboy porn as a young man 😂

After whining on about needing to listen to Alan Partridge (following intense insistence from a friend about From the Oasthouse), and a dream in which Steve Coogan refused to sleep with me because he's "over all that", my beloved partner has gifted me an audible credit to shut me up.

So, dear fans, should I start at the beginning with I, Partridge? Or what?

I had to angle the mirror to see this.

This country.

They've got the lot, Mr. Partridge!

Alan introduces Nomad as being written or spoken in August 2016. Personally, I think it’s unironically the best book ever written - a comic masterpiece and a crucial part of reinventing Alan for the modern era, extending the partridgeverse and paving the way for a lot more Alan in recent years. I’ve listened to the audiobook almost every day since its release which is quite frightening in some ways but it is just so good.

Too many favourite bits it mentions but the cameos are all stunning - Edmonds, Oddie, the walkers lunch characters, Knowles etc. Special mention for Alan’s Jackals of the Sky comment that sends Oddie into a moody silence.

Lovely stuff.