Captain Bollytadger looked into his own sunken, dark eyes. It had not been a good night’s sleep, due in part to his own ravaged mental state, but also partly because the docks administrator had been in a skittish mood and shouted “Halt! Who goes there?” at every pirate that returned…

Captain Bollytadger trudged back down the hill, having left the foreign badger to his stony-tombed fate. The rush of power he felt with the badger’s trademark Casio wristwatch on his arm had quickly subsided to an immense feeling of guilt at taking his best friend’s trinket, which had subsequently subsided…

Captain Bollytadger looked around, he was in the middle of the forest. It must have been Europe, there were no woods this dark and dangerous in the Caribbean, and no distant steel drum music. It was so dark, in fact, that Bollytadger could hardly see where he was walking, it…

To no one’s surprise, Larry confiding in the woman whom he proceeded to push into a river was a slight misstep. And by sun-up, the whole town was buzzing with anticipation of the famous talking badger and the river-pushing vagabond who had so freely advertised him. A crowd of idle…

After their encounter with the French, it was something of a honeymoon period for Captain Bollytadger and the foreign badger. They weren’t having sex any more than they normally did (which was never), but other than that were very happy in each other’s company. The ship had made port in…

Looking out at the horizon with a badger atop his shoulder, Captain Bollytadger felt a renewed sense of optimism as he sailed across the ocean blue. A couple of days had passed since they departed from what remained of Zarajena and spirits were as high as ever amongst the crew…

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“Piracy is a crime!” The Captain’s words rang out around the port town of Zarajena, the silence was palpable, as his whole crew turned to him in shock, “… but the real crime would be letting all these people’s gold go to waste, eh lads!” he continued. A cheer erupted…

As I sat down with humourist Callum Gordon, author of the upcoming novel serialisation Captain Bollytadger and the Foreign Badger, one thing was eminently clear: I was in the presence of genius. This was a man who had entranced thousands of loyal readers with his biting political satire; irreverent comedy…