Charlie Mackesy interview this day (UK) 8/Oct/2025

Writer and illustrator Charlie Mackesy, famous for best-selling book The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse, has revealed it took six years for him to complete his next book, because his iPad full of ideas was stolen. His latest book, Always Remember, sees the return of the much-loved characters from his previous book, but the author believes he could have finished it earlier had he been able to keep hold of his iPad. "A lot of drawings got stolen from my car," he explained. "I started doing rough drawings and writing situations for the book on the iPad, because it was easier. So, I basically put together a lot of the pages and it hadn't backed itself up." #charliemackesy There is a "People" playlist on the channel if you are interested.