Driven into the arms of literary critic and part-time pun-mogul Paul Cardin by Lockdown boredom, Nobby Dee gets into fishy Wirral waters involving halibut pellets, hard drugs and nymphomaniacs.

T’other day, I spoke to my literary agent Paul Cardin the proprietor of Wirral In It Together, and he suggested that rather than spend all my time masturbating in the privacy of my own home repeatedly viewing the YouTube coverage of Saddam Hussein’s execution, I’d do better to spend my Loc kdown time writing a book.

And I have. I’ve begun to write a book. Cognisant that one should write about what you know, I’ve decided to write a book about fishing for Barbel. It’s a wonderful read. It’s about me fishing for Barbel. Basically, it’s me getting up in the morning, having my breakfast, getting hold of my Shimano Classic Vengeance Barbel rod, reel and other stuff and lugging it…