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"Can I have a dragon, please, Dad?" The answer is no. Or is it? In Ben's world, dragons exist like dogs and fulfill all the doggy functions with dragon overlays, like having two heads, or being able to fly. The dragons all correspond to various breeds of dog.

"Flap your wings, Rascal," says Ben. But Rascal's wings don't work. What else can he use?

"Out you go," says Dad. It is cold outside. How can a little dragon get in? Ben's dad won't let Rascal in until he learns how to beg. Rascal has other ideas, and Dad is not happy. Looks like Rascal is in trouble.

In the telling of his own tale, children's author and screenwriter Paul Jennings demonstrates how seemingly small events can combine into a compelling drama. As if assembling the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, he puts together fragments, memories and anecdotes to reveal the portrait of a complex and weathered soul.

Christopher is 12,000 miles from home. The pub has a dirt floor and the owner is as rough as guts. The forest hides snakes, feral pigs and a dark secret. Mysterious, bold and strange. Expect the unexpected. And watch your step. Enter this place and you will be different forever.

When he finds himself in a cruel orphanage, Anton does just that and hides on an ocean liner. Fear and desperation are his only companions. Two other passengers have secrets of their own. When nothing is what it seems, can they help each other? Or will they sink into a sea of troubles?

Welcome to the Museum Doctor Podcast! Our host, Dr. Paul Jennings has spent a career diagnosing and responding to performance related health issues in visitor attractions of different types and sizes in the UK and beyond. In this initial series Paul interviews senior leaders in the field to gain an understanding of how others have navigated market challenges of the last few years and remained commercially sustainable. Dundee City Council supported this project which is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.