My lovely publishers A&C Black sent me an advance copy of my book. It’s a huge moment for me personally – feels like getting exam results through a bit: the culmination of a lot of work over a lot of time and something tangible, real and useful in your hands.

In the spirit of all things geek, I thought I would have some fun and do an "un-boxing" set of pics, like people do whenever they are first to get their mits on a new iPhone or nice bit of kit.