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The French for really sad thoughts
- Sigrid Rausing
- 09 October 2008
I have had 17 emails so far, some requiring long and thoughtful responses. I answer on my BlackBerry in between writing this and testing my son on French adjectives
Fighting on to the end
- Anthony Howard
- 02 October 2008
With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight on to the end - a message for Gordon Brown to give the troops?
Kate Adie's diary
- Kate Adie
- 25 September 2008
I wondered if the breakfast show phone-in had a list of those Not to be Put on Air in Any Circumstances. Just like every other public access programme I've worked on, they did
Oh no, the Home Secretary has my jacket
- Daisy McAndrew
- 18 September 2008
- 1 comment
To cheer myself up in party conference season I splurge on a smart new suit. Then, in the FT, I see Jacqui Smith resplendent in same. Is there anyone I'd less like to see wearing my clothes in public, I wonder
Dinner with Tutu and a day with the Barmy Army
- Richard Dowden
- 11 September 2008
"You were wonderful," beamed the archbishop, thanking the audience for their support in the anti-apartheid struggle. Several looked uneasily into their napkins
How to live a braver, wilder life
- Rebecca Lenkiewicz
- 04 September 2008
Having a production on always feels as if you've been in a boxing match. I'm beginning to care less about the critics' jabs, which implies I'm entering a state of either Zen or monomania
Carnival, the best time of the year
- Alan Scholefield
- 28 August 2008
It feels like we're obeying the command of some god who hovers over North Kensington and issues a bacchanalian order every August bank holiday. Don't work. Party
An idyllic setting for some extreme karaoke
- Phill Jupitus
- 21 August 2008
One of the more ludicrous modern clichés is that comedy is "the new rock'n'roll". But in my experience, if you put on a comedian at a rock gig, the crowd tend to react rather badly
From war zones to the perils of Old Street
- Andrew Mueller
- 14 August 2008
- 1 comment
It's a shame that we never get to read headlines such as: "Essentially decent sort does his best, means no harm to anyone" - which is to say, stories about most people, in most places
Up close and personal
- Paulo Coelho
- 07 August 2008
- 7 comments
Despite my being in this remote region, I wasn't alone: people were travelling with me through the words of my blog
