Diary
Someone in the public eye tells us about their week
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Economy
Oh no, the Home Secretary has my jacket
- 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
Africa
Dinner with Tutu and a day with the Barmy Army
- 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
Theatre
How to live a braver, wilder life
- 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
Arts & Culture
Carnival, the best time of the year
- 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
Comedy
An idyllic setting for some extreme karaoke
- 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
Society
From war zones to the perils of Old Street
- 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
Society
Up close and personal
- 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
UK Politics
The Tolpuddle Martyrs get the last laugh
- 31 July 2008
- 7 comments
The front row of the socialist choir began: "There's a rumble in the air tonight," while the back row sang, "Oh no, it's an imperialist bomb"
Life & Society
Latitude, Leonard and the mob mind
- 24 July 2008
- 2 comments
"Get out of my country!" shouts a young man. A tidal swell of assent and applause fills the comedy tent. How quickly things turn
Middle East
Less Demos, more lilo
- 17 July 2008
- 5 comments
Does harbouring a secret longing for an inept successor, possibly unpleasant, maybe even scarily unattractive, make me a terrible person?
