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Diary - Alexei Sayle
- 13 February 2006
Do I look like a torturer? I clearly recall in the aftermath of the Iraq invasion that a lot of ex-Ba'athist secret policemen were unshaven, dark-skinned, overweight gents like me
Life & Society
Diary - D J Taylor
- 06 February 2006
The glory days of the Captain Scott Invitation XI have been recorded for posterity. But what's scary about remembering old times is finding out how much you've forgotten
Life & Society
Diary - Richard Dawkins
- 30 January 2006
Unfortunately, Ofsted gave a rave review to Tony Blair's pet city academy in Gateshead, whose head of science thinks the universe began after the domestication of the dog
Diary - Ronan Bennett
- 23 January 2006
Since the run-up to the invasion of Iraq I've had intelligence on the brain. And since then I've been trying to think of a way to write about it in a novel. But how?
Diary - Carol Ann Duffy
- 16 January 2006
I've only been to the House of Commons once, but I remember how, at around 6pm, doors burst open to reveal bars, dining rooms and parties. The joint was jumping
Life & Society
Diary - William Leith
- 09 January 2006
This Christmas I go to one party, drink a few glasses of wine, and catch the train home. I can tell I'm a more sober individual because I don't fall asleep and miss my stop
Diary - David Hare
- 19 December 2005
It's ignoble to spend your life defending the strong against the weak, but it's more ignoble to make a living pretending the strong are hard done by
Diary - Trevor McDonald
- 12 December 2005
How was it that I managed to stay in one place for more than 30 years? My mother may have detected a lack of what she liked to call "gumption"
Diary - Anna Ford
- 05 December 2005
I attended Bill Bryson's installation as chancellor of Durham. He said chancellors were a bit like bidets - everyone wanted one, but nobody knew quite what they were for
Diary - Fiona Millar
- 28 November 2005
Walking the dog on Hampstead Heath, I realise I have become the sort of person in boots and a woolly I used to think was slightly mad
