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OLD Media
Bonfire of the inanities
- 26 June 2008
- 1 comment
Never-sent love letters and the confidential stories of sources . . . they are among my most valued possessions and, unlike Jeanette, I couldn't just destroy them
Economy
Sir Alan, the dodgy tapes and the bum shot
- 19 June 2008
Tuesday was the big debut - an interview with Alan Sugar. This seriously impressed my friends, but not Sir Alan. "I don't know why my people agreed to this," he said, as he walked in an hour late
Law & Reform
On being beastly to prisoners
- 12 June 2008
- 1 comment
Whoever thought it was appropriate to name the prisons of the 21st century after Titan must have been out of his or her mind
Society
Scandalous men and terrifying women
- 05 June 2008
Loose Women want to run a clip of me interviewing someone interesting, so they call Newsnight. And I'm busted. Totally
UK Politics
Having a laugh at those low political moments
- 29 May 2008
- 1 comment
I can't get Cherie Blair out of my mind. Why do people dislike her so much? Is it the old prejudice about clever, mouthy women?
UK Politics
Secrets, lies and the Blairs
- 22 May 2008
- 7 comments
Cherie suddenly brought forward the publication of her book to coincide with mine. To top it off, she claimed I didn't "know anything" about her husband and Gordon
North America
Nuts about grass
- 15 May 2008
- 1 comment
Many British Columbians are rather disappointed to learn that Quebec has overtaken their province as the number one producer and exporter of cannabis
Law & Reform
Released from Brixton clink
- 08 May 2008
- 1 comment
"Out already Peter?" came the decidedly resentful tones of Detective Sergeant "Sniffer" of West End Central Crime Squad. "If you wouldn't mind showing me what's in your bag"
Life & Society
Brush up your Shakespeare
- 01 May 2008
I have an almost fatal risk gene in my makeup. It seemed folly to take this on having never read or seen the play. But soon I was sharing the director's enthusiasm measure for measure
Society
Safety first - but not for children
- 24 April 2008
You can't carry a cup of hot coffee on a train, or smoke in a public place - but if you're a teenager you know for a fact you'll be attacked on the street
