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Society
Masai warriors, non-doms and Rick Astley
- 17 April 2008
The London Marathon is habitually called a "festival". I suspect this accolade is given by those who have never run it
UK Politics
My bath mat's campaign for the presidency
- 10 April 2008
- 1 comment
I revealed the intimacy of my relationship with Dr Moo, a half-man, half-cow chimera created following the new embryology bill
Life & Society
In the eye of Hurricane Carla
- 03 April 2008
On a morning news programme, I'm asked whether Kevin Costner is on the longlist of the first lady's ex-lovers. I'd naively thought we would discuss Sarkozy's politics
Asia
What people ask me about Bangladesh
- 27 March 2008
- 5 comments
Is my country about to be overrun by radical Islamists? Will everyone drown in the rising sea? I'm suddenly taking on the role of ambassador
Culture
Pubs and football, a writer's raw material
- 19 March 2008
I've been thinking of writing a play about Reggie, but when I get those thoughts I feel guilty. Whether we like it or not, we writers get our best ideas from the suffering of real people . . .
Life & Society
My striptease wasn't required - fortunately
- 13 March 2008
I would have taken my clothes off in parliament to get funding for Kids Company. Luckily, I didn't have to
Life & Society
Glenn Hoddle's mullet
- 06 March 2008
At the Ashes to Ashes story conference we talk about 1982, the Falklands and the IRA bomb in Hyde Park. How will Gene Hunt survive in a post-Scarman London?
Life & Society
Don't drink the Kool-Aid
- 28 February 2008
- 2 comments
I have had two reviews that every playwright should cherish. One told me to burn my script, the other told the management to ditch it. They are already in the process of being framed
South America
It's a serious business, carnival
- 21 February 2008
Eating at a local restaurant in Rio one evening, I felt the music from a passing street party cause my throat to vibrate so intensely that I could barely swallow my rice and beans
Life & Society
Flayed, then buried alive in chocolate truffles
- 14 February 2008
- 1 comment
One morning I went to open the webmail as usual and there they were, pages of curses and four-letter words, shimmering in shocking pink, lime green, malevolent black
