Diary
Someone in the public eye tells us about their week
Articles in Diary
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Television
Blair: my part in his make-over
- 07 May 2007
I was asked to do his 1997 election broadcast precisely because my films are natural. The project was then hamstrung by people trying to create an image that would please the focus groups
Africa
Elections and politricks, Nigeria-style
- 30 April 2007
- 4 comments
I've reported on a lot of elections in my time, all the way from Iran to Zimbabwe, but I've never before interviewed a self-confessed vote buyer
Life & Society
I'm the candidate. I'm stunned
- 23 April 2007
- 5 comments
From being in a band, I've learned the trick of doing a good interview. Making a successful "impromptu" speech is pretty much the same . . .
Asia
The new is insistent but the old persists
- 16 April 2007
Change is constantly perceptible in Bombay. But what is change, if it means you are no longer necessary?
SciTech
What is French for "twunt"?
- 09 April 2007
- 5 comments
I have been sacked for blogging. My "slices of Paris life" aren't racy or controversial - but I did admit I might have taken a duvet day in 2005 . . .
North America
In Texas, coming apart at the seams
- 02 April 2007
The South by Southwest music festival is Glastonbury, Mardi Gras and New Year's Eve rolled into one. Only the terrifying hangovers ever threaten to take the magic away
Sport
You never know, one day we might win
- 26 March 2007
- 1 comment
Then it was off to Newsnight and normality, though just like The IT Crowd we, too, have our fair share of wackos. No names
Environment
I'm no global warming expert, but . . .
- 19 March 2007
- 3 comments
Surely the majority of the world's climate change scientists can't be wrong - can they?
Europe
Look up the word "research" and what do you find?
- 12 March 2007
We're obsessed with privacy when it comes to research, while we are happy to tell banks and supermarkets every last detail of our spending habits
Politics
Playing at politics
- 05 March 2007
Gyles and I dared William Hague to go on the programme with a spliff dangling from his lips
