http://www.newstatesman.com/columns/shakespeares-globe en http://images.newstatesman.com/users/avatars/.jpg http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/ http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2009/06/saatchi-gallery-speaker-mps http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2009/06/saatchi-gallery-speaker-mps Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:48:55 GMT Sebastian Shakespeare Paying back in kind, the race to be the next Speaker, and unlikely poetry at the Saatchi Gallery

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/life-and-society/2009/05/mps-expenses-commons-lumley http://www.newstatesman.com/life-and-society/2009/05/mps-expenses-commons-lumley Thu, 21 May 2009 11:37:48 GMT Sebastian Shakespeare Those MPs’ expenses, Joanna Lumley’s mayoral bid and cannibalism in the Commons

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2009/05/peter-mandelson-booing-richard http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2009/05/peter-mandelson-booing-richard Thu, 07 May 2009 11:22:42 GMT Sebastian Shakespeare We all wanted to hold hands with Peter Mandelson. Alas, it was not to be

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2009/04/boateng-public-cabinet-clement http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2009/04/boateng-public-cabinet-clement Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:45:44 GMT Sebastian Shakespeare The House of Lords could soon welcome a new member – the first cabinet minister to wear a thong in public

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2009/04/derek-draper-nick-clegg-mullin http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2009/04/derek-draper-nick-clegg-mullin Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:18:40 GMT Sebastian Shakespeare Tories at Tramp, Nick Clegg’s denial, and how to survive Derek Draper

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/art/2009/03/book-shakespeare-obama-gordon http://www.newstatesman.com/art/2009/03/book-shakespeare-obama-gordon Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:28:44 GMT Sebastian Shakespeare The people, the places, the events

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/life-and-society/2009/02/darwin-monkey-ran-confess-joke http://www.newstatesman.com/life-and-society/2009/02/darwin-monkey-ran-confess-joke Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:02:11 GMT Sebastian Shakespeare OK, I confess. It was me. I ran off with Darwin’s great-great-grand-daughter’s monkey

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2009/02/lord-house-hattersley http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2009/02/lord-house-hattersley Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:09:52 GMT Sebastian Shakespeare Jack Straw’s promise to reform the House of Lords is long overdue. Remember Lord Kagan?

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2009/01/harold-pinter-offend-work http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2009/01/harold-pinter-offend-work Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:58:05 GMT Sebastian Shakespeare My close encounterwith Harold Pinter: what had I done to offend him?

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2008/12/women-oddie-jay-gay-atheist http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2008/12/women-oddie-jay-gay-atheist Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:44:31 GMT Sebastian Shakespeare Bill Oddie declared he was an atheist and told me women were drawn to nature because they like big furry things

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