New Statesman -

Who fetishist?

AL Kennedy — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:08:28 GMT

Like you, I always hoped that donkey porn only involved consenting donkeys and was there to provide relaxation for perhaps older donkeys, or ones with plain-looking ears

Queen's Elastoplast dress

AL Kennedy — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:27:13 GMT

A Credit Crunch is just some kind of half-arsed pudding. We�re going to get through it by enjoying generosity and sharing simple pleasures, just like the good old Queen said

Gastric distress

AL Kennedy — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:35:52 GMT

I fail to see how viewers could be expected to believe in a heroine who wouldn�t fall for a man with a large facial scar, several mental difficulties and a metal hand

Scotland's Simon Cowell?

AL Kennedy — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:55:37 GMT

I've been portrayed as some kind of godawful combination of Elizabeth Bathory, Simon Cowell and Bird Flu and have turned out to be a terrible anti-climax...

Selling off Scotland

AL Kennedy — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:17:04 GMT

'I'm amazed that an SNP government would be so intent on turning our country into some kind of heathery play park for the super rich and plausible'

Noxious vapours

AL Kennedy — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:46:32 GMT

Good wishes to those troubled bankers, the perils of sniffing damp repelling liquid and how to touch the arm of strangers and not quite get away with it

Locked up with writers

AL Kennedy — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:03:37 GMT

No duffers, no loons, they could cook, they were funny and twisted and many of them had nice mums - AL Kennedy on the highs and lows of residential courses

Speed dating

AL Kennedy — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:29:06 GMT

It occurred to me my personal equivalent of speed dating is, in fact, the hotel fire scare. In many ways a group of strangers in damp car park at 3am is an ideal way to meet new chums

Evil twin?

AL Kennedy — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:50:37 GMT

Poor Gordon - perhaps soon to be replaced by one or another Miliband. They�re twins. What happens if we get the evil twin? I�ve watched enough Hammer horror films to know this is surely a risk

Train on fire

AL Kennedy — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:01:48 GMT

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