As Trussonomics looms, when will I be able to afford to eat eggs Benedict again?
The number of people who will be qualified to write their own “Down and Out” column is about to go…
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I’m moving house again – and moving away from my old, hurt self too
I’ve found the process of leaving each of my previous homes anxiety-inducing. But this time is different.
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My brush with King Charles 22 years ago still feels like it was yesterday. It was that bad
After an awkward hour with John Major, Stephen Fry and the future monarch, I opted for a life of obscurity.
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How learning to be vulnerable has brought me joy
From rugby to rock-climbing, I’m doing things I’m bad at – and it’s working wonders.
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Even when the country is circling the plughole, pleasant things can happen
On the night Tory members’ votes were being counted, there was an incredible thunderstorm off the Sussex coast.
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Another first date, a painful stand-up set, and my best friend’s wedding.
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This England: Nature calls
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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With a new resident in Downing Street, I survey 15 years of personal austerity
It is a decade and a half to the day since my life of insecurity and cheap furniture began.
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