The noble art of procrastination
I expend more energy planning work than doing it, but the writing routines of literary titans, from Balzac to Patricia…
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A furry burglar leaves me cheeseless and reeling
The squirrel needn’t have stolen my last bit of Camembert. It had only to ask.
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At five foot nothing and ex-SAS, P— was considerably more menacing than his height
I can’t recommend not being abducted and murdered strongly enough. It makes life so much easier.
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My once feckless brother has landed my dream life
As teenagers he got detentions and I ran for head girl – but now he’s doing rather a better job…
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Journalling won’t save you
The art of writing our inner lives is being lost.
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How not to drown
Growing up as a fish out of water.
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An eight-hour lunch puts the passing of time in perspective
Catching up with the cartoonist Martin Rowson provided valuable insights into friendship, satire and immortality.
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Two nights in Manchester, and my summer is complete
A sublime evening of torch songs, and managing not to ruin Maxine Peake’s one-woman show – that’s my idea of…
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