
BEST WEEK EVER – THANKS TO VERA ESPECIALLY
Saturday: half a pint I meet Jennifer Lu, a friend of the friend who asked me, “Can you show Jennifer a little of London?” Ms Lu is from Beijing, a…
Read MoreSaturday: half a pint I meet Jennifer Lu, a friend of the friend who asked me, “Can you show Jennifer a little of London?” Ms Lu is from Beijing, a…
Read MoreIn my first term at Durham University I went to see The Smiths play (it was so early in their career I hadn’t even heard of them at the time)….
Read MoreDear Cooperative Bank, You recently sent me an unsolicited email explaining how exciting you are. I just called the message up on my phone and looked at it with interest as…
Read MoreWhat a strange, wonderful experience last night. I met up with one of my oldest friends, Dej Mahoney (always more grown-up than me, Dej was head of school at Epsom…
Read MoreSaturday You know this gentleman? Kevin Clifton from Strictly (husband of the professional I danced with, Karen) — who came within a centimetre of winning in 2015, and like his…
Read MoreMy week was fun. So I thought I’d give you the blow-by-blow, day-by-day! Saturday At the Tate Britain with friends, learning about the artist Frank Auerbach. He has lived in…
Read MoreI can’t write poetry. But if you think something, you can write it down, and so long as it isn’t in normal sentences & paragraphs, and it makes even a…
Read MoreAn interview I’ve just done for a magazine called Cycling Plus. I don’t wear anything that looks as professional as this!
Read MoreWhere better is there to have random thoughts about life than a chairlift? I think this was Italy, but my mind was on other things as you will see . ….
Read MoreWe thought the Eggheads need some street cred after more than 1,500 quiz shows on BBC2. So we remade the dramatic video to the Prodigy’s “Firestarter” in a way that…
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