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…
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I have the strangest puzzle for you
In 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)….
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MY REPLY TO THE COOPERATIVE BANK
Dear 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…
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THANKS JANE – YOU MADE ME
SEVENTEEN AGAIN
What 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…
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MY WEEK THIS WEEK
(the runup to Easter)
Saturday 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…
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My week this week
My 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…
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Poem for My Daughter
on her 12th birthday
I 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…
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Some (Cycling) Questions Answered
An interview I’ve just done for a magazine called Cycling Plus. I don’t wear anything that looks as professional as this!
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Thoughts from the Chairlift
Where 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 . ….
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If the Eggheads did Firestarter
We 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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