Anyone who has the dubious fortune of knowing me in real life, knows that I love my neighbourhood – Kentish Town in North London. For those who don’t know it,…
A few months ago, I was dragged along by my husband to see a strange, scruffy fat man with a beard speak in a strange place called Conway Hall, in…
I was thinking about writing about the Greek debt crisis tonight – about falling world stock markets, the possible break up of the Eurozone and an economic meltdown that makes…
Despite a long career working in the TV industry, I don’t watch that much TV these days. I used to watch loads and probably have a near encyclopedic knowledge of…
If there’s anyone guaranteed to give Tory gentlemen of a certain age a thrill, it’s Louise Mensch – romantic novelist, Murdoch apologist and Conservative MP for Corby. Her dubious achievement…
I woke up today with the most vicious hangover, the result of downing the most noxious cocktail of drinks last night when it became clear that Alexander Boris de Pfeffel…
Although the Mayoral Election is upon us tomorrow and I shall be out manning the battle stations – I mean polling stations – in the morning and going out in…
It’s less than a week until the Mayoral election and I’ll be going out canvassing in Kentish Town tomorrow. I also intend to leaflet the tube station on Monday morning…
I’ve already written at length about my dislike of Boris Johnson in a previous post. I think his bumbling persona masks a heart of naked ambition and basically don’t think…
When I was growing up in the 70s and 80s, 2001 meant the future. It meant a world controlled by robots or giant computers. It meant Stanley Kubrick or, to…
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