What’s the difference between kiwi fruit and bread?
Sounds like a bad joke, doesn’t it? Well the answer, if you’re the Daily Mail, is that the EU is crazy to have rules standardising the former and crazy to take away rules standardising the latter. Does...
View ArticleThat’s Not My Name Chasing Pavements
I read today (picked up by Google Reader) that the Ting Tings and Adele have won a European Border Breakers Award, which is given to artists whose debut album has the biggest sales outside their own...
View ArticleBaby you can drive my car
There’s so much going on today, what with those terrible fires in Australia, Premier League managers being sacked left, right and centre and all the hoo-ha about bankers’ bonuses, that I suspect Neelie...
View ArticleGirls on film
My feet aren’t on the ground today, because of yesterday’s brush with celebrity – I was at a party with Simon Le Bon!! I was at the relaunch of the Whitechapel Gallery last night, because it is...
View ArticleCome home
I was at the Royal Court Theatre last night, at the invitation of their Development department. I saw two things – Over There by Mark Ravenhill and Wall with David Hare. What a night – one of the best...
View ArticleLe plat pays
I lived for 13 years in Belgium and a very happy 13 years they were. It’s easy to get around, it’s got urban, rural, all the major bands play there, it’s got loads going on, you’re near stuff elsewhere...
View ArticleEvery Day I Write the Book
It’s World Book Day today. I’m sure you knew that. We’re having a book swap in our office – people have brought in books they are happy to give away, others can take what they want, and anything left...
View ArticleBack in the saddle
Sorry about the sustained radio silence – I’ve been off for medical reasons for a while. I hope you didn’t miss the information about Friday’s #EUuk blogging event, which is now full, but can be...
View ArticleThe Social Network/Travelling Light
This weekend I saw a play about film and a film about social networks, which seemed to fit together nicely. Travelling Light is a new play by Nicholas Wright, directed by Nicholas Hytner. As this is...
View ArticleA good day
My friends will know that I’ve been having a bit of a hard time recently and am feeling quite unsettled about my life. Whether it’s chicken or egg, I don’t know, but this feeling of unease has also...
View ArticleMelbourne – my perfect city?
I listened to a podcast the other day asking why there is a cultural divide in Australia between art and sport. This came a couple of days after I had had a bit of a Melbourne love moment. I was in...
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