Diary
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Religion
You're on your own, Richard Dawkins
- 30 August 2007
- 5 comments
A woman in the audience did indeed have a lawn and the spirits said it needed cutting. Wow!
Music
Farewell to the Proms
- 23 August 2007
How to avoid coming down with "cancellitis", finding time to eat, and nearing the end of an extraordinary 12-year adventure
Media
In Afghanistan, memories of Vietnam
- 16 August 2007
- 1 comment
It is one of the constants of war zones that the further you are from front lines, the more optimistic the military assessments become
Film
Give me hugs, not lashes
- 09 August 2007
Why are directors constantly asked about the film industry? Are shoe designers constantly interrogated about the state of British boot manufacture?
Music
Where the real thing clings on
- 02 August 2007
At the muddy rock festivals and the low-budget pub gigs, you can hear something that doesn't come off a computer
Life & Society
Oh, for the comfort of the real monsoon
- 26 July 2007
In the storms, it took me 24 hours to get from London to Cornwall. It never occurred to me that British rain could do this . . .
Life & Society
Upside-down umbrellas and hard-boiled mice
- 19 July 2007
What's the difference between dogs and deckchairs? Should I feed a hungry audience? And does wearing women's knickers help Luton's footballers score?
Lifestyle
How would Princess Anne say "lingerie"?
- 12 July 2007
When an HRH is sitting at your table, you need to come up with an icebreaker . . .
UK Politics
Jacqui Smith's rise, no thanks to me
- 05 July 2007
It would need a line of unrivalled wisdom to top the thoughts of Eric Hobsbawm. So I went in search the next day at Glastonbury, where I found . . .
Life & Society
Am I a dwarf or a horseman?
- 28 June 2007
- 6 comments
It's an honour to be mentioned in the same breath as Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett and Sam Harris. We could become known as the Four Horsemen of the Counter-Apocalypse
