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Let’s hear it for Rumpole’s liberalismWhat would today’s puritans make of the straight-talking fictional British lawyer?Aug 3, 2020Aug 3, 2020
Journalists comforting the afflicted? Don’t make me laughI can’t shake the guilt of the ‘death knocks’ I did in the 90sMay 10, 20203May 10, 20203
Winston Smith and his multiple personalitiesIn 70 years, 10 very different actors have played the protagonist of George Orwell’s 1984. But will we ever see a Winston who isn’t white?Aug 26, 2019Aug 26, 2019
My tiny, tiny role in Elvis Costello’s life storyTwenty years before I wrote a non-fiction book, a cheeky question earned me a place in someone else’sAug 25, 2019Aug 25, 2019