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The chances of my 20-year-old student son being at an Ariana Grande concert on a Monday night were, my head…
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On the heels of the Today programme’s invitation to discuss ‘cultural appropriation’ (again), the New York Times reported the disheartening…
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Watching the general election from my newsroom is an out-of-body experience. I’ve been involved in the last five general elections…
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The Prosperity UK conference over a week ago kicked off with a dinner at Hatfield House that brought together Leavers…
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When Trevor Phillips stood down as chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, he had served nine years. His…
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We are all drama queens, really, we political hacks; and so we were all thoroughly delighted by Theresa May’s Tuesday…
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Don’t get old! Everything takes so long – it’s an hour to get down to breakfast. And I’m not only…
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Donald Trump’s Washington is a city of many secrets, but no mysteries. So much about the Trump-Putin story remains unknown,…
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Last week’s events in London raised a recurrent dilemma for journalists, including me. It is a huge story when a…
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So I am feeling a bit better about my lack of radio experience. These are exciting times for free movement……
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In the NHS clinic where I work, adults who suspect they may have Asperger syndrome wait almost a year for…
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Oh dear. Usually writers who contribute to these diaries start with something like, ‘To Paris. To launch my novel at…
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Oh dear. Usually writers who contribute to these diaries start with something like, ‘To Paris. To launch my novel at…
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A fortnight ago I got a taste of what being far too famous might feel like. A leak that I’m…
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A fortnight ago I got a taste of what being far too famous might feel like. A leak that I’m…
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More than 20 years ago, I left my fast life in London for a rather more relaxed one in Brighton…
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More than 20 years ago, I left my fast life in London for a rather more relaxed one in Brighton…
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I’m boning up on conversational Spanish for a trip to the Primera Persona festival in Barcelona with Alexei Sayle. We’re…
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I’m boning up on conversational Spanish for a trip to the Primera Persona festival in Barcelona with Alexei Sayle. We’re…
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February Fill-Dyke. But north Norfolk is dry, at least in terms of rain. Instead we have coastal flooding. Three years…
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February Fill-Dyke. But north Norfolk is dry, at least in terms of rain. Instead we have coastal flooding. Three years…
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‘A Bill to confer power on the prime minister to notify, under Article 50(2)…’. When it comes to the House…
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Did you know that if you use the f-word while talking to a BT representative, they hang up on you?…
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Did you know that if you use the f-word while talking to a BT representative, they hang up on you?…
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Donald Trump was gushing about one European leader in his Times interview this week. But it was the wrong one.…
