Diary

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29 April 2017 9:00 am

When Trevor Phillips stood down as chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, he had served nine years. His…

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22 April 2017 9:00 am

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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14 April 2017 11:00 pm

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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8 April 2017 9:00 am

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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1 April 2017 9:00 am

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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25 March 2017 9:00 am

So I am feeling a bit better about my lack of radio experience. These are exciting times for free movement……

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18 March 2017 9:00 am

In the NHS clinic where I work, adults who suspect they may have Asperger syndrome wait almost a year for…

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11 March 2017 9:00 am

Oh dear. Usually writers who contribute to these diaries start with something like, ‘To Paris. To launch my novel at…

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9 March 2017 3:00 pm

Oh dear. Usually writers who contribute to these diaries start with something like, ‘To Paris. To launch my novel at…

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4 March 2017 9:00 am

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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2 March 2017 3:00 pm

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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23 February 2017 3:00 pm

More than 20 years ago, I left my fast life in London for a rather more relaxed one in Brighton…

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23 February 2017 3:00 pm

More than 20 years ago, I left my fast life in London for a rather more relaxed one in Brighton…

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18 February 2017 9:00 am

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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16 February 2017 3:00 pm

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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11 February 2017 9:00 am

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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9 February 2017 3:00 pm

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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4 February 2017 9:00 am

 ‘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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28 January 2017 9:00 am

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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26 January 2017 3:00 pm

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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21 January 2017 9:00 am

Donald Trump was gushing about one European leader in his Times interview this week. But it was the wrong one.…

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19 January 2017 3:00 pm

Donald Trump was gushing about one European leader in his Times interview this week. But it was the wrong one.…

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14 January 2017 9:00 am

In December I was in a group of writers on a British Council visit to Moscow, where the UK was…

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12 January 2017 3:00 pm

In December I was in a group of writers on a British Council visit to Moscow, where the UK was…

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7 January 2017 9:00 am

On New Year’s Day I went for a swim off Broad Haven beach in Pembrokeshire. The water was 10.3ºC: pretty…