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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.…
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Donald Trump was gushing about one European leader in his Times interview this week. But it was the wrong one.…
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In December I was in a group of writers on a British Council visit to Moscow, where the UK was…
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In December I was in a group of writers on a British Council visit to Moscow, where the UK was…
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On New Year’s Day I went for a swim off Broad Haven beach in Pembrokeshire. The water was 10.3ºC: pretty…
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On New Year’s Day I went for a swim off Broad Haven beach in Pembrokeshire. The water was 10.3ºC: pretty…
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Every year, from mid-November to mid-January, dozens of DVDs drop through my letterbox. These are most of the movie releases…
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Every year, from mid-November to mid-January, dozens of DVDs drop through my letterbox. These are most of the movie releases…
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Novelists can’t merely tell cracking tales. We’re supposed to save the world. At the University of Kent, a student implored…
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Novelists can’t merely tell cracking tales. We’re supposed to save the world. At the University of Kent, a student implored…
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It is odd when someone you know becomes a world-famous Nazi. You may not recognise the name Richard Spencer, but…
