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On depression and sadness 11 Aug 2013 | 12:09 am
At the moment I'm writing my second book, which is about depression. It so happens that today I read one of those "Pah! Depression" articles that pop up every now and then in the press. So I thought t...
The power of publicity 7 Jun 2013 | 10:05 pm
If you haven't ever been to that awful, wretched brink, it might be easy to understate the significance of Stephen Fry's admission of vulnerability this week. It was such a small thing, but such a big...
Cheerio, cheerio, cheerio… 20 Apr 2013 | 12:48 am
At last. Kelvin 'The Truth' Mackenzie is left out in the cold, unemployable and unwanted after having been shown the door at the Telegraph. It's about time. He should have been a pariah ever since 'T...
Children died 8 Apr 2013 | 01:18 am
Children died. That’s the first thing you should always consider before wondering whether the latest news story deserves the ‘X proves Y’ treatment from the commentariat. Surely. Isn’t it? I mean, has...
The letters you never get around to sending 7 Mar 2013 | 08:55 pm
Dear mum, How are you? It's been a while. Nearly thirteen years. It's nearly mother's day, and while it's just a load of old crap invented by greetings card manufacturers to try and guilt-trip people...
Applying again 4 Mar 2013 | 11:08 pm
Applying again: wanking at half-past three. Oh, hang on, that was love, wasn't it? Look, I'm back. Don't expect me to be any good or anything. I think I've run out of things to write about. And yet I...
I just sent Robin round – 2 24 Dec 2012 | 07:01 pm
Last year at around this time of year I wrote a Round Robin to explain what had been going on. Looking back at that, it's quite amazing how much has changed. I didn't have a job then, and was about t...
Being Boris 28 Sep 2012 | 01:15 am
There seemed to be someone else sitting there, as David Cameron blundered his way through the awkwardness of having been caught out by David Letterman. Squint a little and you could see another figure...
Autumn term 4 Sep 2012 | 03:06 pm
I always like the onset of autumn: "tea and a toasted buttered currant bun can't compensate for lack of sun," Ray Davies said, but I think he was being a little unkind. I think there's plenty to compe...
Oh, hello. 24 Aug 2012 | 09:33 pm
Yes, this is back. For now, anyway, and for the mostly forseeable future. It's been slightly odd, not having some scrappy piece of notepad upon which to scribble the ever-irksome brainfarts that preve...