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A heavy encounter with MI5
Posted on 4:54pm Thursday 8th October 2009
After forcing myself to watch the troubling crime drama Criminal Justice, I tried to relax with Rat Run, a paperback copy of one of Gerald Seymour's superb blockbusters.
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English Journey
Posted on 4:40pm Friday 11th September 2009
"Did you hear that Keith Waterhouse died?"
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Albion Beatnik country
Posted on 4:33pm Friday 17th July 2009
After residents in Jericho were placed quite suddenly on the Environment Agency flood map, I wandered down Walton Street to find out what they thought.
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Writing Home
Posted on 2:52pm Monday 13th July 2009
Do you ever pick up a novel and then struggle to finish it?
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From May to September
Posted on 4:12pm Friday 26th June 2009
As the old Kurt Weill song goes, it is indeed a long while from May to September.
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Green shoots at Gloucester Green
Posted on 4:06pm Thursday 11th June 2009
Is the recession over? I couldn't tell you, but the Gloucester Green market appeared very busy when I dropped in the other day for a pasty and a cup of Darjeeling.
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Anyone for croque monsieur?
Posted on 3:47pm Sunday 7th June 2009
It felt like a dream, but last week I hopped on the Eurostar to Paris.
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Hay: don't push in!
Posted on 7:34am Monday 1st June 2009
Apologies for my absence but at this time of year I like to take my family to the Hay Festival, on the English-Welsh border.
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Why poetry matters
Posted on 1:13pm Wednesday 20th May 2009
If poetry matters so much, why is the Beeb running its new show on BBC2, presented by Griff Rhys Jones, at the same time as The Apprentice on BBC1?
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The Moon's a Balloon
Posted on 4:07pm Monday 18th May 2009
I don't always read The Sunday Times but I'm glad I did this week as there were three rather fascinating stories.
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