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I’m watching – through the glories of the BBC’s new iPlayer – a show that seemed to completely escape me for its first series. It’s...

John, my AP, who’s just been rescued from a ditch by some helpful passing builders who spotted his stranded car: ‘Yeah, the fruit of...

Came back from two weeks up in Scotland and the Lakes to poignant decay in the house. It was a powerful fortnight away. Didn’t really...

The South Bank redeemed itself less than 4 hours after Ms. Redgrave. I meant to go and hear it on Friday, but I noticed, grabbing a...

Since I was 17 I’ve been carrying around the Picador edition of Rainer Maria Rilke’s selected poetry. It’s black and white with a little...

Rheingold! Rheingold! Went to the opera twice in the last 7 days. Which is a bit of an event. It’s partly to do with this new job with...

Cape Town Back from 2 week vacation in Cape Town which was totally reviving. It’s amazing how unknowable levels of stress are in London....

As for the benefits of my three journies with the Plant this year, the most significant was my re-discovery of God(s). I lost my faith in...

I have fled the never-ending English Winter for an instant, well-established Spring in Cyprus. And sitting among the purple vetches and...

God! I went to see Franz Ferdinand last night. They were totally, totally fabulous. Almost as good as Radiohead 2 years ago and that’s...

THIS WAY: UNDERWORLD Pound on the return of Ulysses to the dead: The ocean flowing backward, came we then to the place Aforesaid by...

LEONARD IN ST. JAMES Had an hour to kill in town and rather than continue the conspicuous consumption I’ve been indulging in recently, I...

BE MORE SUSAN SONTAG In memory of the late, great Susan S. my friend Mac and I added another resolution to our list: to be more Sontag....

WINTER FUG It’s a perfectly dull winter afternoon and I refuse to go outside and do anything. Instead of answering all those phone calls...

Polska Polska Just back from a 4 day jaunt to Krakow. It’s weird being back somewhere that was so significant in my life after a 12 year...

After a year I finally bought myself a £10 matinee ticket and went to see this Alan Bennet play at the National. Strange, I’d always...

The Proms! the Proms! How I love the Proms when they come to the Royal Albert Hall every summer. 70+ concerts in 50 odd days and every...

This incredible sunset right after the premiere of Tom Adès‘ and Tal Rosner‘s “in 7 Days”. It was a like a Blakean smash of light over...

Whisked off to Toronto last week to talk to W Networks about a possible new show out there in the Land of the Freer. I’d forgotten how...