Archive for September, 2005

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside…

Sunday, September 18th, 2005

If this was the sort of blog where I spilled back stage political secrets I’d be telling you all about which Cabinet Minister was so drunk at the big posh dinner in Brighton on Tuesday night he could barely stand, which up and coming bright young thing spent a bit too much time staring at […]

Howzat!

Monday, September 12th, 2005

We’ve just regained the ashes for the first time in at least 16 years.
And I’m pleased. And no I didn’t expect to care.
It’s been a summer full of surprises
Watching: the cricket
Burning question: What do you think of the all new mini-Guardian?
New York count down: 14 days

Magic Box

Monday, September 12th, 2005

We have a magic box. It’s all slim and shiny. It arrived the other day and has improved the quality of our lives enormously. We’ve gone from being a 5 channel house to a multi channel abode. The re-addition of E4 to my life can only be a good thing, this […]

How do you do?

Friday, September 9th, 2005

There’s something about my job, and I’m not sure what it is, that upon finding out what it is that I do strangers feel free to attack me (verbally) about what the government is doing - a specific policy or just in general; what a particular minister has done – whether it be policy or […]

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Tuesday, September 6th, 2005

Courtesy of Mr Matt
7 things I plan to do before I die:
1. Write for any of The Guardian, The Observer, The New York Times
2. Work for a successful Democrat Presidential Campaign
3. Live in the USA
4. Be involved in the making of a Film
5. Travel
6. Have a cat
7. Change the world
7 things I can do:
1. Run […]

Oh all right then

Thursday, September 1st, 2005

Don’t blame me, blame these two.
“List five songs that you are currently digging - it doesn’t matter what genre they are from, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying right now. Post these instructions and the five songs (with artist) in your blog. […]