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COVID Lockdown London: lunchtime in a massive East End shopping centre…
The station at Stratford in East London is always busy because it’s an interchange between two London Underground lines, the Overground, the Docklands Light Railway, national Great Eastern trains and...
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I was brought up in Aberdeen and Campbeltown in 1950s Scotland…
I was born on the west coast of Scotland – in Campbeltown, Argyll, near the end of the Kintyre peninsula, AKA – as Paul McCartney would later eulogise it – the Mull of Kintyre. Scots singer Andy...
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Three of the reasons why I don’t trust the police in London (or elsewhere)…
I once had a long chat with the head of a prestige City of London solicitors who acted as the private solicitors for the then British Prime Minister. This guy told me he would never put a serving...
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A sixth book and multiple film(s) from the indefatigable Jason Cook’s mind…
You need grit and determination – and nowadays, ideally, the potential for sequels – to get movies made. The indefatigable Jason Cook turns up occasionally in this blog. His new novel Euphoria –...
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He has a simultaneous one-year run in London’s West End AND on Broadway
Katsura Sunshine after two days in quarantine Back in September 2017, I blogged about Katsura Sunshine, the unique Canadian purveyor of the traditional Japanese storytelling genre Rakugo. He flew into...
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David Mills on the difference between US and UK comedy clubs… and more…
Every week, British-based US-born comedian David Mills posts online an extraordinary 5-point bulletin called Quality Time, a smörgåsbord of societal snippets, curated curious comment and interesting...
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A little bit of North Korea in London and glowing balloons in my garage…
Eager eaters await the opening of an ‘all-you-can-eat’ Korean BBQ restaurant in New Malden… I am interested in North Korea and in the content of dreams. Last night, I went to New Malden, Surrey, on the...
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An East End child, my mum and Dean Martin – Colin Copperfield (2nd of 3)
In yesterday’s blog, actor, dancer, singer and songwriter Colin Copperfield talked about his time performing in London’s West End in Jesus Christ Superstar. He started in showbiz aged 14 and, as well...
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This live Porno stage show will try to do justice to the REAL Trainspotting...
Irvine Welsh‘s Trainspotting was published exactly 30 years ago. It was longlisted for the 1993 Booker Prize, but was apparently rejected for the shortlist after “offending the sensibilities of two...
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Moviemaking? You need perseveration and Jason Cook…
When I did my college course in London – radio, TV, journalism, advertising – it had three linked mini sub-subjects – psychology, sociology and literature. One of the things the psychology course...
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