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“She doesn’t, she told Guardian Review editor Lisa...”
— Kate Atkinson tells Hay...

What happens when a company does not...

“Don’t make me come down there and smack you upside the...”
— On the Guardian Books Blog, I...

Write For Your Life: An interview with Jean...

“This tendency to undercut her most serious points with...”
— Is this woman a bad mother, or...

“To the dismay of traditionalists, more manufacturers and...”
— Row erupts over yoghurt...

“Mary Poppins! We can see your arse!”
— An adorable Dutch bicycle,...

“If I had known in high school that I would one day come to...”
— Me, at a very cool party,...

The death of civilization

In the last few weeks, every time I leave my bike (Sebastina) parked somewhere, people leave rubbish...

Yesterday was rather great. But, under the pressure of...

Following a run-in with an nasty crustacean on Saturday...

“Over the interminable years of the Bush administration, it...”
— Obama’s bold stance on...

The weather today switched from pounding rain to sunshine...

“Might we hope to learn to use technology to improve our love...”
— Lost in translation - Times...

“If not shocked, some readers might wonder what a celibate...”
— Sex and God do mix – according...

A sure sign that I am getting old

The fake modelling agents outside of Topshop no longer ask me if I want to become a fake model....

“Weddings make people crazy. So crazy that they do things...”
— Himglish and Femalese - JHE...

Hey, it’s a nifty video of Shakespeare in Shoreditch at the London Word Festival. I really...

On Eurovision

A funny thing about having lived in the UK for six years but not having changed my accent (much) is...

On writing

It’s surprisingly hard to measure success in your writing career. You set a goal - say, to get...

Ode to Babs

gauntlet: Barbara Windsor who was honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the British Soap...

Download an extract of Himglish and Femalese...

I remember when camera phones were first...

I scoffed. ‘Why would you need a camera in your phone?’ I said. (At the time, notably, I...

For those who don’t read my other blog (please do, it’s quite fun) here’s the...

It occured to me last night that my...

is most comparable to the sort of love affair that is fraught with anticipatory tragedy, because you...

There was once...

…a time in my life, not so long ago, when I would not have cycled through Shoreditch singing...

rachelhills: Geographers from Kansas State University have...

And then, I realised

I really like blogging here, even if sometimes it is a little bit asinine. And thus, just like that,...