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• Four grandparents and a funeral

  16th April 2013
  I suppose this is what I think about Margaret Thatcher, and her funeral. I’ve been thinking a lot about it this last week, hasn’t everyone? April is the London Book Fair, and so lots of Americans are in town. My favourite people, I love the USA (not all of it I hasten to add) and [...] //read more

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  Nobody’s Perfect (except in Hollywood)

  26th February 2013
  I have been obsessed with movies since I was a teenager and my Gone with the Wind obsession morphed into an old movie obsession. So it follows that I love the Oscars. I pretty much know who won best actor or actress in any given year, even posthumously (forget Heath Ledger: Peter Finch for Network, [...] //read more

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  Happy New Year!

  08th January 2013
  Howdy y’all! Happy New Year! I like January, for some weird reason. Christmas starts so early these days by late December it’s like an endurance race you’ve been running for weeks, more booze more food more meeting up more late nights more wrapping and unwrapping and organisation… I like the idea you take down the [...] //read more

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  Publication day fantasy / reality

  22nd November 2012
  The dream: I have a breakfast by myself at Caravan in Exmouth Market reading the paper. I have a manipedi on Essex Road at the best nail place ever. I do a couple of hours work on the copyedits for my new book Not Without You which are due in this week,  have lunch with my friend [...] //read more

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