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Moving on 5 Feb 2010 | 02:35 am
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‘It was never meant to be a lifetime commitment’: An interview with Peter Tatchell 5 Feb 2010 | 01:13 am
I interviewed Peter Tatchell at his house in 2008 for a piece that was intended to be the first in a series on Living London Legends but never ran. It seemed appropriate to reproduce it now in LGBT Hi...
Despunking chickens: London guidebooks at Guildhall 2 Feb 2010 | 12:17 am
London guidebooks did not begin with Time Out or even Baedeker. There are thousands out there going back centuries, some aimed at specialist readers, others for a more general audience. I’ve got half-...
Things I won’t miss about work 30 Jan 2010 | 01:26 am
The mysterious smell of sick in the corner of the office the source of which has never been discerned but which has never gone away The No 68 First Capital Connect Pret lunches Routine Life-threa...
Things I’ll miss about work 29 Jan 2010 | 10:07 pm
My colleagues The free travelcard The free stationery Cakes on Thursday Arthur the lawyer, who knows everybody An email address that gets automatic discounts and rapidly improved customer service...
Things I’ll miss about work 29 Jan 2010 | 05:07 pm
My colleagues The free travelcard The free stationery Cakes on Thursday Arthur the lawyer, who knows everybody An email address that gets automatic discounts and rapidly improved customer service with...
The pub with no booze 27 Jan 2010 | 11:40 pm
Heard the one about the public house that forgot to renew its alcohol license? That’s what happened over in Greenwich, in a pub that I have promised not to name after speaking to a harassed landlady w...
Credit crunch: combating recession with potato-based snacks 27 Jan 2010 | 10:54 pm
When I first clocked a recession was imminent – after I’d checked the relevant terms of my contract and cancelled the statue of myself in solid gold I was having made for the front garden – I began to...
London’s floating world 25 Jan 2010 | 11:29 pm
When I first moved to London in 1996 I lived on a boat. This is one of a number of articles I’ve written about this experience. It appeared in ‘Talk Of The Town’, the Independent On Sunday’s short-liv...
Welcome to The Big Smoke 20 Jan 2010 | 10:02 am
Stay tuned for a new London website.
