When I went to pick up my folders from my accountant earlier this year, he looked at me with a smile and said ‘2023 var inget bra år, eller hur?’ (‘2023 wasn’t a great year, was it?’), to which I…

Election Blog 2019 - Or Why I’m voting for Loré Lixenberg! 

It’s election time! And across the country, the people of Britain are struggling with which disaster zone not to vote for… It’s a tough decision...  I’ve been marching round…

Back in the day it used to be:  'All my friends are getting married and having kids, and I'm like....', 
Then we got older and it became: 'All my friends are getting divorced and having affairs, and…

I’m in pain. My limbs are aching.

I can’t be blamed. I’ve been in a fight.

It was a series of fights. It feels like I spent the whole of yesterday fighting. In fact, pretty much everyone…

2018 is here like a kick up the bum, like a custard pie in the face, like a bucket of water tipped down the pants, like fingers slammed in a sash window, like brick after brick falling onto your…

It's the time of year when you are supposed to look back and sum up all your achievements, successes and generally what a great person you are. The summary should also be peppered with a few failures and heartbreak…

I've just finished a run at the theatre. Or as we used to say at school in Birmingham: "I done a play". Yes, an actual play with costumes and lights and make up and music and a live audience.

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I don't care what you say, and I don't care what you think, and I don't care that this blog post may contain more than just a little whimsy. But I'm just back from my absolute, uncontested, favourite place in…