When was the last time you listened to Cher Lloyd?
What would I say to Mark Gatiss if I met him in the street?
A social contract for meeting celebrities, and a review of relating to somebody's work.
Protected: Hotel room food network
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Robert Owen & The Prisoner: Harmony in America
You might think that the only connection between these two erstwhile passions of mine is Wales: one is a story of dogged individualism seeking freedom, set against the backdrop of Portmerion, a peculiar citadel on the Welsh coast that is woven into the narrative of the whole show, whilst the other is a collectively-minded Welshman whose work prefigured Marx and Jamie Oliver, but when they put themselves in the American landscape both The Prisoner and Owen chose harmony as the word that would best encapsulate their American sojourn.
The League of Gentlemen: Papa Lazarou and punching up
I want to investigate - coming from a place of love - how it came to be that League of Gentlemen had some, uh, Not OK jokes, how this might be changed, and what we can learn from the ideas articulated by and radiating from some of the more offensive jokes of the series - and from how beloved they always were.
Mama Cass Elliot: What Does An Icon Represent?
Mama Cass Elliot was a powerhouse voice - and a trailblazer. A fat woman in entertainment, a single mother, a career girl – but it’s not what she was in her life so much as what she represented to her audience that’s interesting to me.
Banquet for Bibliophiles: The Imaginary Dinner Party Game
A short story imagining how the 'fantasy dinner party game' would play out in real life.
Late Romantic 