The package flight

The Package Flight: WARNING! I am writing this from a private beach in Talum so expect plenty of errors! So close friends decided to spend a month in Mexico this august. I agreed to meet them for a couple of weeks. The flight options were limited. I hate transfers and British airways were showing 2 […]

Milk man – The Olympic legacy part 1

Milk man – The Olympic legacy part 1 I was having a Southbank lunch with one of my besties the other day when he told me that he had asked a mixed race person where they were from and they had given him one whole look. He didn’t understand it as he meant where do […]

The Bolt – Olympic Legacy part 2

The Bolt – Olympic Legacy part 2 The other night (Tuesday)  I was walking home after a late supper. It was just before midnight and Anita Baker and I were contemplating some high notes on No More Tears. I knew she would reach them and I wouldn’t. Not even in my head.  My one thing […]

Win a free divorce

.So remember I wrote back on this appalling site a few weeks back? It’s gotten worse. Yes they’re back and promoting their site hard. Now you don’t just have a discrete affair but they’ll pay for the consequent divorce when you get caught? That said I don’t want to deny those of you in dire […]

Jewel Bar part 1

Jewel Bar Part 1 So last night I organised an event at Jewel Bar Covent Garden. I really should have known that it was going to be fraught with issues because; a)      It’s in the West End on a Friday b)      The woman was uber excited about Charlie from Kiss FM playing there. Who? The […]

The Recruitment Consultant

The recruitment consultant So I know I fucked up. I just didn’t think a decision I made over 4 years ago would have such far reaching repercussions. I better start at the beginning. There’s this recruitment consultant who I’ve never met and who sends me the odd job specification to look over before disappearing for […]

15 Things I learned on the authors’ bootcamp

Air conditioning is one of the things you are given free despite not wanting it. Take layers. I wrote all weekend Writers have groupies who think that having written a book is a huge achievement no matter that it’s a book about making money from writing a book. Hmmmm Internet marketers have more groupies who […]