It’s dark outside. Winter is coming. But there is so much light in this room. Slowly and surely audience arrive and the room fills with conversation like warm air. Sensing the temperature to be correct “Right shall we get on” Caroline says quietly clasping her hands. Read more [...]

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“if you are an adopted child and you search for your birth parents it is a reflection of the quality and care from your adoptive parents but if you choose not to search then...” I paused for a millisecond. The audience is filled with adoptive parents Read more [...]

An exciting week’s coming up. Most notably it is the opening of the exhibition GSK Contemporary Earth at Royal Academy of Arts where my piece What if is exhibited. Read more [...]

Consider. You can drive up a drive you can walk up a walk but you can’t street up a street. Discuss. Driving in London can drive me nuts. But then driving me nuts (my nuts?) is enough to drive me nuts. Read more [...]

Seven fifteen pm the audience arrives to the theatre. It’s a good atmosphere. We are all back stage. The artists are pacing. The stage curtains open and I walk onto stage. I am the host for the evening. Stage lights are up and I'm on "ladies and gentlemen welcome." Read more [...]

Home at last. On the kitchen table the journalist has put an envelope. In bold black printed letters upon one envelope are the words ON HER MAJESTY’S SERVICE. Strictly Personal. Read more [...]

The Pirates of the caribean actor Bill Nighy is outside signing autographs. He is spending a generous amount of time with waiting fans. Read more [...]

Strange thing happened to me tonight in the bar of Malmaison were I sat to read the paper after writing the introduction in my room. A guy started hitting on me but I didn’t realise until the penny dropped. Lobstergate! Read more [...]

I miss this city. it's good to see it changing. But some things never do. I drop into Boots the chemist to buy an electric toothbrush and the woman behind the counter says “how are you love?”. I don’t know her but she asks me how I am in a way that can only be done here in the north. I want to hug her. Read more [...]