On Sunday 15 June, US President George W. Bush is visiting London as part of his valedictory world tour, and will be having tea with the Queen and dinner with Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Read more [...]

The journalist has an article in the national newspaper she works for and it highlights the event that she asked me for earlier the week. I call her and say “yes” I really want to go. It’s a black tie affair. The black national screen awards this following Monday. But it’s too late. On Tuesday of this week I said that I didn’t want to go. It must have been connected to the queens gala that I couldn’t go to either. She’d already asked someone else this morning. Nyaaaaaaggghhhhhhh. Read more [...]

I then scoot around the corner to SOHO to meet Henry Normal one of british television most successful independent television producers. We are discussing 24 hour party people? – the question mark is important. It’s an event of writers from Manchester that I am putting on at The South Bank on November 9th. Henry Normal is a poet, a millionaire poet at thatWe used to tour together – in less fiscally abundant days - with guitarist and now lead singer of a band called I am Kloot, Johnny Bramwell, then called Johnny Dangerously. They were special days which Henry remembers with pleasure. To now be sat with both the poet and film producer – he has made most of the hit Steve Coogan films – is a treat. Read more [...]

I once asked someone when he came back from holiday where he was looking love “did you fall in love?”. He was Scottish, of the highlands, sunburnt from his sojourn to the costa del sel and replied wistfully “no, but ahhh did a lot of fallin’” . This week I've been doing alot of falling. Read more [...]

It’s The Queen Elizabeth Hall and every golden ticket is in the sweaty hands of an eager audience member. Precious thing. There’s crowds outside hoping, praying, for tickets. The foyer stage is alight with young poets and rappers of London giving it their all. There’s a crackle in the air. The foyer show ends in applause and the people rise up and wend their way into the QEH to the main event! In the sixties I guess they would call it a happening. Read more [...]

There is an irony isn’t there? The entire Wold service and its home is called Bush House. It’s what george would’ve wanted. Read more [...]