Lockdown

I’ve been thinking about class. Or rather, wealth. If you have a flat with a garden, or a house with a garden, or a large house with a garden, or several large houses with large gardens including one in the country such as a minister of state might have, it is really not so hardContinueContinue reading “Lockdown”

“I was like: ‘What the f*** am I doing here?'” David Baddiel on why he is confronting Holocaust deniers

The comedian David Baddiel explains why he is choosing to confront people who deny the truth of the Holocaust, ahead of a documentary he has made on the subject for the BBC.

“A richly evocative story of heartache and secrets.” The Mail on Sunday reviews The Light Keeper

The Light Keeper is a potent debut novel that weaves a richly evocative story of heartache and secrets.

“I am not afraid of dying.” An emotional last conversation with the great Sir Clive James

Clive James was dying when I met him. Everybody knew it, because the great writer and broadcaster had said so in print. He was embarrassed at not having gone already, he said when we sat down to talk. And talk. And talk. Never meet your heroes, they say. They’re wrong.