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The sting
MOST of what’s gone wrong in British social and political life can be summed up with a fairly simple example using Jameela Jamil, a fruit-filled banquet and some bees. It’s about belief, fact-picking, tribalism and self-deception. But first, the bees. The story is fairly simple. The activist, actress, presenter and occasional model Jameela Jamil ran…
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‘Chekov was just pressing buttons…’
(Interview originally conducted in 1998, to coincide with the release by Titan Books of ‘Warped Factors’) WITH ‘Warped Factors’, ‘Star Trek’ legend Walter Koenig has released as hilariously, unforgettably honest an autobiography as we’re likely to see from a bona fide TV icon. Koenig, alias the perenially put-upun Pavel Chekov, delivers a wealth of Trek-titbits, certainly,…
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Suit you, Sir!
Back in the 90s, when I was young and slim, vintage suits were my thing. In those pre-eBay days, vintage shops and second-hand stores seemed to be full of them. You had to sift through a lot of rubbish to find the gold, of course – but there was still plenty of gold to be…
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Cakes, concerts and coffees in Reykjavik
Last year Mrs C and I visited Reykjavik for the first time – tying our long-awaited (17 years!) honeymoon into a trip to see the ever-excellent John Grant play in his adopted hometown. Besides seeing Mr Grant in the jaw-dropping setting of the Harpa concert hall (imagine a glittering palace of glass as designed by…
