Monthly Archives: February 2018

On Tour: Not the bike race – the David Baddiel interview

Posted on February 22, 2018 by writewyattuk

After a sold-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory and in London’s West End, comedian, novelist and TV presenter David Baddiel is taking his Olivier-nominated one-man show to theatres nationwide, with four dates already in the bag when we caught … Continue reading →

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Getting by in time – back in touch with Rick Buckler

Posted on February 15, 2018 by writewyattuk

To misquote A Town Called Malice, I’ll start by apologising for the things I’ve never done. On a family taxi duty the Sunday before last, I cut my eldest daughter short as she told me what she’d been up to … Continue reading →

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Don’t worry ’bout a thing – back in conversation with Mark Steel

Posted on February 15, 2018 by writewyattuk

Have a chat with stand-up comic Mark Steel and it won’t be long before cricket, football or politics come up in conversation. And in my case all three, with geography and history thrown in. The 57-year-old Kentish comedian, broadcaster, writer … Continue reading →

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The Levellers, for folk’s sake – the Mark Chadwick interview

Posted on February 1, 2018 by writewyattuk

Three decades ago, a conversation in a pub in a busy South coast resort led to the newly-introduced Mark Chadwick and Jeremy Cunningham discovering they had plenty in common, not least their political world-view and taste in music. As guitarist … Continue reading →

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