Labour MP, Chris Bryant, got into an argument he probably wasn’t expecting this week when he wrote in the Guardian that it wasn’t acceptable that the arts are dominated by the likes of Eddie Redmayne, James Blunt “and their ilk”. This was a reference to the fact that both had the benefit of a public school education, a fact that Bryant felt gave them an unfair advantage over other people with the same aspirations. James Blunt took exception to Chris Bryants comments and replied via an open letter. Here’s what he said: Continue reading →

When my daughter was two years old, an elderly relative decided to entertain her with a rhyme when we visited one day…

“Eeny, meeny, miny, Mo,
Catch a Nigger by his toe…” Continue reading →

You’re damned lucky I’m here writing this piece this morning. I shouldn’t be here – I shouldn’t be here at all. Continue reading →

You would have had to be living under a stone this past week, not to have been exposed to an ear-bashing from Bob Geldof, imploring you to download the latest version of Do They Know It’s Christmas’ in aid of  tackling the Ebola outbreak. As I write this, the record is at number one, and a good sum  of money has been raised, but something just doesn’t feel right this time. Continue reading →

The candidates in this years  The Apprentice are nothing if not typical. Such are their talents  – at least as they would have you see them – that  you wonder why they are not already multi-millionaires, industry leaders or pioneers in some field or other.  But they’re not, and instead  Continue reading →