Monthly Archives: April 2013
In which I make Ian Hislop laugh
It happened like this. I found myself sitting next to him at a concert. We were introduced to each other. Conversation did not flow. As regular readers of this blog will know, small talk is not my strong suite. But I have at least read books on how to make conversation. Rule number one always
Continue ReadingA post in which I defend Art Historians against criticisms of uselessness
Back in January of this year I had an embarrassing experience. I was picked up, after filming, about 8.30 in the evening, by a mini-cab from St George’s Hospital in Tooting, on my way home after a long day. (I think we had started at 7am at Westminster Abbey.) I was clearly a bit tired,
Continue ReadingIn which my speech impediment is criticised, but all ends happily
A true email conversation recently conducted through my website reveals an unexpected moment of courtesy in cyberspace. While I have not exactly displayed heroism on the Mary Beard scale, it will warm the hearts of the speech-impedimented everywhere. (Apparently my problem is my enormously long tongue – its great length means that it rather lazily
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