As above, the Cleaning Up paperback’s been reviewed in the Independent. Not bad at all, although I’ve come to realise that I don’t write books for reviewers. I could go down the road of fane wrayting, I suppose, but there’s already a bit too much of that about, and I feel very sorry for the… [Read more…]
December 17, 2008
Here’s me in the Independent, talking about drunken Christmases past, and how to stay sober at this festive time. In the picture, I don’t look at all sure about that herbal tea…
December 3, 2008
Here’s me, after a very disturbed night in which the police hovered in their helicopter over a nearby street, talking about women drinking, in the light of a prospective ban on all-night free booze for women.
December 2, 2008
A nice namecheck for Cleaning Up. Drastic Measures: Increasingly ashamed of her rare but mortifying drunken displays, Viv Groskop decided to seek help. She spoke to experts and reformed bingers in her bid to achieve the Holy Grail of drinking: moderation
November 25, 2008
I’ve just heard that my fellow Rutlander, Michelle Palmer, is to be deported from Dubai instead of being imprisoned for her on-beach shenanigans with fellow Brit Vince Acors. She will no doubt be scapegoated for every drunken flashing of bits ever enacted by a western female for years to come. I’ve never been to Dubai,… [Read more…]
August 6, 2008
Notingham’s Left Lion is how a local newspaper should be done. Actually, ‘local newspaper’ doesn’t even begin to cover it, as you would expect from a publication edited by the gloriously multifaceted Al Needham. Their podcast was hilarious, and I wish they’d bring it back. Hell, listen to the old ones anyway. In this edition,… [Read more…]
May 21, 2008
This appeared in yesterday’s Evening Standard, and is on the Daily Mail website today: Was My Boozing To Blame For My Stroke? And, finally! A picture from the set taken in January, with me in a pink suit. I thought those shots must have disappeared.
January 4, 2009
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