observations
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as you might expect, i enjoy people watching. since the advent of the mobile phone, there's now quite often an additional dimension to this: that of the involuntary eavesdrop.
i've started writing up some of these half and non-encounters in a series which may well continue indefinitely... |
words
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i hardly ever write poetry, but occasionally something grabs me and makes me want to write it down in words. which comes with the territory of being a writer i suppose.
this selection, small though it is, does in fact span some 25 years. |
berlin triptych
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from 1st to 5th december 2011 i was invited to the pen tales hemingway room berlin as a fellow, which resulted in this short piece of writing in both english and german. (click here to read and then use full screen to enlarge.)
there's an interview style blog entry about my stay in berlin with a bit of background here. |
the a-z of theatre
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the theatre is a wonderful world to work in, especially if you are an actor. so if you're not, but would like to know what it's like, here's your brief guide, which i wrote a few years after drama school, shortly before taking a fairly long break away from acting. i am seriously thinking of going back into acting, if they let me...
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sebastian's swiss strawberry seduction
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i don't cook and it therefore follows that i don't write recipes. but i make exceptions, and this one really requires no cooking at all: it takes all of about five minutes to prepare, and its effects can be devastating.
it featured in a collection of recipes from around the world published by hilary king who was then running the red pear theatre in antibes. |
london republic udi
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back in 2004, robert elms started a debate in time out magazine and on bbc radio about whether london should, could or ever even would want to become an independent city state. i found this categorically fascinating, not least because of how improbable the proposition was (even though london would, at the time, have become something like the 7th largest economy in the world at a stroke) and also because it was a fine example of daring to think the unthinkable. in that spirit, i decided to draft a possible blueprint for a unilateral declaration of independence, my first piece of outright polemic since i was a radical teenager...
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