John Walsh
Prolific writer and commentator John Walsh contributes two weekly columns to the paper, Tales of the City and BTW, as well as writing features, interviews and restaurant reviews. He has been editor of The Independent Magazine, literary editor of the Sunday Times and features editor of the London Evening Standard. His latest novel, Sunday at the Cross Bones, was published in 2007.
John Walsh: 'Suddenly it happened. An actual British chap was proposing in public'
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John Walsh: First there were book clubs. Now it's glee clubs. Haven't you joined one?
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
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John Walsh: "I object to being forced by politicians to change the way I use light"
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
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John Walsh: God wants you wealthy – and he'd also like your cinema and a fast car
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
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John Walsh: 'Quangos are absurd little organisations with large amounts of cash to splash'
Tuesday, 11 August 2009
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John Walsh: Only a t*** would not know the meaning of the word
Thursday, 30 July 2009
Just as David Cameron missed the point last year about the song "Eton Rifles" by The Jam (it's not, in fact, a recruiting hymn to the school cadet force, as Paul Weller had to explain to him), he now fails to realise that one doesn't use the word "twat" in polite company.
John Walsh: 'Don't take a policewoman prisoner then say you've been called a rude name'
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
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