Category Archive: Journalism

19 Jun

Blowing my own trumpet in Cairns

Blowing my own trumpet in Cairns

One week after it kicked off in Johannesburg’s Soccer City Stadium, the World Cup has been defined by one word above all others. Vuvuzela. Until a …

 
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06 Jun

Sri Lankan stilt fisherman Life in the Day from Sunday Times Mag

Sri Lankan stilt fisherman Life in the Day from Sunday Times Mag

Priyanta Rh, 44, is a stilt fisherman off Sri Lanka’s south coast. I talked to him about growing old, the tsunami and a threatened way …

 
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27 Jan

The Butler’s Guide to Galle

The Butler’s Guide to Galle

Stay at Galle Fort’s Amangalla, and as well as enjoying the best room of your life, you will be looked after by your own personal …

 
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16 Jan

Mumbai: from the gutter to the stars

Mumbai: from the gutter to the stars

Magical Mumbai is India’s megacity, a seething, teeming metropolis of more than 14 million people. The subcontinent’s business and entertainment capital, it boasts both the …

 
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15 Jan

Aamir Khan-do attitude to Bollywood

Aamir Khan-do attitude to Bollywood

Aamir Khan, star of the biggest-grossing Bollywood film of all time, talks to me about the struggle to find fame his way. Sitting serenely cross-legged and …

 
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07 Nov

Sir Michael Caine on returning to South London’s mean streets

Sir Michael Caine on returning to South London’s mean streets

“I was brought up at the Elephant & Castle in London. It was a completely different world then.  Our drug was a beer. Our …

 
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16 Jun

Keira and Sienna discuss The Edge of Love

Keira and Sienna discuss The Edge of Love

This morning I was lucky enough to spend ten minutes with Britain’s hottest actresses, Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller. By hot I of course mean …

 
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22 May

Festival de Cannes, 2008

Festival de Cannes, 2008

Back from another hard slog on the Cote d’Azur. Seriously, Cannes is a hard slog. Screenings from 08:00 to midnight, endless photocalls, red carpet calls, …

 
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19 Feb

Scarlett and Natalie discuss The Other Boleyn Girl

Scarlett and Natalie discuss The Other Boleyn Girl

Pleasant morning acting like an idiot in front of two of Hollywood’s most stunning leading ladies. Walked into my Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman interview …

 
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18 Sep

Oliver Stone discusses World Trade Center

Oliver Stone discusses World Trade Center

What was it like to be carried alive from the ruins of the Twin Towers on 9/11? Oliver Stone was in London last week to discuss …

 
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