How new labour revealed ladies’ legs. Published in The New Statesman
This terribly respectable-looking Japanese lady was sitting on the Tube. Immaculately dressed in highly polished court shoes and neat, well-fitting dress, the sheaf of papers that…
Do writers really need newspapers? Published in The New Statesman.
Late one night, trying to avoid a deadline, I tapped in the names of well-known journalists on my computer to see if their domain names had…
Isn’t a camera enough? Interview with Jason Brooks and Chuck Close. Published in The Independent
The pictures take a month, four months, a year to make. And they are copies. Systematic, modular, painstaking copies of photographs. For just such work the…
“Aye, aye, I thought, we’re going to jack up.” Published in The Independent.
SCARY, LOVE, obsession, toothy, prehistoric, predators, stealthy. These are all words inspired by a tiny word: pike. Like all things that are not fully understood, people…
Aliza Reger
Aliza Reger is immaculately dressed. Immaculately pressed, immaculately co-ordinated. I am transfixed. It is a long time since I have seen anyone dressed like this. “Do…
Big fish in a very big sea. Marlin fishing in Madeira. The Independent.
THE SUN shines bright and keen, the sky is blue with no clouds to mess it up. The sea, 3,000ft deep beneath our 40ft fishing yacht,…
Getting hooked on the sport of queens. The Independent.
NOT MANY people dream of being Georgina Ballantine, but I do. In October 1922, Miss Ballantine caught the biggest salmon (64lbs) ever to be taken on…
Interview with Harry Hill. The Independent.
The most scary thing in all the world must be looking back on your life and wishing you had done something else with it. There are…
Monica Zipper. The Independent.
Within 15 minutes of applying lipstick for the photographer, it is no longer in its intended place. “I’m still like a kid. I still spread my…
Don’t say it’s only a spider. The Independent.
Phobic is a great word to lip read. But it isn’t so great to be phobic, especially when your phobia is regarded as girlie or stupid.…
Annalisa Barbieri 
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