Articles tagged UEA:

In Defence of Max Sebald

  • 22 Aug 2021

There’s nothing in this country we love to do more than to tear down our heroes. And what better place to do it than in a book review? I tend to shy away from writing book reviews because they tend to say much more about the reviewer than they ever do about the book itself....

What Norfolk Means To Me (And Being Interviewed by a Guinea Pig)

  • 23 Sep 2018

What is your idea of perfect happiness in Norfolk? Walking along Mundesley beach (pic below). When I was at university in Norwich in the early 1980s I used to drive out there at midnight from time to time and just wander along the beach listening to the waves crashing again...

Anyone for Tennis?

  • 25 Jun 2010

There was a time, in the late seventies and early eighties, when I would go to Wimbledon every year, but my interest in tennis waned in the 1990s as the main players just resorted to bashing the ball from base line to base line. Seeing a player come to the net was as rare as a...

EDP Diary: Being Hit by Cecil Parkinson's Egg

  • 12 Oct 2007

I got a little over-excited on Tuesday when I got a telephone call which started with the words: "Hello, I'm calling from Question Time...". I say 'over-excited' because it was an invitation to appear on Question Time Extra on News 24 as opposed to the main programme, but I su...