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Just a note to say that although the author of recent posts appears to be "Plucker" they are in fact by Mark Steel. Not sure why they are appearing like this...-
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Mark’s Tweets
- I honestly pledged to spend a morning off reading Wuthering Heights, but the first 2 overs of the cricket have arsed that right up 15 hours ago
- @NeilMullarkey Ah but it is, it's an allegorical story about my show in Bromsgrove 2 days ago
- @branchenergy @markthomasinfo It's less hassle to just do five minutes about opera and book heckling and pretend I'm him. 2 days ago
- @sadielsmith Is that not covered by genius? 3 days ago
- @ajhmurray Love him all the more for it - I reckon he's a poet and a cauldron of Byronesque volatility under the surface 3 days ago
- Decent, troubled, self-harm, apparently severely injured, inspired, genius, victorious, droll - the plot of every Andy Murray match 3 days ago
- @JohnPandit1 Hey how are you? Let's have a cup of tea and discuss our joy at the state of the country. 4 days ago
- @mrstevegribbin I heard a song last week by, I think, King Dopalopalop, called 'My Shit is Perfect'. I bet they were originally Septic Toe. 4 days ago
- PJ Harvey will sound slightly less magnificent from now on. 'Let England Shake', by PJ Harvey MBE is not quite the same. 4 days ago
- I'm off to odd places again and in need of help. Does anyone know anything about Buckingham? It's a tad ghetto I hear. 5 days ago
Mark’s Independent Articles- Legal Aid: Well, they are called the wheels of justice... June 13, 2013
- Miliband makes his play: do everything the same June 6, 2013
- Next we’ll be saying the poor don’t need to eat May 30, 2013
- What, let gays get married? We must be bonkers May 23, 2013
- Gove’s lesson: spare the comma, spoil the child May 16, 2013
- Have you heard? The immigrants ruined Britain May 9, 2013
- Mark Steel: If every Boston marathon runner had a gun, they’d be safe, right? April 25, 2013
- Mark Steel: Thatcher's funeral is over. Can we go back to normal now, please? April 18, 2013
- Mark Steel: You can't just shut us up now that Margaret Thatcher's dead April 11, 2013
- What did I learn from this class survey? Watch out for the postman if he's humming Mozart April 4, 2013
- The poor spend all the money. Isn’t it obvious? March 28, 2013
- Iraq: We can all change our opinion, can’t we? March 21, 2013
- Prince Charles is just what those Syrian refugees needed March 14, 2013
- Feeling bold, Mr Milliband? I've got a cunning plan to deliver a Labour victory in 2015 March 8, 2013
- Abraham Lincoln's real lesson for Labour? Compromise is over-rated February 27, 2013
- Mansion tax: It always seems to work out that taxing the rich is pointless, doesn’t it? February 19, 2013
- People's Assembly: Right, that’s enough, now what are we going to do about it? February 18, 2013
- It’s now accepted that learning has to be profitable to be valid February 12, 2013
- Why the horror at match-fixing in global football? The 'legal' fixing is just as bad February 5, 2013
- Who needs a spare room, anyway? January 29, 2013
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Monthly Archives: May 2010
STRANGE MESSAGE IN THE MAIL
Occasionally I find a message has been sent to this website from an unexpected source, and curiosity gets the better of me. A while ago I was invited to a conference in Kazakhstan to a debate on the world economy … Continue reading
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I SEEM TO REMEMBER TORY RULE ONCE BEFORE
This was written (and amended as the day unfolded) on the day David Cameron became Prime Minister, for the Independent, but didn’t go in the paper. The mayhem of the last few days seemed as if it would go on … Continue reading
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SOME RANDOM INCOHERENT THOUGHTS ON ELECTION MORNING
Aaagh, what am I supposed to do? Some things I’m clear about. It’s obviously a farce. Cameron staying up all night so he can run around saying ‘Hello, and what are you making?’ to shift workers is a splendid way … Continue reading
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