May 2009

It was only a wafer-thin mint: politicians pig out on public funds

It’s all very well excoriating our politicians for having their snouts in the trough, but this is to ignore the elephant in the room that is former Prime Minister Tony Blair who is swanning around (elephantly and porcinely, if I am not to mash my animal metaphors) picking up millions on the lecture circuit off […]

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St Ives Literary Festival party photos

Porthmeor Beach at sunset Here’re a few pix from Saturday’s end-of-festival party at Bob Devereux’s Salthouse Gallery after a great week in horrible weather. Dorcas celebrates her first wages from the bistro Anna and Dorcas Phil, Bob, Paul Healy, Keir, Bob’s publisher friend, Martyn Barker, Rod Bullimore Madam Miaow says … visit Anna Chen’s website

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How To Write A Blues Song: St Ives Literary Festival

What happens when a white man sings the blues? Here’s the first of my videos of the St Ives Literary Festival that ends tonight (Saturday). Rod Bullimore performs How To Write A Blues Song, accompanied by Charles Shaar Murray and Buffalo Bill Smith at the St Ives Arts Club on Thursday. More about the St

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Anna May Wong Must Die! premieres Friday, St Ives

Anna May Wong Must Die!, a personal journey through the life and crimes of the Hollywood screen legend, has its debut performance at The Salthouse Gallery, St Ives in Cornwall this Friday 8th May at 7pm. £6 I’ve composed music for it, poetry, everything except fireworks and fully-catered Chinese dinners. Madam Miaow says … visit

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