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“I’m smacking my lips at the prospect of a heady cocktail of sport and politics,” confesses David Mitchell of “That Mitchell & Webb Look” in Saturday’s Guardian, and to those who’d urge an Olympic boycott due to China’s history of social and political repression, the comedian suggests “that’s like boycotting Star Wars because you don’t [...]
1. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne (Sad) 2. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov 3. Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (Funniest book I've read in AGES) 4. Extras by Scott Westerfeld (satisfying) 5. The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank by Ellen Feldman (Want to read Anne Frank's Diary again!) 6. Mr Vertigo by Paul Auster 7. Tommy Sullivan Is A Freak by Meg Cabot (I heart Meg Cabot as always) 8. The Book of...
England’s surprise selection of unheralded fast bowler Darren Pattinson for their unsuccessful 2nd Test of the summer versus South Africa has been characterized by one observer as “numb-skulled”. In the considered opinion of “Peep Show”’s David Mitchell, however, it was a simple matter of mistaken identity. From Saturday’s Guardian : The England cricket team’s newest member, [...]
Pre-season. Ah the joy of a few brief football free hours. David Mitchell wrote in the Guardian about the pain of constant media focus on football in the summer and he's right, although not funny which is, after all what he's there for. For Crystal Palace fans, it has been a pre-season of unrelenting gloom. Players leaving. Players not coming back. Chairman leaving. None of which individually bother...
A curious article appeared in “The Guardian” on Saturday, in which the actor, writer and comedian David Mitchell tried to sum up his dislike for football. Reading it back this morning, one cannot help but be struck by the overwhelming impression that he is somehow holding back the worst of his ire - that he [...]
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David Mitchell wrote the second of two terrific sports comment articles for the Guardian on Friday (could be he’s going to do more, certainly hope so). In I want a long rest from a game that never sleeps, he notes that Despite the fact that no matches are being played, football still dominates the press. And [...]
This collection of interviews with 10 contemporary novelists (no poets, playwrights or short-story writers) offers the simple, reliable pleasure of listening to experts talking about what they know best. Interviewees include Pat Barker, Jonathan Coe, David Mitchell and Matt Thorne. The tone is civilised, erudite, reasonable. A consensus emerges on certain points: most of these writers are great readers;...
After all, were the Guardian blogger of “Peep Show” fame to relocate to the US of A, he could instead immerse himself in the tedious Brett Favre soap opera. For me and my fellow football-hating former shivering weeds, this should be the best time of year. It’s bang in the middle of the tiny gap which [...]
There's a nice article on the Guardian website right now written by excellent and talented British comic David Mitchell about how he doesn't care for football all that much . The reason I mention it is not for the content of the piece (as lighthearted and amusing as it is) but for the comments that the Guardian's fine readership have left. I wonder why you'd bother writing an 875 word piece when amongst...
A bit of a change of pace for this week’s Summer Books selection - Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell, once featured as part of Richard and Judy’s Book Club. Confounding expectations for a book associated with a daytime chat show, Cloud Atlas soars to levels far above many of the books to be featured in this [...]
by The Lone Ranger Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Straight in at number 2 ! Time: 11 mins 46 secs Return with me now to the thrilling day of Tuesday ... Low tech today after last weeks filming. Cloud Atlas is a brick. I wonder if size matters? (Books that is.) I drop the book off and retreat to a nearby wall. Straight away a man walks up and pokes the book with the tip of his umbrella. Does he mistake...
Source: [b]The Packer, KS[/b] By David Mitchell CDC update (July 1, 10:07 a.m.) As people continued to get sick in a Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was broadening its investigation to include food items that are commonly consumed with to...
