Never Write off the Germans
Here’s a radio thing I did about the World Cup with Andy Parsons, John Richardson, Josie Long and Christian O’Connell.
Big Society
Here’s a thing I did for the Labour party during the 2010 election. I suspect it may keep them out of power for a generation. In the original which is here, you can put someone’s name in and send it to them and their name appears in the video.
Everyone’s a critic
If you put “wanton self-indulgence” into Google it’ll probably come up with this post. So if you have anything better to do, please carry on…
That said… (more…)
WHSmith tease
This is a teaser for a sitcom I’ve written about a man who loses his memory in a car crash outside WHSmith…
My Yiddishe Mother Tongue
Sholem-aleykhem! Which is Yiddish for hello…
Not really a video this, but a couple of extracts from a documentary I did for Radio 4 about my mother’s parents – a Yiddish playwright and actress – and my general obsession with the language and culture of Yiddish.
First extract is where I take my mother back to the site of the Grand Palais Yiddish theatre in the East End of London where my grandmother was an actress and my grandfather a playwright.
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The second is part of an interview about Yiddish with former head of ITV Michael Grade, sharing a couple of his favourite insults.
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Want a bit more Yiddish? Well, here’s a link to an article I wrote for the Jewish Chronicle…
And, whilst we’re at it, here’s a nice review from the Guardian that I’m posting here so my family can kvell, which means glow with pride. In a Jewish way…
The Guardian: My Yiddishe Mother-tongue
