Dom Joly

Dom Joly has been an eclectic columnist for The Independent on Sunday since 2004. Joly shot to fame in 2000 with his anarchic Channel 4 hidden-camera comedy programme Trigger Happy TV. He has since made television series for BBC and Sky One including, This Is Dom Joly and Dom Joly’s Happy Hour. His spoof autobiography, Look At Me, was published in 2004, and in 2007 he brought out Letters to my Golf Club, featuring his correspondences with golf clubs around the world.

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Dom Joly: You can bet everyone else is a winner

Weird World of Sport: If I arrive in a Rolls-Royce, there's always somebody landing in their helicopter

Recently by Dom Joly

Dom Joly: One snip, lots of smiles – and a big cry for help

Sunday, 15 November 2009

It's only gone and happened again. I pop out for an evening in London and wham – the vet's snippers strike again. I meet Stacey for lunch at our beloved eaterie, Made By Bob in Cirencester. Lunch is friendly and happy – and then she hits me with the sucker punch.

Dom Joly: Where exactly is the fun in a fun-run?

Monday, 9 November 2009

Weird World of Sport: Every runner or jogger that I see has the same unhappy look etched onto their face

Dom Joly: One five-course dinner and I'm running on empty

Sunday, 8 November 2009

To Milan, for a curious challenge in which I attempt to drive a Volvo all the way back to Marlow on a single tank of diesel.

Dom Joly: Faster, higher, longer... total Olympics

Monday, 2 November 2009

Weird World of Sport: What would you rather see, amanthrowing a javelin 100 metres or half a mile?

Dom Joly: Gardening and yoga – the grave is surely looming

Sunday, 1 November 2009

Why is it that when you get older you have to start doing all the stupid things that you used to laugh at when you were younger? I've lost count of the things that I swore I'd never do that now form part of my daily routine.

Dom Joly: To be precise, this is legalised joyriding

Monday, 26 October 2009

Weird World of Sport: Spectators diced with death to get good photos of the blurry cars as they skidded past

Dom Joly: The guns have fallen silent on the golf course

Sunday, 25 October 2009

To Beirut golf course (le "Royal Beirut" as it's known to locals wags) for a leisurely round. I haven't played here since I was about 12 years old. This is where I swung my very first golf club. There was an Egyptian pro who gave me lessons.

Dom Joly: Olympic spirit is alive and...French?

Monday, 19 October 2009

Weird World of Sport

Dom Joly: Lebanon is the only place where a Hummer makes sense

Sunday, 18 October 2009

Last week I wrote about how I was looking forward to driving in Lebanon again. I even mentioned that there were a couple of places in the world that might be more dangerous to drive in. I was wrong, dear reader - so very, very wrong. I'd forgotten just how "out there" driving in Lebanon can be. It's in a league of its own.