John Walsh
Prolific writer and commentator John Walsh contributes two weekly columns to the paper, Tales of the City and BTW, as well as writing features, interviews and restaurant reviews. He has been editor of The Independent Magazine, literary editor of the Sunday Times and features editor of the London Evening Standard. His latest novel, Sunday at the Cross Bones, was published in 2007.
John Walsh: 'If a politician lays a wreath at the Cenotaph, it's a mark of respect'
Tales of the City
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John Walsh: 'Fleetwood Mac survived 42 years of madness, sex, drugs, failure and success'
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Tales of the City
John Walsh: 'I was defending the most testosterone-fuelled bloke in 20th-century literature'
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Tales of the City
John Walsh: 'Suddenly it happened. An actual British chap was proposing in public'
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Tales of the City
John Walsh: ‘Bullingdon Club high jinks keep coming back to haunt the Tories’
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Tales of the City
John Walsh: 'I am currently bestriding the televisual universe like an aloof Colossus'
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Tales of the City
John Walsh: 'Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's Kit Kat Caramel (£1.39 for 3)'
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Tales of the City
John Walsh: First there were book clubs. Now it's glee clubs. Haven't you joined one?
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
Tales of the City
John Walsh: "I object to being forced by politicians to change the way I use light"
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
Tales of the City
John Walsh: God wants you wealthy – and he'd also like your cinema and a fast car
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Tales of the City
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