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: 'The classroom of the future will be very odd if the Tories have their way'
Tales of the City
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John Walsh: 'I thought the roads in Kazakhstan were bad. But potholes in London...'
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Tales of the City
John Walsh: 'The little sadists will insist on cigarettes being sold singly in paper bags'
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Tales of the City
Reflections on Salinger
Friday, 29 January 2010
John Walsh: Here was an author who wrote the way people spoke
John Walsh: 'Taboo word? It depends on whether you mean the human bits, or rubbish'
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Tales of the City: How instructive to find out what's unacceptable to the BBC
John Walsh: 'Met Office predicted a warm winter. Cheers guys'
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Tales of the City
John Walsh: Frigid Farrah or Foxxxy are not a girlfriend experience I recognise
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Tales of the City
John Walsh: 'I gave him £20. He and his gormless son instantly said: "Please, more!"'
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Tales of the City
John Walsh: 'Teaching the police hypnosis is the stupidest idea in crime-busting'
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Tales of the City
John Walsh: 'My daughter's Christmas list appears to solicit a profusion of luxury goods'
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Tales of the City
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