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Category Archives: Open Letters

An Open Letter to Ed Balls: everyone has a theory about something.

April 1, 2014

Dear Ed, (I hope you don’t mind me calling you Ed: we’ve never met, but I have a theory that …

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An Open Letter to David Bowie: Scotland needs You!

February 20, 2014

Dear David, We have thought for some time that your absence on the contemporary UK political scene has had a …

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An Open Letter to Russell Brand: Voting. So what?

October 25, 2013

So, yes, Russell, democracy ain’t perfect. Voting is a corrupted and corruptible process. History will show us what we want …

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An Open Letter to Jose Mourinho: listen for once to the words of Heraclitus.

September 15, 2013

Dear Jose, Much has been made of your return to Chelsea, much of it by yourself but you could do …

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I blame the parents! Why not hitting your grades has nothing to do with you.

August 16, 2013

Along with childhood obesity, teenage ennui and the English riots of 2011, the failure of all young people this summer …

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An Open Letter to Chris Evans: Score yourself out of 10: 1 billion? Well done you!

January 21, 2013

The British DJ, Chris Evans, has a slot on his primetime radio show in the morming where he invites children …

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An Open Letter to Roy Hodgson: please prove the English FA wrong and fail gloriously

May 1, 2012

Dear Roy Hodgson, I’ve got nothing against you and happen to think you were on a losing to nothing when …

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An Open Letter to Jeremy Paxman: how do you like your artists? Poached, fried or skewered?

April 3, 2012

Dear Jeremy Paxman, The recent and utterly predictable furore about Damien Hirst’s retrospective at Tate Modern has so far unsuccessfully …

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I blame the parents! Perhaps the Daily Mail has been right all along

February 27, 2012

Dear Daily Mail, There has been more in you today about how parents need to be castigated for their wayward …

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The Tuesday Rant: write an Open Letter to a famous person!

January 31, 2012

The Tuesday Rant is an occasional series of irritated and indignant responses to various public figures, some famous, some infamous, …

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