New Statesman 2008
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18 December 2008
Nobody does recession like the Americans. Every street corner in New York has neon lights......Read more of article 18 December 2008 -
04 December 2008
I'm in New York to do some appearances at the Zipper Theatre as part of an all-female show called......Read more of article 04 December 2008 -
20 November 2008
I'm in Pakistan, invited by the Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop in Lahore as part of its 25th festival......Read more of article 20 November 2008 -
06 November 2008
I'm in America. I walked into a Hollywood office this afternoon and the first question someone......Read more of article 06 November 2008 -
23 October 2008
A few days ago a comedian friend of mine called me from LA to tell me that he was being sued. A......Read more of article 23 October 2008 -
09 October 2008
It's been a historic week. O J Simpson has been found officially guilty. Sir Ian Blair has been......Read more of article 09 October 2008 -
25 September 2008
This week I was the victim of another terrorist attack in London, which made none of the......Read more of article 25 September 2008 -
11 September 2008
There is a bit of America in all of us. For some, it has forced its way in, and for others like......Read more of article 11 September 2008 -
28 August 2008
Tonight is the last night of The Edinburgh Festival. It's like the last day of school.You empty......Read more of article 28 August 2008 -
14 August 2008
I was up on stage showing my granny knickers to two hundred and fifty people...Read more of article 14 August 2008 -
31 July 2008
Even my white friends wouldn't risk having me perform at their wedding...Read more of article 31 July 2008 -
17 July 2008
Three weeks in a hot caravan telling Mandela stories to strangers is a holiday of sorts....Read more of article 17 July 2008 -
07 July 2008
There was more hat swapping than wife swapping at this year's Glasonbury...Read more of article 07 July 2008 -
23 June 2008
Before Google, I actually had hobbies, and before I owned a computer I actually had a life...Read more of article 23 June 2008 -
09 June 2008
The card said he was a former West Indies cricketer. Did he think I looked like the type who'd want lessons?...Read more of article 09 June 2008 -
26 May 2008
"I designed the winners' brochure," he shouted drunkenly. "Look, you're in it. You won!"...Read more of article 26 May 2008 -
12 May 2008
My audience in Liverpool bawled about Boris. Give me Bollywood bowling instead - any day...Read more of article 12 May 2008 -
28 April 2008
Being a footballer's girlfriend or wife takes practice, believe me. I just looked like a lemon...Read more of article 28 April 2008 -
14 April 2008
While filming in Las Vegas I see Tom Jones. I once served him a milkshake, you know...Read more of article 14 April 2008 -
31 March 2008
I thought I'd lived a bit. But there's always something round the corner in the US that still shocks me...Read more of article 31 March 2008 -
13 March 2008
I thought we were on a train, not a space shuttle whisking us away from apocalyptic doom...Read more of article 13 March 2008 -
28 February 2008
Read more of article 28 February 2008The other day while on the Underground, I was approached by a young man who couldn't have been......
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14 February 2008
Britain must be on the verge of sharia law: last night I was introduced on stage as Sharia Mirza...Read more of article 14 February 2008 -
31 January 2008
"Oh, it's nothing to be ashamed of," said the cleaner, spotting the tray shorts. "We all wear those in Cyprus"...Read more of article 31 January 2008 -
17 January 2008
With my parents, dishonesty is the best policy. It saves an awful lot of ludicrous explanation...Read more of article 17 January 2008 -
03 January 2008
As I hurry to a New Year's gig for 200 gay men, I think of mum in Mecca. It's what she'd have wanted for me...Read more of article 03 January 2008
