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David Parkin's big film debut is too late for the BAFTAs

WHEN people ask me what I do it is always difficult to explain and sell my services in a few short sentences. “This and that, mainly that,” doesn’t…

May 17 •

David Parkin on the story of a city

WILL you forgive me if I choose not to join the orgy? Tom Riordan has announced he is to step down as chief executive of Leeds City Council at the end…

May 10 •

David Parkin strolls down memory lane in London

I SPENT a couple of days in London at the start of the week and unlike my recent trips, the weather wasn’t grey and wet. The sun shone like it supposed…

May 3 •

David Parkin finds Barbie is not beyond his ken

I’VE finally found a car that I think channels the inner me. I would have perhaps liked something a little more gaudy, but you can’t have everything…

Apr 26 •

David Parkin teams up with Gareth Southgate

AS I stood looking out at the audience for Martin House’s special An Audience With Gareth Southgate lunch, I told them that two things struck me…

Apr 19 •

David Parkin gets down with the accountants

HAVE I been on holiday recently? I must have, because I definitely remember relaxing on a sun lounger in Marrakesh in temperatures so high that I was…

Apr 12 •

David Parkin isn't grouchy about the Groucho

A MAGNET for London’s arts and media elite, The Groucho Club is expanding. After almost 40 years on Dean Street in Soho, where has the club finally…

Mar 22 •

David Parkin on not the news of the world

READ all about it. Or not, as the case may be. Reports this week suggested that the government plans to ban foreign governments from owning British…

Mar 15 •

David Parkin's Blog

David Parkin's Blog

I'm a journalist, event host and organiser and media commentator. This weekly blog features my take on the good, bad and often daft side of life.

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