Sebastian Shakespeare



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Full name: Sebastian Shakespeare

Area of interest: 'Society' gossip and current affairs, esp. in London

Journals/Organisation: Evening Standard

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Other roles/Main role: Contributing editor to the Literary Review and Tatler

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Controversy/Criticism: Victim of diarist's mudslinging chooses act of revenge in kind - The Independent, 12th April 2008

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Website: Standard.co / Sebastian Shakespeare

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Day published: Wednesday

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Articles: 2009

 * Being a writer is a poor choice of job - Colm Toibin has revealed that the best thing about being a writer is: “The money. I never knew there would be money...[writing] has nothing to do with enjoyment.” - 4th March 2009
 * This is no time to scrimp on the fizz - Recession - what recession? Last week I went to two of the most lavish parties I've been to for many a moon (and believe me, I go to a lot of parties) - 25th February 2009
 * Whips and rubber are pretty tame - My old university contemporary Toby Young has written an article in Harper's Bazaar reminiscing about Oxford in the Eighties - 18th February 2009
 * Darwin's world is poetry in motion - Tomorrow is the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin, arguably one of our Greatest Britons, who transformed the way we see the world - 11th February 2009
 * My new 'friends' in the recession - Networking in boom times is tolerated, even if it's regarded as pushy and brash. But during a recession it becomes a social necessity, a matter of survival - 4th February 2009
 * I twitter with the witless witterers - To Twitter or not to Twitter? I joined "this new social networking utility for staying connected in realtime" a few weeks ago and I now regret it - 28th January 2009
 * A property swap isn’t so mad really - I returned home to my North Kensington flat this week to find a neighbour had posted a flyer through my door offering a "mutual flat exchange" - 21st January 2009
 * Life's hard when work is a luxury - Walk home from work even if it is miles away. Pause for breath and pause for thought instead of mindlessly rushing around. Be firm when someone tries to overload you with work. These are just three tips from Julia Hobsbawm's new book - 14th January 2009
 * The age-old game of literary prizes - This year's Costa Book Awards look even more of a lottery than usual - 7th January 2009



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