Phelps, Nicole 1
Philip Morris International 1
photography 1
Picasso, funny-looking pictures of 1
Pickles, Eric 1
placebo effect 1, 2
Poirot 1
police 1
“Prevention Is Better Than Cure” 1
Putin, President 1, 2
Quantum of Solace, the gruelling experience of watching 1
Radio Times 1, 2
Rajan, Amol 1
RBS 1
Rebellato, Dan 1, 2
Rees-Mogg, Jacob, grotesqueness of picturing in a sexual context 1
Religion 1
Reynolds, Sophie 1
Revenant, The 1
Rhino, award-winning photo of a dead one 1
Richard III 1
riff-raff 1
Rihanna 1
Ringers, The Central Council of Church Bell 1
Ringing World, The 1
roads with rude names 1
role models 1
RRS Sir David Attenborough 1
Rubasingham, Indhu 1
Rudd, Amber 1, 2, 3
Sadler, Victoria 1
Salad Cream 1
Samsung 1
Sargent, Mark 1
Selfridges 1, 2
Severn Trent water, using Uber drivers to monitor its infrastructure 1
sexism 1, 2, 3
Shakespeare 1
Shakespeare’s Globe 1, 2
Simonstone Hall, DM’s scepticism about the marketing strategy of 1
Singer, Sally 1
Sladen, Nick, contributor to avian homelessness 1
slates 1
smartphones 1, 2, 3
Smiley, George, DM’s desire to be 1
Snowden, Edward 1
social media 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
social mobility 1
Sod’s Law 1
Solution to Everything 1
Soviet Union 1
Spencer, Nick 1
spies 1
Sport England 1
Star Wars 1, 2
style 1
Sun, The 1
Symonds, Carrie, aka “Otter” 1
Tanzer, Mark 1
Tate Britain, lesser popularity than Tate Modern of 1
Tate Modern, greater popularity than Tate Britain of 1
Teed, Marilyn 1
television 1, 2, 3 see also BBC; individual programme titles
Thatcher, Margaret 1, 2, 3, 4
theatre 1, 2, 3, 4
The Day Today 1
throat sweet, the, gifting of to Theresa May by Philip Hammond 1
Tierney, Aisling, calls out Cadbury for advocating the looting of archaeological sites 1
Times, The 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Today 1
Top Gear
Trump, Donald 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Tusk, Donald “Tsk” 1
Uber drivers, employment of to monitor Severn Trent Water’s infrastructure 1
“uncanny valley”, the 1
universities 1, 2, 3, 4
vegans 1
Victoria and Albert Museum 1
Visit Britain 1
Vogue.com 1
Webb, Robert 1
Welby, Justin 1
We Want Plates, campaign against innovation in food presentation 1
Wigglesworth, Mark 1
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017 competition 1
William the Conqueror: posthumous explosion of 1
friendship with distant ancestor of the Duke of Westminster 1
YouGov 1
X Factor, The 1
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David Mitchell is a comedian, actor, writer and the polysyllabic member of Mitchell and Webb. He won BAFTAs for Peep Show and That Mitchell and Webb Look, and has also starred in Jam and Jerusalem, Ambassadors, Back, and as Will Shakespeare in Ben Elton’s Upstart Crow. He writes for the Observer, chairs The Unbelievable Truth, is a team captain on Would I Lie To You? and can’t drive.
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