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SUNLIGHT – THE BEST DISINFECTANT 08-10-2009

READ ALL ABOUT IT 01-10-2009

A MOSELEY FANTASY 24-09-2009

LAUGHTER LINES 17-09-2009

FAMILIES AT WAR 10-09-2009

BEYOND OUR KEN 03-09-2009

A FATHER’S FOND FAREWELL 27-08-2009

PAINTING THE TOWN RED 20-08-2009

CHARACTER ASSASSINATION 14-08-2009

TESTING TIMES 06-08-2009

WAR JAW 30-07-2009

MUSING ON MOVIES 23-07-2009

IF THE CAP FITS... 16-07-2009

GORMLEY – OR GORMLESS? 09-07-2009

WACK JOB 02-07-2009

TOON TOWN 25-06-2009

SO, WHAT IS THERE? 18-06-2009

UP IN SMOKE 11-06-2009

ABSOLUTELY SCRABULOUS 04-06-2009

NO EXPENSE SPARED 21-05-2009

A NOVEL SUGGESTION 14-05-2009

SNOT FUNNY 07-05-2009

LOST IN DYLANCHOLY 30-04-2009

FOR ENGLAND AND ST GEORGE 23-04-2009

IT’S ALL AT THE CO-OP – NOW! 16-04-2009

THE WANDER OF WOOLWORTHS 09-04-2009

PRIME FORM 02-04-2009

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH 26-03-2009

WHERE THERE’S A WILL 05-03-2009

JUST LIKE LIVING IN BEIRUT, 1978 21-02-2009

GIRL TROUBLE 19-02-2009

A LOAD OF BOLLARDS – PART TWOb 14-02-2009

A LOAD OF BOLLARDS – PART TWOa 07-02-2009

A DICKENS OF A MESS 22-01-2009

THE SLOANE RANGER DANGER 15-01-2009

STAND-UP – AND BE COUNTED 08-01-2009

BOARD TEENAGERS 06-01-2009

LITTLE BRITTON 27-12-2008

THE LESSONS OF EDUCATION 18-12-2008

CHARITY BEGINS…AT THE BOOKSHOP 11-12-208

PUB'S CLUBBED 05-12-2008

COHEN FOR A SONG 27-11-2008

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING SELF IMPORTANT 20-11-2008

DON’T BARRACK OBAMA 13-11-2008

THE INSIDE STORY 07-11-2008

LIAR, LIAR? 30-10-2008

DOOM AND GLOOM 23-10-2008

SINGING THE BOOZE 16-10-2008

QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS 09-10-2008

SOMEONE SPOKE 02-10-2008

WORDS OF ADVICE FOR GORDON BROWN 25-09-2008

A CAPITAL IDEA 18-09-2008

READING THE BANS 11-09-2008

TESTING, TESTING 04-09-2008

ALL THAT GLITTERS .... 28-08-2008

GOING FOR GOLD 21-08-2008

PAVEMENT POLITICS 14-08-2008

GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER 07-08-2008

BARRACK OBAMA, PATRICK HAMILTON AND STUFF 31-07-2008

THE FUTURE NOW 24-07-2008

ON KITCHEN CUTTING TOOLS DEVIANCY 17-07-2008

EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION 10-07-2008

DEAD POET'S SOCIETY 03-07-2008

THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING 26-06-2008

THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT 19-06-2008

EURO TWO THOUSAND AND HATE 16-06-2008

TRUE CONFESSIONS 05-06-2008

THE CRYING GAME 28-05-2008

CHERRY BOMB 22-05-2008

AN BRITISH EDUKASHUN 15-05-2008

JESSIE MAE BANNER HEADLINE 08-05-2008

FEUD FOR THOUGHT 01-05-2008

A SLICE OF FLANN 24-04-2008

NOT SO MUCH MARATHON MAN, AS SNICKERS BLOKE 18-04-2008

A RIGHT ROYAL CONSPIRACY 10-04-2008

THE APPRENTICE’S SORCERER 03-04-2008

TINDAL STREET'S NEXT HIT 27-03-2008

CONFESSIONS OF A NUT WHIRL NUTTER 20-03-2008

IMPERFECT DAY 13-03-2008

MUM’S THE WORD 06-03-2008

JUST ASK FOR MIKE 28-02-2008

JOINING THE VILLAGE PEOPLE 21-02-2008

GORDON BROWN........WELCOME TO EDEN 14-02-2008

LAURENCE INMAN RECOMMENDS… 07-02-2008

W4NKER 31-01-2008

JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE PARANOID... 24-01-2008

UP IN SMOKE 17-01-2008

ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN 10-01-2008

SHAKEY ALL OVER 03-01-2008

ON GROWING UP 28-12-2007

TEACHERS COURT IN THE ACT (Part Two) 20-12-2007

TEACHERS COURT IN THE ACT (Part One) 13-12-2007

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION 06-12-2007

PUGINGENUITY 22-11-2007

STAND UP FOR LAURENCE INMAN 15-11-2007

FREE RANGE KIDS 08-11-2007

SPRAY IT AGAIN 01-11-2007

OLD LIE. NEW UNIFORMS. 25-10-2007

ASUNDER BLUNDER 18-10-2007

L.A.M.B - TO THE SLAUGHTER 11-10-2007

FORGETTORY 04-10-2007

DOING A RUNNER 27-09-2007

FUNNY SHAPED BALLS 22-09-2007

ON ELLIE AND MADDIE 13-09-2007

THE POLICE (NIA, Wednesday 5 September) 08-09-2007

PENTHOUSE AND PAVEMENT 30-08-2007

LAURENCE INMAN DIES AT WEDDING 23-08-2007

MIND THE GAP AND YOU MIGHT GET THE PART 16-08-2007

WHAT I DID ON MYHOLIDAYS 09-08-2007

AFTER THE GREAT VANDALISM 02-08-2007

A LIFE OF GRIME26-07-2007

LITTLE MOSCOW: BIG PRAISE 18-07-2007

A QUESTION OF CONSPIRACY12-07-2007

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH 05-07-2007

WHAT'S IN A NAME? 28-06-2007

QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS 21-06-2007

A NATIONAL DAY FOR BRITAIN - BUT IN 1984? 14-06-2007

CROSS WORDS 07-06-2007

REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL 31-05-2007

GOOD GRIEF?2 4-05-2007

ONLY HERE FOR THE LEAR 17-05-2007

GEORGIE BEST AND ME 10-05-2007

1966 AND ALL THAT03-05-2007

NEW PHARTZ! JUST LIKE THE OLD PHARTZ 26-04-2007

THE ONLY TEN BOOKS YOU'LL EVER NEED 18-04-2007

DEAL OR NO DEAL 12-04-2007

POETRY IN MOTION 06-04-2007

HOW SIBELIUS MADE MUSIC IN NORTHFIELD 29-03-2007

A MATTER OF OPINION 23-03-2007

A SHAKEY PRODUCTION 15-03-2007

RAISING THE TONE 08-03-2007

BLAIR IN THE BROWN STUFF 01-03-2007

READ ALL ABOUT IT 22-02-2007

FORCE OF HOBBIT 15-02-2007

GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS 08-02-2007

THE POSHEST STREET IN BIRMINGHAM? 01-02-2007

DUMB AND DUMBA 25-01-2007

THE SHOE-LACE MOMENTS 19-01-2007

ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL 11-01-2007

PULL THE PLUG ON MOSELEY RD BATHS 04-01-2007

PUNCH DRUNK 29-12-2006

ROAD TO SOMEWHERE 20-12-2006

BUT SOME ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS 13-12-2006

MY OLD MAN SAID BE A VILLA FAN... 07-12-2006

WHERETHERE'S A WILL... 02-12-2006

CONFESSIONS OF AN AGEING ROCKER 22-11-2006

EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX 18-11-2006

LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING 08-11-2006

IS THE NEW BIRMINGHAM A LOAD OF BULL? 01-11-2006

READ ON, TUNE IN, DROP OUT 28-10-2006

WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS....? 20-10-2006

THE BLACK CHAIR 12-10-2006

Laurence Inman

Laurence Inman taught English for 20 years. Then some ambitious underling in Whitehell ordered him to stop teaching and prepare the kids for banal tests instead, while he (Inman) wasted hours ticking boxes on forms which were collected and stuffed in a drawer somewhere until they were forgotten and could be safely thrown away. Now he (Inman) spends his time on his 'projects': writing, performing, basically showing off whenever an opportunity presents itself.

He can be seen most days shouting at his dog Bill in Highbury Park, or running out of Sainsburys on Kings Heath High Street. He thinks all our problems can be solved if we immerse ourselves in the study of Roman Stoicism. If you ask him ,'Is there too much suffering in the world ?' his answer is likely to be, 'No, there's exactly the right amount.'

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