My latest New Statesman column

Another editon of Calder's Comfort Farm is up on the magazine's website:

Last time I visited the Statesman offices, Julian Clary was holding court. I elbowed my way through the crowd to congratulate him on the publication of his first novel.

Eyeing the broad acres of the inside back cover, I suggested he would soon be giving up his column.

“No,” he replied, “I like to keep my hand in.”