"I used to joke with friends - I'd look in my diary and Monday morning would be Derek Jacobi and Monday afternoon would be Michael Gambon, " he said.

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My first blogs were one that was an update of my personal website, and a secret diary, complete with pseudonyms and disguised locations, of my adventures in early-2000s Manhattan.

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Overall it has to be said that the cost of day-to-day living has not spiralled out of control since my last diary.

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