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The Laurence Inman Columns

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 WORDS07-06-2007

REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL31-05-2007

GOOD GRIEF?24-05-2007

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 MOTION06-04-2007

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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