Live web-chat with Tony Parsons, 9pm-10pm, 6 October

[rachel(mumsnet)]

Columnist and author Tony Parsons will be joining us here on Monday 6th October from 9-10pm for a live chat. Tony's sixth novel, 'My Favourite Wife' has just been published and is described by The Independent as 'a much bigger, more ambitious book' than million-selling 'Man and Boy'. If you can't make the chat you can post your questions in advance here.
Hope to see you here on Monday.

x post lol

I was the origial Burchill on here - flinging Burchill like invective about willy nilly - but the nickname is now in limbo foir some reason

I had Parsons and Landesman following me about the boards

Less web chat

More web shat I reakon

aaaai see i shouldnt be too overconc3rned about insulting him lol

I was Landesman on here

I like Julie Burchill

Oh Janeway, it was you. How apt

Burchill and Parsons belong in the same 'taking ourselves too serioulsy' camp as far as I can gather from the evodence available

Oi, Purchli, you still got gout? From living the working class life?

Not sure it's relevant but does anyone know if the parson's nose on a chicken is its bollocks or its arse?

Can't wait till Monday. Can he come now?

Guys, guys, guys are you determined to run all our guests off MN? What's happened to our famed hospitality?

Surely we can muster some sensible questions between us?

well i would ask a question out of sympathy for your plight

but i dont know anything about him except the rather badly remembered music journalism

what about

what music are you listening to

Hi Tony, welcome to Mumsnet, who do you think is going to win the X-factor?

(Is that the kind of thing you wanted Justine?)

Not quite... but it's an improvement I suppose!

Hi tony

welcome to mumsnet

i remember you used to be a music journalist

what are you listening to now?

Is it annoying that people get you mixed up with Nick Horby or are you flattered? And can I ask who you rate out of modern Brit writers?

Hi Tony,
I really enjoyed Man and Boy - thanks for that. I have a couple of questons:
How did the teenage years go with your son? Was it tough and have you any advice?

Secondly,
Have you found over the years that being working class has been an advantage career-wise or otherwise?

Thanks in advance.

I gather you raised your son pretty much single handedly. I'd just like to say well done.

I gather you want to see the return of Capital Punishment? Can you explain under what circumstances?

I feel mercy is more important than justice, what do you think?

I see from your Wikipedia page that you write regularly for GQ.

Do you think there is a future for magazines such as GQ in this modern world where everything one might want to read about is on the internet? (like mumsnet of course)

Hi Tony, where do you think feminism is today? What should its goals be?

And would you really prefer to be writing for Vanity Fair?

Tony,

do you read Viz?

coco

I like Viz - I especially like its fake ads.