Columnists A - L

Dominic Lawson: Don't be fooled: the Catholic Church is not bluffing over gay adoption

Published: 26 January 2007

From Boston to San Francisco the church has closed down its adoption agencies

The Sketch: All greased-up and ready to praise the Chancellor

Published: 26 January 2007

It was the first really sincere suck-up session we've seen. The greasing season is officially open, and no one out-greased Ashok Kumar: his question began: "May I congratulate the Chancellor on the great job he's been doing?" (Cries of "Answer!")

Joan Bakewell: It is a rare tax that can inspire generosity

Published: 26 January 2007

Spend rather than hoard. There is no virtue in saving for the future. When you're old the future is now

Adrian Hamilton: The endgame in Iraq that can't succeed

Published: 26 January 2007

Half the military establishment believes that an attack on Iran is likely

Miles Kington: Let's lock-in pub conversations and throw away the key

Published: 26 January 2007

'John Reid hasn't gone liberal! He's looking at prison overcrowding with a knee-jerk reaction. Which has always been New Labour policy'

Miles Kington: It's Oscar time! And, once again, the twittish are coming

Published: 25 January 2007

I wish I knew why I find the Oscars as annoying as I do, which is much more annoying than almost anything else in the world.

Mary Dejevsky: Why I support the churches on gay adoption

Published: 25 January 2007

In this clash of rights, it is the churches that occupy the moral, and judicial, high ground

Johann Hari: The last gasp of the global warming deniers

Published: 25 January 2007

They are beached on the shores of the wrong side of history, now abandoned even by Bush

The Sketch: This was the apple pie and cinnamon defence

Published: 25 January 2007

Blair not being there was quite handy in the event; in the absence of his messianic mania, the Government's case looks quite as threadbare as cynics and pessimists could desire. Building a safe, just and prosperous world for all. Margaret Beckett kicked off on Iraq with one of Labour's apple-pie statements, dashed with cinnamon.

The Sketch: Honesty is structurally impossible

Published: 24 January 2007

We - by which I mean people - think morality is essentially emotional. We feel that behaving with integrity, with honour derives from the way we were brought up or taught or trained or had our selfish instincts brought under control.

Alex James: The Great Escape

Published: 24 January 2007

Poor old Fred looks knackered. There's a lot for a sheep farmer to contend with at the moment. We lost a couple of roof panels on the big sheep barn during Hurricane Edith. (Hurricanes are named after dogs in Oxfordshire; Edith is the whippet up the road.) The fields are gurgling like wet sponges; the yard is a mud bath. It was snowing just now, the sideways kind, and then the sky cracked open wide, and, for the moment, the sun is broadcasting imperial calm from a perfect silver-blue sky.

Terence Blacker: Back to the old Tory basics of cutting art

Published: 24 January 2007

It is as if south London has slipped into some grim time-warp and suddenly finds itself back in the mid-1980s. That proud Conservative council Wandsworth has just announced a cost-cutting offensive and, to show how seriously it takes the business of keeping down taxation, it has started by hammering a local fringe theatre.

Miles Kington: The difficult business of returning your Lordship

Published: 24 January 2007

'I tried to book a table at one of London's smartest restaurants - more than 20 "Lords" had already tried to book, they were taking only commoners'

Dominic Lawson: Mr Yates is answerable only to the law

Published: 23 January 2007

Through charm and political force, Blair has always managed to impose his will on the legal system

The Sketch: The rising tide of generalisation swamping the country

Published: 23 January 2007

I'm afraid I'm suffering from a certain guild solidarity. I'm not sure I like it. Two of the big wheels at the Mail and the Express turned up to the human rights committee to defend their "bogus asylum-seeker" policy. "The rising tide of ants that is swamping this country". Do headlines such as this infringe the human rights of people seeking asylum? That was the question the committee wanted answering.

Philip Hensher: The timewarp tribalism of those on the left

Published: 23 January 2007

She was going to 'have a party' when Lady Thatcher died and was surprised when I said I found that disgusting

Miles Kington: Free with this column: how to survive wallchart season

Published: 23 January 2007

If, by now, you do not know about the solar system and the world's most popular invertebrates, it is not the fault of the editors

Miles Kington: Stumped? Look away now if you don't want the answer

Published: 22 January 2007

It is a Latin phrase, used only in the Vatican, meaning "Papal gaffe damage limitation exercise"

Johann Hari: Jaded contempt for the working class

Published: 22 January 2007

By any tangible measure, the white working class is the least racist part of British society

Bruce Anderson: China now talks hard and carries a big stick

Published: 22 January 2007

The downing of a satellite may have been a shock. It should not have been a surprise

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: The view from India... horror at these barbarians

Published: 22 January 2007

Everyone I met wanted to know what had happened to the once impeccable Imperial nation

Howard Jacobson: 'Big Brother' encourages something worse than racism

Published: 20 January 2007

The debate as to whether Jade and her super-dumb cohorts are racist is not worth having

Andrew Grice: The Week in Politics

Published: 20 January 2007

Cameron focuses on the state as Big Brother stalks Westminster

David Lister: The Week in Arts

Published: 20 January 2007

A thrilling whiff of battle in the concert halls

Dominic Lawson: Jade is crude and abusive, but her freedom of speech extends to the right to be rude

Published: 19 January 2007

Mr Tweed was not engaging in racial abuse. He was being a prick, which is not yet against the law

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Columnists A - L

Dominic Lawson: Don't be fooled: the Catholic Church is not bluffing over gay adoption

The Sketch: All greased-up and ready to praise the Chancellor

Joan Bakewell: It is a rare tax that can inspire generosity

Adrian Hamilton: The endgame in Iraq that can't succeed

Miles Kington: Let's lock-in pub conversations and throw away the key

Miles Kington: It's Oscar time! And, once again, the twittish are coming

Mary Dejevsky: Why I support the churches on gay adoption

Johann Hari: The last gasp of the global warming deniers

The Sketch: This was the apple pie and cinnamon defence

The Sketch: Honesty is structurally impossible

Alex James: The Great Escape

Terence Blacker: Back to the old Tory basics of cutting art

Miles Kington: The difficult business of returning your Lordship

Dominic Lawson: Mr Yates is answerable only to the law

The Sketch: The rising tide of generalisation swamping the country

Philip Hensher: The timewarp tribalism of those on the left

Miles Kington: Free with this column: how to survive wallchart season

Miles Kington: Stumped? Look away now if you don't want the answer

Johann Hari: Jaded contempt for the working class

Bruce Anderson: China now talks hard and carries a big stick

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: The view from India... horror at these barbarians

Howard Jacobson: 'Big Brother' encourages something worse than racism

Andrew Grice: The Week in Politics

David Lister: The Week in Arts

Dominic Lawson: Jade is crude and abusive, but her freedom of speech extends to the right to be rude

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