Commentators
Charles Nevin: Time we took a humility check?
Published: 21 May 2007
Guffawing and general sniggers greeted Gordon Brown's declaration of humility as he acknowledged receipt of the prime ministership at some time in the distant future. I thought this a little unfair, even if Mr Brown has no readily apparent previous. People can change, you know: look at Thomas Becket and Jonathan Aitken. Besides, he could have said he was proud, or gobsmacked, or made up.
Leading Article: Recycled propaganda
Published: 21 May 2007
If we don't dare to talk about it," says Margaret Hodge regarding the problem of housing immigrant families, "we'll never get it right". Yes, but it does not follow that every contribution to this debate is a useful or instructive one. Her own intervention over the weekend, for instance, failed that test.
Rebecca Tyrrel: Days Like Those
Published: 21 May 2007
Leo Docherty: But Harry, we've already lost
Published: 20 May 2007
Rory Knight Bruce: Love me, love my dog
Published: 20 May 2007
Rebecca Tyrrel: 'Maddy mania' is an un-British circus. It is also a force for good
Published: 20 May 2007
Peter Kennealy: Blair to go Catholic? His sights are set higher
Published: 20 May 2007
Alex Carlile: A judge's wise words lost in the Web
Published: 20 May 2007
Rupert Cornwell: Out of America
Published: 20 May 2007
Jemima Lewis: Pity the inarticulate MySpace generation
Published: 19 May 2007
Leading Article: A towering triumph
Published: 19 May 2007
Who says Britain can't do big sporting infrastructure projects? The new Wembley stadium opens officially today, in time to host the FA Cup final between Manchester United and Chelsea.
Dylan Jones: If you ask me
Published: 19 May 2007
If you ask me, fashion journalism might soon be dead. According to Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur's horribly titled yet incredibly successful Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit?, fashion journalism is "Words to go with pictures of people wearing clothes written by boarding-school girls with misspelt first names (so many Zs) and double-barrelled second ones." Rude, yes, and based on puerile inverted snobbery. But they do have a point. Sort of.
Richard Ingrams' Week: Blair can turn Catholic, but will he truly confess?
Published: 19 May 2007
Reports that Tony Blair is about to become a Roman Catholic have resurfaced since he announced his retirement. That distinguished and well-informed pundit Mr Anthony Howard has pronounced to that effect and top people's priest Fr Michael Seed of Westminster Cathedral has appeared to confirm the story.
Tessa Jowell: My week
Published: 19 May 2007
Robert Fisk: Blair's lies and linguistic manipulations
Published: 19 May 2007
Patrick Diamond: Labour must show that it is still relevant
Published: 18 May 2007
Michael McCarthy: 'Positive feedback' may advance global warming
Published: 18 May 2007
Feedback: it's a phenomenon you'll be hearing a lot more of. In its initial incarnation, feedback was harmless. It first sprang to prominence (you may remember if you're an old rocker) as the name for a musical effect employed by The Who and other loud rock bands to jack up the noise level.
Rupert Cornwell: No regrets as defiant pair bid fond farewell
Published: 18 May 2007
In the end, as so often, they seemed two men against the world. Yesterday's joint press conference by Tony Blair and George Bush was surely the last time they would stand together here as leaders of their countries. Predictably it was short on substance. Instead, two old friends mused publicly and defiantly on the slings and arrows of what they plainly saw as outrageous fortune.
The Third Leader: Doily distress
Published: 18 May 2007
At this difficult time of transition, just when we didn't need it, comes more unsettling news: the paper doily is in decline. Some will be inclined to dismiss this intelligence, released by Asda, as a minor, fussy, possibly frilly, detail. I would caution against.
John Lichfield: An omnipotent presidency with only one head to roll
Published: 17 May 2007
President Nicolas Sarkozy plans to turn the aloof Elysée Palace into an all-controlling French White House. He has promised to create a new France by being a new kind of president, immersed in day-to-day government and more accountable to parliament and the press.
Mark Fisher: The credibility of Parliament is at stake
Published: 17 May 2007
Cindy Sheehan: Will he make money from our dead soldiers?
Published: 17 May 2007
Before the Iraq war I thought Tony Blair had some courage and integrity because of the British support after the attacks of 9/11. Of course, we are very close allies. But when he went along with George Bush and the war of aggression when he knew it was wrong - we know that because of the Downing Street memos - he showed that he was as avaricious as the Bush administration.
Catherine Townsend: Sleeping Around
Published: 17 May 2007
Knocking on the door to the luxury hotel suite that James had booked for our m�nage-à-trois with his gorgeous rugby player friend, I felt horny, but slightly terrified.
Cooper Brown: He's Out There
Published: 17 May 2007
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