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Blessed are the cheesemakers

  • 06 September 2007
  • 2 comments

I suspect we may have a gay prime minister before an atheist one. Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens have their work cut out

You're on your own, Richard Dawkins

  • 30 August 2007
  • 5 comments

A woman in the audience did indeed have a lawn and the spirits said it needed cutting. Wow!

Farewell to the Proms

  • 23 August 2007

How to avoid coming down with "cancellitis", finding time to eat, and nearing the end of an extraordinary 12-year adventure

In Afghanistan, memories of Vietnam

  • 16 August 2007
  • 1 comment

It is one of the constants of war zones that the further you are from front lines, the more optimistic the military assessments become

Give me hugs, not lashes

  • 09 August 2007

Why are directors constantly asked about the film industry? Are shoe designers constantly interrogated about the state of British boot manufacture?

Where the real thing clings on

  • 02 August 2007

At the muddy rock festivals and the low-budget pub gigs, you can hear something that doesn't come off a computer

Oh, for the comfort of the real monsoon

  • 26 July 2007

In the storms, it took me 24 hours to get from London to Cornwall. It never occurred to me that British rain could do this . . .

Upside-down umbrellas and hard-boiled mice

  • 19 July 2007

What's the difference between dogs and deckchairs? Should I feed a hungry audience? And does wearing women's knickers help Luton's footballers score?

How would Princess Anne say "lingerie"?

  • 12 July 2007

When an HRH is sitting at your table, you need to come up with an icebreaker . . .

Jacqui Smith's rise, no thanks to me

  • 05 July 2007

It would need a line of unrivalled wisdom to top the thoughts of Eric Hobsbawm. So I went in search the next day at Glastonbury, where I found . . .

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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Will Baroness Ashton be an effective EU foreign minister?

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