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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 . . .

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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Was the government wrong to sack David Nutt?

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