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The wise, the blunt and the Glasgow kiss

  • 07 February 2008

Here is what is shockingly different about Soros: he turned up without a minder, exhibited no pomposity and spoke almost no bollockese

Paradise without the politics

  • 31 January 2008

The truth was, the civil war seemed a million miles away and the most urgent situation "on the ground" was Gore Vidal's lost luggage

Trevor's six-pack

  • 24 January 2008

In my old job at Sky I wasn't recognised often. One woman was convinced she knew me because she thought I worked at M&S in Richmond

What's the point of “church” ?

  • 17 January 2008

The nation's debt crisis may not seem a very spiritual matter, but any free counsel the C of E can give is to be commended

Drink, dictators and belly dancers

  • 10 January 2008
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Hearing the UK and US drone on about democracy in Pakistan makes me sick: Musharraf would remain a dictator even if he donned a tutu

Pens, rulers, fists - and tears

  • 03 January 2008

Being unemployed would be fine if you knew in nine months you'd land a dream gig. So it's a finite period, and you can have a ball, or learn Italian, or watch Jeremy Kyle

The chance to begin again

  • 13 December 2007

A fire, a cat, carols on Christmas Eve and cabbage picked from the garden. Certain rituals cannot be improved upon

I can't play the piano but let me blow my trumpet

  • 06 December 2007

Christmas purists will protest that it's too early to go festive, but it's only once a year and I want to make the most of it

A very predictable furore

  • 29 November 2007

The most irritating aspect of the Nick Griffin-David Irving show is that it's allowed this hoary story to dominate the headlines

The entente was truly cordiale

  • 22 November 2007

Since, as everyone knows, the French are more intelligent than anyone else, it was only fair that they set themselves handicaps, such as the 35-hour week

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Cloud control

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Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

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Will Self

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