First Thoughts
Peter Wilby's witty and sardonic take on the week's events
Articles in First Thoughts
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Media
Please, Mr Lammy, may I say something about smacking?
- 05 February 2012
Helen Lewis on the unchanging fate of women in Afghanistan, David Lammy and the smacking row, Michelle Obama’s hot pants, fantasy headlines and useful qualifications.
Newspapers
Kelvin’s honest amorality, Mitt’s weird faith and Toby’s school rules
- 16 January 2012
- 1 comment
Peter Wilby offers a guide to interpreting the red tops, worries about Mitt Romney, is alarmed about free schools and advises you to water the babies.
Newspapers
Thatcher’s legacy, baby-faced dictators and funny women
- 02 January 2012
- 4 comments
Helen Lewis-Hasteley on Maggie and legacy-building, tots with lethal toys and the press and the public interest.
Scrounging foreigners invade Edinburgh? Where’s Paul Dacre?
- 15 December 2011
- 1 comment
Peter Wilby reflects on German financial logic, welcomes changes at the eleventh hour to the Extradition Act, cheers a rare lefty success, wonders why PRs won’t offer him a free lunch and pandas to the Daily Mail.
Newspapers
What is the point of democracy?
- 28 November 2011
Peter Wilby on the second man in the Basil D’Oliveira story, why capitalism still has legs, Tory plans for strikers, left-right cycles and the disingenuousness of Hugh Grant.
Society
My euro prediction, Olympics travel and another cricketing suicide
- 16 November 2011
- 2 comments
Newspapers
The week with Peter Wilby
- 10 November 2011
- 1 comment
Desmond v Dacre redux, the clamour from Occupy LSX, questions of faith and university bingo.
