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Please, Mr Lammy, may I say something about smacking?

Helen Lewis-Hasteley — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Vampire squids, Blair�s b�te noire and the rot about yachts

Peter Wilby — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Kelvin�s honest amorality, Mitt�s weird faith and Toby�s school rules

Peter Wilby — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Dacre�s triumph, Searle�s survival and poems about microwaves

Helen Lewis-Hasteley — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Thatcher�s legacy, baby-faced dictators and funny women

Helen Lewis-Hasteley — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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?

Peter Wilby — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:34:49 GMT

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.

Press restraint on Gary Speed, a Lib Dem war and the blazer squad

Peter Wilby — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

What is the point of democracy?

Peter Wilby — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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.

My euro prediction, Olympics travel and another cricketing suicide

Peter Wilby — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The week with Peter Wilby

Peter Wilby — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:46:40 GMT

Desmond v Dacre redux, the clamour from Occupy LSX, questions of faith and university bingo.