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Life on the inside

John Harris — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT

House Music: the Oona King Diaries Oona King Bloomsbury, 373pp, �12.99

How to live to a hundred and twenty, Fidel-style

John Harris — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Cubans may still be denied such trifles as free elections, but they have perfect teeth, and there seems to be only one obese person in the whole of Havana

Brown's encounter with Angelina Jolie was a neat contrast with Blair's first star endorsement, when an apparently refreshed Noel Gallagher implored him:

John Harris — Mon, 15 May 2006 12:00:00 GMT

The faux-consensual politics that brought Labour to power in 1997 is long gone. What does the new era say about our expectations of our leaders, asks John Harris

NS Essay - 'David Cameron's style makes attempts to play up his background look mean-spirited. But his passage through his first month as leader speaks volumes about the confident chutzpah that tends to cost parents around �25,000 a year'

John Harris — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Like Blair in the 1990s, the Tory leader is being all things to all men, writes John Harris. For all its woolly elusiveness, the Cameron project is showing weaknesses, though it won't be easy to exploit them

Politics - John Harris wants Labour to forgive

John Harris — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Tony Blair's display of humility after the loss of many Labour votes in the May elections has not lasted long. Dissenters are still under pressure to keep their views to themselves

Slum rock

John Harris — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Not Abba: the real story of the 1970s Dave Haslam Fourth Estate, 359pp, �12.99 ISBN 0007146396

So who did I vote for in the end?

John Harris — Mon, 09 May 2005 12:00:00 GMT

In the run-up to the general election John Harris captured the dismay of many disillusioned Labour voters in his book So Now Who Do We Vote For?. Here, he reveals his own final decision

A greyer shade of pale

John Harris — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Nobody would be surprised if one of the party leaders were to propose a traffic-cones hotline. In this campaign, it seems, everyone's about to become a John Majorite

Cause for concern

John Harris — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Better or Worse? Has Labour delivered? Polly Toynbee and David Walker Bloomsbury, 346pp, �7.99 ISBN 0747579822

Death or glory

John Harris — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 12:00:00 GMT

Passion is a Fashion: the real story of the Clash Pat Gilbert Aurum Press, 320pp, �18.99 ISBN 1845130170