http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/roger_alton en http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/07/blair-colleagues-headline http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/07/blair-colleagues-headline Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:18:50 GMT Roger Alton I'm a huge admirer of Tony Blair but I come in for a good ticking-off from colleagues for a headline on a story about his property woes

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/life-and-society/2008/01/finite-period-watch-ball-gig http://www.newstatesman.com/life-and-society/2008/01/finite-period-watch-ball-gig Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT Roger Alton 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

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2007/07/press-photographers-picture http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2007/07/press-photographers-picture Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMT Roger Alton Press photographers are often wrongly cast as cynics or manipulators. In fact, they are romantic figures, driven by a desire to tell the truth

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