Trying to discover why more black Britons don't climb the social ladder seemed a bit insulting

Andy Kershaw, who wants to get You and Yours off the airwaves, is already my hero of 2006

Observations on parenting

Radio 2005 - Rachel Cooke explains why, when it comes to rolling news, it's better to listen than wa

Yes, Antony, you might be a star - but round this way we don't like a lot of splother, see?

Prince Charles was roundly condemned for describing China's leaders as "waxworks", yet the state-spo

Television - A troubled princess is posthumously damned, writes Andrew Billen

The Queen's Siste

Television - The Shakespeare of the natural world celebrates invertebrates. By Andrew Billen

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Television - A secret unit tackles police corruption and a dodgy script, writes Andrew Billen

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Television - In an updated Shakespeare, the girls get all the best lines, writes Andrew Billen

Television - The BBC's big toga-saga drags, despite an imperial budget, writes Andrew Billen

Rome

Television - Full of vulgar touches, this adaptation is truly Dickensian, writes Andrew Billen

Does Jeremy Vine mourn his former reputation as Jeremy Paxman's Mini-Me?

As my brother David and I pay our entrance fee for the Southampton Boat Show, the girl on the till d