Brian Cathcart

Brian Cathcart

Articles by Brian Cathcart

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NHS is becoming a four-letter word

  • 19 February 2007
  • 2 comments

The health service under attack plus modesty and Andrew Neil

A bit of a flap

  • 12 February 2007

Don't panic, we are told. There is no imminent danger to humans. Well, if that is the case, why all the fuss, why the acres of coverage?

Trust us. We're journalists

  • 05 February 2007
  • 1 comment

This is a world where ethical lines are neither defined nor observed, yet we keep telling people that there is nothing to be done about it

Forgotten friends in the north

  • 29 January 2007

As far as political news value goes, Scotland has a standing roughly on a par with a middle-sized English local authority

The spin doctors have lost their powers

  • 22 January 2007

Blair's third term has turned into a public relations calamity to rival Michael Foot's Labour leadership and John Major's final years

Exit Kate, pursued by paparazzi

  • 15 January 2007

How did the press illustrate the hounding of Prince William's girlfriend by photographers? With long-lens photos, of course

Person of the Year: NS Readers' Choice

  • 18 December 2006
  • 3 comments

You chose the individual who did most for the good of humanity over the past 12 months

A history lesson

  • 11 December 2006

Observation on Lorna Arnold, Britain's official nuclear historian

The man with the golden typewriter

  • 13 November 2006

Taittinger champagne, Rolex watches, Beluga caviar and Sea Island underpants: Ian Fleming's Bond novels anticipated our modern obsession with brands

An emperor in Eltham

  • 25 September 2006

Observations on history

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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