Brian Cathcart

Brian Cathcart

Articles by Brian Cathcart

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The wicked pleasure of Simon Heffer

  • 05 March 2007
  • 1 comment

It is a shame such gifts of expression have fallen to such a right-wing man, but if you dislike the present government his words have the power to make you say "Yes!" out loud

The newspapers on Mars

  • 26 February 2007

A daft, wonderful BBC cop show leaves no doubt that the Britain of 1973 was a strange, ugly place, but it turns out that the daily papers of that time have things to recommend them

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 interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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