Paul Evans

Paul Evans

Paul Evans is a freelance journalist, and formerly worked for an MP. He lives in London, but maintains his Somerset roots by drinking cider.

Articles by Paul Evans

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A boxer and a vegan head for Norfolk

  • 13 July 2009

The eclectic range of candidates for the Norwich North by-election and a reminder of Alan Patridge's journalistic prowess in our weekly round-up of the political blogs

Gay pride and prejudice

  • 03 July 2009
  • 2 comments

Ben Bradshaw's verbal assault on Tory homophobia, the bloggers' boycott of Iranian state TV and the shocking notion of a gay Thatcherite in our weekly round-up of the political blogs.

More corruption, more laws

  • 26 June 2009

The return of Labour's much-missed pledge card, Craig Murray's buoyant election campaign and Italian dystopianism, in our weekly round-up of the political blogs

Mesopotamia on the mind

  • 22 June 2009

Brown's Iraq inquiry, the unmasking of Nightjack and the B52s' Mesopotamia in our weekly round-up of the political blogs.

Syria's lovable dictator

  • 16 June 2009

The Ba'athist old guard still hold sway in Damascus, cracking down with martial law. Yet younger Syrians see Bashar al-Assad as their best guarantee of reform and new freedoms.

Still the mad parliament?

  • 12 June 2009

The 'magisterial' John Bercow, Betty Boothroyd's sharp tongue and why Venezuela has banned Coke Zero, in our weekly round-up of the political blogs.

Will Sir Alan fire Gordon?

  • 05 June 2009

Gordon Brown's woes, the triumph of Hartlepool's Monkey and Sir Alan's cabinet appointment in our weekly round-up of the political blogs.

Euro-ignorance and opportunism

  • 01 June 2009
  • 1 comment

The European elections, the photogenic Lebanese and The Byrds' tribute to politicians in our weekly round-up of the political blogs

Snouts in a scandal

  • 15 May 2009

MPs' expenses, the great grime renaissance and Canberra's Budget lock-in in our weekly round-up of the political blogs

A perpetually benevolent state

  • 08 May 2009

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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