Sean French

Society

Why do Wimbledon tennis players demand of their audience the silence of a requiem mass?

• 05 July 1999

Society

I met Harold Pinter once. He turned away without a word, which by his standards was a sign of friendliness

• 28 June 1999

Society

I knew those extremist theories that I rejected in my adolescence would come in handy one day

• 21 June 1999

Society

Have you heard the one about the man with no arms and no legs who is sunbathing on the beach?

• 14 June 1999

This England

• 14 June 1999

Society

Being remembered can mean being distorted. But that's better than being forgotten

• 07 June 1999

Society

Forty years old. But 40 is still young to be a great New Statesman columnist . . . isn't it?

• 31 May 1999

Society

There is no political situation that cannot be made worse by an international sporting event

• 24 May 1999

Society

Ever wondered why you never see billiards on TV? It's all Brian Walden's fault

• 17 May 1999

Society

He believed that, to get on in life, you just needed to work fairly hard and be a nice guy. The bastard

• 10 May 1999