The 20th century was bloody and terrible in many ways but 20 years ago today, one grim chapter in the history of that time was brought to a good conclusion Comments
Once in a while, a movie comes along that has genuine social and political content and deserves to be treated as a commentary on contemporary mores as well as a regular cinematic experience Comments
"Hello! How are you today ?" The smiling young woman who approaches me outside Farringdon Tube wants just a couple of minutes of my time Comments
I was walking to the local post office one morning this week when I came across a policeman looking grimly at a large pile of car tyres that had been dumped in the gutter Comments
Why does discrimination against crime writing still exist? Comments
One disconcerting aspect of being among London's 300,000 French expats is hearing Nicolas Sarkozy constantly implore me to return home Comments
Move over, Nick Griffin: this week's figure of hate is Penelope Trunk, a 42-year-old mother of two whose surname is only marginally more lumpen than her own prose Comments
It was a young and tragic marriage. T.S. Eliot's first wife Vivien Haigh-Wood suffered from a severe hormonal illness that required constant medical treatment, exacerbating an already hysterical nature Comments
On this day in 1989 the Berlin Wall was finally breached, ending the reign of East Germany’s feared security service. Here Anne McElvoy, who spent much of the Eighties in the city, recalls her encounters with the spooks Comments
Milk rounds return to London. Remember them? So-called "milkmen" bring milk in so-called "milk bottles" on an electric vehicle which wakes you up at four o'clock in the morning by sounding like there's a mosquito next to your head Comments
I was sitting in the Chinese city of Xian, home of the terracotta army, trying to take a picture of its bell tower Comments
Media analysis: Newspaper sales are going down. Television audiences are fragmenting. But there is one branch of media that has good reason to be cheerful Comments
Sacking David Nutt is hardly the 'brave' move the Home Secretary claims: the real target has to be the law itself Comments
A newspaper columnist and mentor of mine always gave short thrift to critics who asked how he would like to be on the receiving end of ill-informed opinion and knockabout abuse Comments
I was relieved when Sir Ian Blair was appointed as Metropolitan Police Commissioner in 2005. He was known as a moderniser, a liberal-minded person in an illiberal organisation Comments
Do they take us for complete idiots in Norfolk?” ask South West Norfolk’s Tory activists, as they limber up to deselect their candidate over revelations of her 18-month affair with a married Tory MP Comments
There is no hiding place at the top of elite-level sport. I've been fencing since the age of 11; I'm currently ranked third in Great Britain at women's foil and I'm a member of the GB fencing team Comments
Immigration has become a subject so toxic, generating such splenetic aggravation, that it is worth stopping to ask why it is virtually impossible to have a rational debate on the issue Comments
I am beginning to feel a little sorry for our elected servants in Westminster. I know it sounds a little like suggesting that bankers work dreadfully hard and deserve every penny of their bonuses Comments
I was talking to a group of 12-year-olds about their life at school. One of them gazed at me with a puzzled demeanour and asked: "Why do teachers call thick children gifted?" The entire group looked at me knowingly Comments
In the run-up to the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen there will be many apocalyptic warnings about how we must alter our behaviour to avert disaster Comments
The conversion of Arsenal's former ground isn't quite the surprising landmark it could have been - but it has achieved the rare feat of creating a modern garden square Comments
If there's one thing more baffling than seeing the customs of your youth dying before your eyes, it's seeing them resurrected, Night of the Living Dead style, in an unrecognisable form Comments
Myths can be halfway around the world before truth can get its boots on. So it is with the great weekend story that in 2000 Labour ministers had "a deliberate policy" but a concealed one to "open up the UK to mass migration" Comments
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