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Democracy is in a Bad Way. Cynicism abounds. Politicians can't even open their mouths without our wondering who paid for the dental work
Read full article...I don't have a lot of time for men. Men scare me with their football and their Chris Ryan novels and their understanding what the numbers in the names of car models mean
Stop! Stop what you are doing at once! A major breach in public decorum and decency has occurred and you owe it to Society In General to take a moment to be appalled
I was looking at this lingerie advert the other day. Actually, "looking" gives the wrong impression; I write "looking" but you picture a man with his mouth hanging open, paralysed and unable to turn the page
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
If, like me, you belong to the demographic unfairly called "pushy parents", this has not been a good week
Too often, great scientific discoveries have unintended consequences. When, in 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick put the finishing touches to their model of the DNA double helix, what do you imagine they thought?
What do women want? This question has given a title to countless books, studies, pamphlets and themed fancy dress parties over the years
We can search everywhere at once. We are like some kind of god, albeit one sitting at a desk in only his pants
Party conference season, to borrow a phrase from the woefully dog-eared Big Book of Journalese, begins in earnest next week.
Noted formaldehyde bulk-buyer Damien Hirst has got all in a tizz about someone “kidnapping” a bit of one of his works of art from a gallery
Chris Addison lays down the rules for reporting the death of a major American figure
The greatest pleasure of life with a young family, apart from the daily game of "Who's Moved My Keys?" and the ad hoc physics experiments exploring the ballistic and aerodynamic properties of yoghurt, is reading stories to your children
We're not capable of having a debate — because a debate is about listening to other people’s opinions
The Fringe is a magnificent event and I truly cannot recommend highly enough that if you get the chance, you go
There’s the notion that in future applicants for British citizenship will have to spend five years as a “probationary citizen”
Everyone's gone to the Moon. Well, not everyone. And not "gone", exactly, more "going". There seems to be a huge roll-call of countries expressing renewed interest in exploring space, starting with a return to Luna
I live in a quarter of London into which the Tube has never ventured. I'm not sure why this should be - I like to imagine that it's the result of some long-forgotten Victorian turf war
Since the staggering and untimely death of the frustrating, shattered musical genius Michael Jackson, we, the public, have pretty much been through all of the stages of grief
As I've mentioned before, I love tradition. My father loved tradition. His father did before him. In fact, our family's love of tradition goes further back than anyone can remember
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We sent one lucky family off to experience inspirational Iceland. Read the full story here.
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