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Gordon Brown reveals he is an X Factor fan

03.11.09

Gordon Brown delivered a double blow to the BBC today as he questioned Jonathan Ross's salary - then revealed he preferred X Factor to Strictly Come Dancing... more

How Labour has stopped caring what voters think

02.11.09

As my text for the coming week in politics, I pray for an outburst by No 10 enforcer Malcolm Tucker, from the wonderful new series of The Thick of It... more

Literary snobs should leave Katie Price alone

30.10.09

First Lynda La Plante attacks novels written by celebrities. "Publishers, stop spending your millions on this tripe," she said at the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards earlier this month, singling out Katie Price for special opprobrium... more

Tories need their own treaty over Europe

05.10.09

It isn't as easy as it looks, is it? As the Conservative conference opens in Manchester today, David Cameron and his team have been given an unwelcome taste of what it is like to experience the full blast of pitiless scrutiny that comes with government - or, in their case, the assumption that you will very soon be in office. And, as ever with the Tory Party, it is Europe that has delivered the slap across the face.... more

Back in the moral maze of daring to bare

02.10.09

Here we go again. The very week a nude photograph of actress Brooke Shields aged 10 has been removed from a Tate Modern exhibition, on police advice, we have Anna Friel appearing naked on the West End stage... more

Marr should apologise for grilling Brown about health

30.09.09

I admire Andrew Marr’s work as a broadcaster and writer. He combines political sophistication and a deep knowledge of his subject with an almost boyish enthusiasm ... more

Marr-style questioning puts BBC licence fee ‘at risk’

29.09.09

BBC licence fee in danger if the corporation continues to allow 'intrusive' journalism similar to Andrew Marr’s questions to Gordon Brown, Cabinet minister warns... more

Resilience and hubris – Brown’s battle for life

28.09.09

Future historians trying to understand New Labour’s decline and fall should watch the Prime Minister’s interview with Andrew Marr... more

Wires crossed on electricity policy

15.09.09

Government Minister Ed Miliband went on the Andrew Marr show on Sunday to tell us that the electricity industry was safe in his hands... more

Lunatics or BNP could win control of police, warns chief

07.09.09

Row between Boris Johnson and police reignites as 'Yates of the Yard' said it was 'entirely unacceptable' to claim control of Met ... more

Why Radio 4 soars as TV hits rock bottom

07.08.09

Figures from Radio Joint Audience Research reveal that Radio 3 has broken the two million listener mark and that Radio 4 is reaching more than 10 million people a week ... more

Tories plan new road tolls to claw back cash

27.07.09

Tories consider ending tax credits for high-earning households and introducing tolls on new roads as they tackle 'daunting' public finances... more

Tories plan new road tolls to claw back cash

27.07.09

Tories consider ending tax credits for high-earning households and introducing tolls on new roads as they tackle 'daunting' public finances... more

Darling can't wait for Budget talk over Easter

07.04.09

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Pizzey wins damages over Angry Brigade libel in Marr's book

01.04.09

Campaigner Erin Pizzey has accepted undisclosed libel damages over a claim in a book by Andrew Marr that she was a supporter of a British terror group... more

RBS probed over 'last-minute doubling' of Sir Fred Goodwin pension

23.03.09

Royal Bank of Scotland was facing a City watchdog probe after it emerged Sir Fred Goodwin's pension was doubled only hours before he was ousted... more

There are no holds barred with poets in a prize fight

06.03.09

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The curse of being the clever girl

25.02.09

Our own secret swot knows just what TV quiz superstar Gail Trimble is up against... more

So much for independence of the Bank

09.10.08

So is this the end of the independence of the Bank of England?... more

Politics

08.10.08

The Tories are in the ascendancy and gaining influence. Already the key figures in Westminster and beyond are thinking about the post-Brown generation.... more

News at Ten star blasts TV 'pretty faces'

15.09.08

News at Ten presenter Mark Austin has joined the debate over whether newsreaders should have experienced journalistic backgrounds or be nothing more than "autocue lovelies"... more

Guessing games as stars make self-portraits

10.09.08

Forty writers, actors, musicians and artists, from Eric Clapton to Joanna Lumley, have produced an unusual self-portrait for an exhibition opening... more

2,000 youth envoys draft action plan for leaders

10.07.08

Up to 2,000 sixth formers are gathering for a ground-breaking conference aimed at boosting youth participation in national life... more

Courts don't need all these secret witnesses

30.06.08

As the Government and Opposition fall over each other in their haste to protect anonymous witnesses in criminal trials, The most important question has been missed ... more

Lily and Pixie and a host of stars pitch up among thousands of festival-goers descending on Glastonbury

27.06.08

Celebrities were among the 200,000 revellers who descended on Glastonbury today for the start of Britain's biggest music festival. The stars were spotted getting into the festival spirit with a drink in the backstage area today.... more

2,000 to attend young people's Question Time

25.06.08

Up to 2,000 teenagers will gather in the capital next month for a major initiative aimed at boosting youth participation in national life... more

Alarm bells should be ringing about the future of TV news

07.05.08

Accepting that impartiality is impossible does not negate the effort of trying to achieve it... more

Loose Women look the worse for wear after running amok at TV awards... maybe they should take a lesson from Holly

20.03.08

The stars of ITV's Loose Women managed to pull themselves together – albeit looking somewhat worse for wear - after last night's high-jinks at the Royal Television Awards. Chris Evans' ex-wife Carol McGiffin looked bleary-eyed as she and her colleagues laughed and joked about the previous night's shenanigans, with particular attention to her rowdy antics... more