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Why do so few politicians go to the Proms?

15.09.09
It is always said that women have to worry about what they wear and men do not. Yet women are making decisions based on aesthetics whereas for men they touch a fundamental sense of identity... more

This exam is just cruelty to young persons

18.08.09
Exams are inevitable. But they get in the way of education and put too much pressure at too young an age... more

Boris Johnson wants us to grow our own vegetables

11.08.09
Food shopping in supermarkets is out; digging is in. Imported food is so pre-crisis; local produce is the thing — even, improbably, in London... more

Facebook isn’t dividing us: it helps kids bond

04.08.09
Archbishop Nichols, head of the Catholic Church in England, is worried that social-networking sites are “dehumanising” community life... more

Cheap shots at banks raise No 11's morale

28.07.09
Alistair Darling's eyebrows have gone into overdrive. They've been shooting up and down and in and out over the past few days as his brow furrows and frowns in displeasure at the behaviour of the banks... more

Deaths should not deflect our Afghan cause

14.07.09
The past few days have brought two pieces of sad news: the deaths of eight soldiers in Afghanistan, and that of a fireman in a pub fire in Edinburgh... more

Have our men really become the Bad Dads?

23.06.09
Why do we bother with Father's Day? The male parent offers precious little to celebrate. Most fathers are absent, in mind if not in body, and those that are present are greedy, stupid, lazy, drunk, selfish and bald... more

Women lack that ruthless lust for power

09.06.09
Caroline Flint, the former Europe minister, is angry at the shortage of powerful women in Gordon Brown’s Cabinet... more

Our migrants’ great gift to this city - literature

02.06.09
Arguments over the consequences of immigration are furious and frequent. But it has another, less-noticed, result: it fertilises literature ... more

The loan that keeps a family bond intact

26.05.09
If you were asked to name some of the things that shape the relationship between parents and children there are many you might think of: schools and peer groups, divorce and remarriage, drugs and drink, television and books, illness and ageing... more

London needs new talent to keep us on top

19.05.09
A few weeks ago a woman emailed me to comment on a piece I'd written about universities. Bea Vo wanted to set me right about one aspect of the American system... more

News is being strangled by the BBC’s web

12.05.09
When I first went into journalism it was a leisurely business steeped in tradition and alcohol... more

Thank our lucky stars the euro isn’t sinking us

28.04.09
One of the few consolations available in misfortune is the knowledge that the neighbours are in a worse fix than you are... more

Making the polluters pay is the best green option

21.04.09
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Was Marx right all along?

30.03.09
The way to save capitalism will be hotly debated in London this week and suddenly the man who predicted its demise is fashionable again. Two writers argue over his legacy... more

Why pay for a BBC licence when the net’s made TV free?

10.02.09
About three weeks ago, our television stopped working. I promised my children that I would try to get it mended, or buy another one, or do whatever was necessary to enable the broadcasters to pump their usual bilge into the house. ... more

Don’t worry: our children have never had it so good

03.02.09
An inscription from 2800 BC reads as follows: “Children no longer obey their parents. Every man wants to write a book, and the end of the world is evidently approaching.”... more

The BBC should stay above the fray in Gaza

27.01.09
Rowan Williams performs the same function for me as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad does for some people and George Bush did for others... more

If London had a wash and brush-up we’d all feel better

20.01.09
Last week my friend Lucy went to the JobCentre on the Clapham Road. She went in gloomy, and came out despairing... more

This third runway flight of fancy won’t get my vote

13.01.09
Over lunch with my friend Rebecca, we discussed how she should get herself arrested. She thought there was a lot to be said for climbing into Parliament, but there was a risk (especially for those well-padded in the chest area) of being mistaken for a suicide bomber. ... more

Let's not put on hair shirts: losing your job is no joke

06.01.09
I welcome the credit crunch with open arms," says Oliver James, a psychologist and broadcaster. According to Mr James, author of Affluenza, as people have got richer, they have focused more on acquiring material goods and less on the things that really matter in life... more

I'm relishing the upside to the downturn - you can too

16.12.08
Warren Buffett, America's most successful investor, is a man of clear vision. I know this because I once got hopelessly lost at Bill Gates's house looking for the loo and bumped into Mr Buffett, who pointed me in the right direction... more

I’m a founder member of the new crash generation

02.12.08
I am one of the London early-middle-aged. Never mind the Baby Boomers — we're the Baby Busters: a group that has been dealt one of the worst economic hands in living memory.... more

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