Gloom and I; a lifetime of keeping each other company
WINSTON CHURCHILL may have helped bring the expression ‘black dog’ into popular understanding in describing his own periods of melancholia – but what’s the difference…
Was timing of Le Pen interview apt rather than insensitive?
THE BBC has been attacked for broadcasting an interview with France’s Front National leader Marie Le Pen on Remembrance Sunday, the day…
Military schooldays shed light on Trump’s personality
THE key to the behaviour of United States presidential nominee Donald Trump probably lies in his schooldays, according to a writer who went to a…
Doping in sport: Why not come clean over therapeutic use exemptions?
AN OPEN LETTER to Nicole Sapstead, chief executive of UK Anti-Doping and Sir Craig Reedie, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency. Dear Sir Craig…
I came; I saw; I conkered
HORSE chestnuts may not mean a lot to those outside the UK, but for (mainly) males of a certain generation, having contests with the fruit,…
Pounding on about control just increases the powerlessness
TAKE back control. If there was ever a phrase that showed how ignorant the UK’s Brexiteers were – and still are – then this…
Trump sacrifices prospects of making America anything – let alone great (again)
DONALD TRUMP’s chances of making any change to the United States whatsoever if he does become president are virtually nil – and he only has…
Powering up the north simply means ditching the dogma
IF the UK government wants to stimulate the so-called ‘Northern Powerhouse’, they only have to take two very simple and straightforward decisions. The first is…
Transport secretary fails to grasp passenger perceptions
UK transport secretary Christopher Grayling could not have been more poorly informed and briefed when he said that industrial dispute involving one of England’s busiest…
Happy Birthday, Prime Minister
Dear Mrs May, Happy Birthday. Being Prime Minister and reaching Downing Street in time for your 60th is quite an achievement, but rather than give…