Without Paxman, the BBC will have just one interrogator: John Humphrys
In a double blow for the beleaguered BBC, the corporation has lost three of its most compelling attractions in little…
The Dickin Medal is a morally dubious piece of nonsense
Apparently, mice think that women are useless. I don’t mean that they think women mice are useless — they’re keen…
David Moyes was a victim of the pomposity of Manchester United
I took my youngest son to a football match on Easter Monday. It used to be something I wryly called…
The Nigel Evans case proves that juries are smarter than our liberal elite
You may remember this little gem of a story from a month or so back. Justifiably worried at the ramping…
I've found the perfect compromise on breastfeeding
What attitude should we take towards women who wish to breastfeed their babies in public? Older, more conservative readers may…
An ex-fascist or two isn't the BBC's problem. Its boss class is
Duncan Weldon’s past – as a Labour adviser and elsewhere – doesn’t affect his ability to do the job
So now we know – the BBC is more scared of offending Muslims than gay people
Are there enough black and minority ethnic people on our television screens? The comedian Lenny Henry thinks not and has…
Dyslexia is meaningless. But don't worry – so is ADHD
There is a beautiful symmetry to all things, I think, and probably related somehow to the concept of karma. Only…
Why Boris is wrong to say that the children of jihadis should be taken into care
Do your children have a bleak and nihilistic view of the world? It’s hard to tell, really, when they spend…
If Ukraine’s protests were a revolution, why wasn’t the Stop the War march?
It’s ages since I last went on a decent demo and had a bit of a dust-up with the pigs.…
Rod Liddle: Neknominations – this is what the internet is for
Wouldn’t it be boring if everyone behaved much as you behave? If everyone expressed themselves similarly? Let a thousand flowers…
We buy dogs to reflect ourselves. So who’s buying all these killer pitbulls?
I’ve called the doggie hospital three times now to find out how Jessie’s getting on. She’s just come round, at…
I've invented a new game. It's called 'Six Degrees of Shami Chakrabarti'
Can someone please explain to me why the BBC newsreaders were not wearing black armbands last weekend when reporting the…
Why I'm on board for the homophobic bus
London has long since lost its allure for me — altogether too many cars, foreigners, cyclists, middle-class liberals and people…
Why didn't Bridget Harris just slap Lord Rennard?
When I was promoted to being editor of a programme at the BBC, back in the late 1990s, my line…
Christians – and Muslims – still behave better than the rest of us
Two years ago this week the philosopher Alain de Botton unveiled his proposals for a giant gilded tower in central…
Why should Nigel Farage have to fight the ghost of Enoch Powell?
One of the genuine seasonal pleasures to be enjoyed as 2013 slipped around the U-bend was Enoch Powell making his…
Rod Liddle: Try my new year resolution - ignore the internet
At last, it has been scientifically proved that Jesus Christ is better than Muhammad. We’d always known that our lad…
Rod Liddle: Gordon Brown has vanished. Why?
It may come as a grave surprise to you that, when it was offered as a prize in a charity…
Is it racist to want a high street where you can understand the shop signs?
A very useful feature in the Daily Telegraph informs me of the best 20 towns in Britain ‘for Christmas’. Number…
Rod Liddle: The truths you can't tell in today's Britain
There are many truths that cannot be uttered in modern Britain
Which female media star wrote the right-wing Revolt? It says a lot that we can't think of many candidates
I am still trying to get some sort of closure. For almost three weeks now I have been tormented by…
Soldiers aren't social workers, Mr Cameron. Remember that before taking on hopeless wars
The ghost people, the letter people. The ones we hear about in court but never call by their real name;…
Off yer bikes! Cyclists are a menace to society — and self-righteous to boot
Why it’s time for a campaign against cycling
Rod Liddle: How I was bullied when I wore a burka
I dressed up in a burka to wander around the streets of Canterbury recently, to see what level of Islamophobic…
