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The RMT’s Mick Cash and Tesco’s Dave Lewis win my prizes for media manipulation

17 January 2015 9:00 am

Mixed results for the Brits at the Golden Globes, but I’m pleased to announce that my Golden Monkey Wrench for…

At the start of a long war, would we remember our sense of duty?

15 January 2015 3:00 pm

Reading Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, as I have recently, you cannot help but be struck by what a perfectly…

Would you put your life in the care of Dr Droid?

15 January 2015 3:00 pm

There’s something wrong with the relationship between patients and their GPs. I’ve spent much of this winter in my local…

How Greek voters will decide Britain’s general election

15 January 2015 3:00 pm

Before the eurozone crisis, Greek elections didn’t receive much attention in Westminster. At the moment, however, the polls from Athens…

Why everyone, and almost no one, is Charlie

15 January 2015 3:00 pm

Je suis Charlie indeed. This is the problem with placards — there is rarely enough room to fit in the caveats,…

The utterly ludicrous and petty campaign against Ched Evans

10 January 2015 9:00 am

A new name to help us welcome in the new year: Jean Hatchet. A name which is almost certainly too…

When did we become a nation of police informers?

10 January 2015 9:00 am

There’s a danger that in what follows your columnist may seem to be recommending an attitude. Please don’t think that.…

So the near collapse of A&Es around the country is all my fault?

10 January 2015 9:00 am

Oh, I see. So it’s my fault. There I was, thinking that the general swamping and near collapse of accident…

The eurozone is strong enough to kick out Greece if Syriza wins

10 January 2015 9:00 am

Ever since European Central Bank president Mario Draghi declared himself ready, in July 2012, ‘to do whatever it takes to…

I guess I have to apologise for the state of the National Health Service

8 January 2015 3:00 pm

Oh, I see. So it’s my fault. There I was, thinking that the general swamping and near collapse of accident…

When did we become a nation of narks?

8 January 2015 3:00 pm

There’s a danger that in what follows your columnist may seem to be recommending an attitude. Please don’t think that.…

The utterly ludicrous and petty campaign against Ched Evans

8 January 2015 3:00 pm

A new name to help us welcome in the new year: Jean Hatchet. A name which is almost certainly too…

Even Ukip don't dare break the unhealthy consensus on the NHS

3 January 2015 9:00 am

There’s an irony about Ukip’s rise. Nigel Farage party’s popularity is driven by a widespread sense that the main parties…

A wonderful time was had by all at the Utter Arse of the Year awards

3 January 2015 9:00 am

A glittering cast list, delicious food and spectacular entertainment — I just wish you could have been there. But tickets were…

What techies are actually doing when they fix your computer

3 January 2015 9:00 am

Just before Christmas I achieved something so totally, incredibly amazing that I think it probably ranks among the greatest things…

What to expect in business in 2015 (probably not the Triumph of Probity, Honour and Prudence)

3 January 2015 9:00 am

You might recall a column I once wrote about a party at the Wallace Collection. It took place in late…

The secret of my most amazing achievement ever

1 January 2015 3:00 pm

Just before Christmas I achieved something so totally, incredibly amazing that I think it probably ranks among the greatest things…

An unhealthy consensus

1 January 2015 3:00 pm

There’s an irony about Ukip’s rise. Nigel Farage party’s popularity is driven by a widespread sense that the main parties…

Here come the prizes they’re really fighting for

1 January 2015 3:00 pm

A glittering cast list, delicious food and spectacular entertainment — I just wish you could have been there. But tickets were…

Charles Moore's notes: A matched pair of popes, and a patronising judge

13 December 2014 9:00 am

Pope Francis is favourably compared to Pope Benedict in the media. I hope it is not being slavishly papist to…

From coalition to chaos – get ready for the age of indecision

13 December 2014 9:00 am

A recent email from Samantha Cameron started an intriguing debate in the Prime Minister’s social circle. It was an invitation…

Are old fairy stories too scary for kids?

13 December 2014 9:00 am

Moving house, stacking books in boxes, I came across a clutch of fairy books, Andrew Lang’s folk tales from around…

Why are there so many fat people in pictures of food banks?

13 December 2014 9:00 am

Were you aware that the famous actor Andy Garcia was born with a foetus growing out of his left shoulder?…

This Christmas, I wish you the gift of flu

13 December 2014 9:00 am

Have you had the horrid bug that’s going round yet? I’ve got it now and I do hope you get…

Why it’s time to revive the commonplace book

13 December 2014 9:00 am

Among the gifts that have come my way this Christmas season, none has given me pleasure more immediate or more…