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Which female media star wrote the right-wing Revolt? It says a lot that we can't think of many candidates

23 November 2013 9:00 am

I am still trying to get some sort of closure. For almost three weeks now I have been tormented by…

James Delingpole: I told Radley school pupils how to rebel. But I'm not sure they want to

23 November 2013 9:00 am

For two blissful days last week I was at Radley College — what you might call the posh person’s Eton — as…

Hugo Rifkind: From porn to Bitcoin, governments can't control the web — so why is Cameron trying? 

23 November 2013 9:00 am

What people don’t seem to realise is that the geeks are winning. Actually, scratch that. They’ve all but won. The…

Martin Vander Weyer: The Reverend is just a funny sideshow — here's who to blame for the Co-op mess

23 November 2013 9:00 am

The naughty Reverend Flowers will be a comic footnote in the history of the financial crisis — but no more…

Cameron’s war on porn is a pointless stunt

21 November 2013 3:00 pm

What people don’t seem to realise is that the geeks are winning. Actually, scratch that. They’ve all but won. The…

Is even Radley not safe from the lentil-eating progressives?

21 November 2013 3:00 pm

For two blissful days last week I was at Radley College — what you might call the posh person’s Eton — as…

John Bercow must rein it in — Parliament can't afford to depose two Speakers in a row

16 November 2013 9:00 am

John Bercow could go down as a great reforming Speaker of the House of Commons. It’s thanks to him, in…

Charles Moore: State broadcasting allows fascism — and we're paying the fees for it

16 November 2013 9:00 am

There has not been much good news out of Greece since the eurozone powers decided to crush the country, but…

Soldiers aren't social workers, Mr Cameron. Remember that before taking on hopeless wars

16 November 2013 9:00 am

The ghost people, the letter people. The ones we hear about in court but never call by their real name;…

Matthew Parris: I've been living with a miracle for 60 years

16 November 2013 9:00 am

This is probably the most self-indulgent column I’ve written. I hope not to make a habit of it. It’s an…

Ireland's back, and luck had nothing to do with it

16 November 2013 9:00 am

My man in Dublin calls with joy in his voice to tell me ‘the Troika’ — the combined powers of…

An old wound takes its toll at last

14 November 2013 3:00 pm

This is probably the most self-indulgent column I’ve written. I hope not to make a habit of it. It’s an…

Aren't we already losing Scotland?

9 November 2013 9:00 am

Westminster has been gripped by talk of a referendum this week. But the excitement hasn’t been about the vote in…

Charles Moore: Teaching qualifications must include a stint in business — or the army

9 November 2013 9:00 am

The most extraordinary thing about the scandal of Unite at Grangemouth and in Falkirk is how long it took the…

James Delingpole: I'm in love with Shakespeare — and with David Tennant's Richard II

9 November 2013 9:00 am

‘Dad, it’s three hours long,’ says Boy, worriedly. ‘Yeah. And whose bloody fault is it we’re going?’ I want to…

Hugo Rifkind: Yes, I'm apathetic about politics. But isn't Russell Brand?

9 November 2013 9:00 am

Since I was a child, pretty much everybody I have ever met has asked me if I want to be…

Now the economy is recovering, is it a good idea to buy Poundland shares?

9 November 2013 9:00 am

‘Satan seizes control of saintly bank’ would be a fair summary of much of the coverage of the deal that…

Why I’d never be a Tory princeling

7 November 2013 3:00 pm

Since I was a child, pretty much everybody I have ever met has asked me if I want to be…

The night I fell back in love with Shakespeare

7 November 2013 3:00 pm

‘Dad, it’s three hours long,’ says Boy, worriedly. ‘Yeah. And whose bloody fault is it we’re going?’ I want to…

The next election will break all the rules

2 November 2013 9:00 am

Ed Miliband’s aides used to scurry around the parliamentary estate, their shoulders hunched. A look in their eyes suggested that…

Charles Moore's notes: It's great there's a World Islamic Economic Forum — now can we have a Jewish one?

2 November 2013 9:00 am

As I write, the World Islamic Economic Forum is opening in London, the first time it has been held in…

Rod Liddle: How I was bullied when I wore a burka

2 November 2013 9:00 am

I dressed up in a burka to wander around the streets of Canterbury recently, to see what level of Islamophobic…

You're not as special as you think

2 November 2013 9:00 am

My preferred route from the Times’s offices in Wapping on to the main road takes me across a precinct then…

Martin Vander Weyer: Arise, Sir Jim, the hero of the Grangemouth affair

2 November 2013 9:00 am

You know my theory that Unite leader ‘Red Len’ McCluskey is a Conservative secret agent? Well, having watched events at…

The Speculator: Why I get so excited at goalless football matches

2 November 2013 9:00 am

A successful gambler once told me: ‘Never bet on football, never bet on multipliers, and never ever bet on football…