Saturday, 20 March 2010

Anne Pickles

When Sir Trevor cosied up to Dave

mbcameron1 Whoever persuaded David Cameron that pre-election exposure of his frothy, foppish side would be a good idea, deserves to be shot.

Last updated 20 March 2010
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Love, art, empire

THERE aren’t many royal love stories that can tug at the heartstrings with quite the same force as that of Victoria and Albert.

Last updated 20 March 2010
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More Silvio sleaze? Yes please

SEX scandals, Mafia links, brutal assault, accusations of corruption – and the weirdest hair in Europe – you might think Silvio Berlusconi’s lot was not a happy one. On the contrary. For the richest man in Italy – controlling media baron and the country’s longest-serving post-war leader – life’s a breeze – and a soft, Ligurian coastal breeze at that.

Last updated 20 March 2010
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Bobbing daffodils do not run to a tourism timetable

When all at once I saw a crowd... a host of short green stubby things. Even the weeds are growing faster than my daffs – yours too, no doubt.

Last updated 19 March 2010
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It’s not just me who wants to see a golden host

When all at once I saw a crowd... a host of short green stubby things. Even the weeds are growing faster than my daffs – yours too, no doubt.

Last updated 19 March 2010
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Windfarm inquiry falls short

Celebration may prove to be premature but villagers in Cumwhinton have reason to feel relief today.

Last updated 16 March 2010
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The hyphen that wreaked havoc throughout Britain

When I was a kid, antisocial was all one word and had a specific meaning. Then David Blunkett came along, put a hyphen in it and destroyed countless lives.

Last updated 16 March 2010
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The physics whisperer

It’s been a rip-roaring week for bits of useless information. Carla Bruni and her high-heeled hubby Nicolas Sarkozy are both having affairs – Oo la-la.

Last updated 13 March 2010
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No allure in Las Vegas

Alan Yentob gets all the best jobs in all the best places – but then his privileged, position of serious seniority at the BBC means he would, wouldn’t he?

Last updated 13 March 2010
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Wedded bliss in Emmerdale

Every struggling soap resorts to a wedding for a ratings boost – and Emmerdale (ITV) has struggled more than most lately.

Last updated 13 March 2010
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Happy Mother’s Day, the designer proggy is yours

All fingers and thumbs – every one of them swollen and sore. Ah yes, those were the days. Funny how pain can form so large a part of happy memory.

Last updated 12 March 2010
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A mother’s tale of rags to riches

All fingers and thumbs – every one of them swollen and sore. Ah yes, those were the days.

Last updated 12 March 2010
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I can’t hear the argument for the shouting mob

We’re in grave danger of talking ourselves out of the freedoms, protections and democratic privileges we have held so dear for centuries.

Last updated 9 March 2010
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Guess what? The nights are fair drawing out, again

Has spring sprung? This tongue-twister for beginners is a hot topic – or at least a warm one – as daffodils finally stir from the hardest winter in 30 years. I like to think my fascination shows I am in tune with the natural world, preferring to discard the alternative explanation that I have no life.

Last updated 5 March 2010
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Perhaps we should package Carlisle as a 1950s progress-free destination?

It would be wrong to call it abject failure, too cruel to see it as public humiliation... but goodness me, it sure is tempting.

Last updated 2 March 2010
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Easy question – harder jobs

The question was, on the face of it, a simple one. Would British workers be better off if immigrants weren’t taking their jobs?

Last updated 27 February 2010
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On Expenses: Nothing to laugh about

They said it was going to be a comedy. I couldn’t find anything to laugh at.

Last updated 27 February 2010
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If only we could compete on our ungritted streets

Before the Vancouver Olympics started rudely butting in on perfectly adequate news bulletins, I’d been under the impression luge was a name for a woman who drank too much.Oh but we’re good.

Last updated 26 February 2010
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We’ll need helplines to cope with helplines

He looked puzzled – seriously perplexed, in fact – as he pored over the details of yesterday’s shocking national newspaper reports of unacceptably hurtful behaviour, sensationally exposed.

Last updated 23 February 2010
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Is there a better way to find serenity?

Sue Johnston was looking for Shangri-La... aren’t we all?

Last updated 20 February 2010
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