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Gareth RobertsThe Spectator |
An intense drought is the match. Decades of deforestation and peat draining provide the fuel.
It is still just about possible, even this deep into the seemingly never-ending silly season that’s been running since about 2014, for a news story...
Andy Burnham, together with Liverpool mayor Steve Rotherham, appeared on a charity special of Channel 4’s Gogglebox last night. The show began in...
Watching Paris burn at the weekend, it occurred to me that saying ‘I told you so’ was a lot less fun than I thought it would be. I surprised...
Greta Thunberg is in Paris. Yes, as if the French haven’t got enough on their assiettes with ‘youths’ and ‘students’ reducing the cradle of...
Greta Thunberg is in Paris. Yes, as if the French haven’t got enough on their assiettes with “youths” and “students” reducing the cradle of...
My Weetabix spoon froze in mid-air when I saw that Sandi Toksvig, affable host of televisual fluff, and activist for various progressive causes, has...
The idea of TV soap operas was originally, at least in part, to reflect the nation as a whole. This was never really true – out of dramatic...
The idea of TV soap operas was originally, at least in part, to reflect the nation as a whole. This was never really true – out of dramatic...
The BBC is lopping bits of itself off again. On the amputation list this time around, according to the Gurdian, are the linear versions of channels...
It is a most disconcerting experience when you encounter somebody who seems fairly normal but then casually remarks that they are from Venus, or that...
Younger readers may not believe me, but we used to take the Lib Dems seriously, or at least more seriously. Leaders of the party – Paddy Ashdown,...
The Piddington result is in. Ninety-two per cent of the voters in the tiny Oxfordshire village have voted to secede from the United Kingdom – 285...
The Piddington result is in. Ninety-two per cent of the voters in the tiny Oxfordshire village have voted to secede from the United Kingdom – 285...
‘What have I signed up for?’ wondered contestant Jenny Ryan early in proceedings on ITV’s The Box. It’s a question that might be more...
Ali G: Who Iz I? is set to hit cinema screens next month. The return of this bling-bedecked denizen of the West Staines Massive, first seen on TV in...
Ali G: Who Iz I? is set to hit cinema screens next month. The return of this bling-bedecked denizen of the West Staines Massive, first seen on TV in...
The economic storm clouds continue to gather over Britain. A reckoning of some sort is on its way, possibly a spectacular one. How will we react?...
Do political faces have a ‘use by’ date? Is there a point beyond which even the mugs of politicians that we like start to grate? The recent...
What a strange summer this has turned out to be: no rain and no politics. As we enter what the broadcast media are calling the fifth ‘heatwave’ of...
The Jason Arday affair has been a great revealer. On the one hand, it is a glorious romp that has brought much-needed mirth to the nation. On the...
The Jason Arday affair has been a great revealer. On the one hand, it is a glorious romp that has brought much-needed mirth to the nation. On the...
A change is as good as a rest, they say. Like many such maxims, this is an insightful observation worn down by overuse. It first appeared in 1857 as...
It can be hard sometimes to understand the progressive mind. The new Prime Minister’s first speech yesterday was intended to show that he is going...
England are to face Argentina tonight in the semi-finals of the World Cup. But I won’t be looking in. I’ve always liked to join in with big...
We’re in the middle of an ‘orderly transition’ of power from Keir Starmer to whoever might just possibly take over from him – it’s...
Andy Burnham used his big speech this week to unveil his spiffing new idea to solve all the country’s terrible problems: moving its head office...
Whether it’s competition or coronation this summer, expect to hear a lot about ‘Labour values’ before (and after) Andy Burnham becomes prime...
The BBC has binned its planned Doctor Who Christmas special and put the show ‘out to tender’. This is a face-saving TV industry term for saying...
Keir Starmer, spooked by Andy Burnham, apparently wants to leave a legacy, in much the same way that a herd of buffalo, scenting a lion, leave a...
Let’s leave aside for one moment Nicola Sturgeon’s claim of ingenuous innocence in the matter of her husband Peter Murrell’s splurging sprees...
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