Blog
Bluetongue plagues our countryside
With Bluetongue disease detected in Suffolk, I ask myself what is happening to our countryside? And what confidence can we have in Defra, after its recent bungling of foot and mouth disease? The arrival of bluetongue was a shock, it is spread to farm animals by...
The Brown’s body language
What does this picture tell you about the Brown's body language? Gordon Brown is deliberately posing for the camera with a very fixed smile, while Sarah appears to be floating by his side as an uncomfortable appendage. We were used to seeing the Blairs holding hands...
How many women could handle 200 lovers?
I received an invitation today with my latest edition of The Spectator, to celebrate the launch of a new biography, "Jennie Churchill, Winston's American Mother", by Anne Sebba. It boasts that she was "outspoken, dazzlingly beautiful and had 200 lovers." And although...
Outrageous shutting down of British blogs
It's extraordinary, but true, and even though we live in a democracy where freedom of speech is a right we can enjoy, that freedom does not extend to your blog if you upset a rich and powerful person. That is the gist of Iain Dale's unbelievable post outlining the...
This post deleted at the request of the person involved.
Your question for Question Time
Apparently Question Time has a new look when it returns this evening, and we can email questions in advance to quiz the panelists. Tonight they include Chief Whip Geoff Hoon; Conservative MP John Redwood; Lord Ashdown, former leader of the Liberal Democrats; editor...
Welcome to blogging, Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry's first post on his new blog has shown him to be something of a geek. Let's hope he shares some gossipy tit bits about his theatrical life, as well as describing how he copes with depression. I find Stephen Fry a totally fascinating man, I would love to...
The missing – Stephen Hadley
It's exactly a year today since Stephen Hadley was last seen, aged 26. He had been staying with friends in Walsall when he disappeared. He was last seen shopping in a supermarket at about 1pm on Wednesday, 20 September, and a few hours later he sent his mother a text...
Why is the world such a cruel place?
I always think I will never want to carry on living if either of my two sons died. I was so deeply saddened to learn of the death of Joanne Coombs, who was only 40. She was reportedly found dead at Manningtree, Essex, last night. Her beautiful 17-year-old daughter...