All seems to be well in dear old Blighty this fine spring morning.  The British economy is recovering rapidly after a prolonged slump.  Employment…

Like many southerners, I am rather prejudiced in my perception of the north of England, which I have always tended to assume resembled a scene…

Several million viewers on Sunday tuned in to watch the first episode of the BBC’s three-part adaptation of Jamaica Inn, but not, in the event,…

You may now join me in shedding a crocodile tear for Maria Miller, who has resigned as Culture Secretary after the furore over her inflated…

Martha and I have jointly authorised the following statement, which will be issued by our respective publicity agents as soon as their respective trials are…

  Ed Miliband, I have read recently, declared that he would like to become Britain’s first Jewish prime minister.  It is a worthy ambition for…

David Cameron needs more women in his cabinet – but not before he gets rid of one. Maria Miller is this government’s minister of the…

I have just hit on an idea about what I might do to keep myself busy for the rest of my life: I want to…

I have always considered sharia law more an insult than a threat, but the Law Society may change my mind. The Society has just issued…

Sadly, the end is nigh for the BBC. Not just because the government has decriminalised the offence of avoiding the BBC’s annual license fee.  That…