Iconic Films

Zimbabwe: keep your nose out

We all hate Mugabe, but why is it that Zanu (PF) gets so much support? Here's one reason

The pop tribute act at No 10

Sting is luring old rockers like Tony Blair out of retirement. The PM is going the other way

John Prescott: get out the hankies

The bulimia of our former Deputy PM (now a celebrity victim) is no business of ours

The new Olympic sport: China bashing

China is blamed for everything from human rights abuses to pollution and rising food prices

Shannon Matthews: prole porn

Now the respectable classes can enjoy watching society's dark underbelly for free every day

21-gun salute for Charlton Heston

Hollywood libertals demonised the screen idol for his pro-gun opinions but they were wrong

Ronaldo, 1 Grey Men, 0

God bless the showboater and all who sail with him in our spectacularly dull and inoffensive age

Terror? Obesity? It's apocalypse

Public life is now filled with such hyperbole that it's hard to have rational discussion

Video games: get real

The Government shouldn't be causing moral panic. Let parents check what their kids watch

This organic view is bananas

Why should African farmers suffer because do-gooders are trying to cut carbon emissions?

It looks like Man crucified

At Easter I, a longstanding atheist, find myself feeling affinity with religious folk

Mills and McCartney: the farce

This very public divorce has filled the space where politics and serious public life ought to be

Delia has sinned against the foodies

Frozen or tinned food is a great human advance, not a sign of moral decay. Delia is a domestic heroine

Nuclear power: grasp the nettle

The Government must put aside its distaste for the nuclear option if we want power in future

24-hour boozing: the sober truth

You have to be a determined man to get a stiff drink at three in the morning

Prince Harry: the war's phony

Both sides have been firing blanks. The real question is why troops are there at all

Nature is bunk. Man is king

When you find yourself in glorious mountain scenery, remember how much Man enhanced it

That's argy-bargy, not bullying

I wish they'd stop picking on our children. They mostly don't need therapy, thank you