The economy has been big news of late - or rather the shivering, frail, wheezing husk of a thing that was once labelled an economy. Rising fuel prices, soaring energy bills, increased general cost of living ... there are more ominous stormclouds than Alabama tornado season, and right now… read more…

What with Westmonster - and pretty much the rest of the politically aware world - thinking of heading down to the bookies and placing a serious bet on Gordon Brown not lasting the summer as PM, there's been very little to persuade us doing otherwise. The Sunday Mirror has… read more…

Everyone remembers the diplomatic kid at school. You know - the one who used to intervene whenever there was a playground fight, saying something like 'let's just all get along with each other', at which point all the other kids stopped scrapping with each other and turned on him… read more…

What's better than a celebrity? Nothing, that's what. They're perfect godlike specimens, swanning around the globe being incredible while you go about "working hard to make an honest living" and "maintaining some sort of perspective" like the loser you are. And what's better, then, than when a celebrity enters… read more…

Political conflict is usually quite a subdued affair in Britain. Sure, you'll occasionally catch a glimpse of John Prescott on a bitchslapping rampage, but apart from that we're simply a more restrained bunch. Nothing like Argentine First Lady Cristina Fernandez, then, who has found herself in hot water following… read more…