Simon Kelner



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 * I'm a liberal - but I support France's decision to make paying for sex illegal - All too often the women involved in the trade have been trafficked, and live in a form of slavery - 7th April 2016
 * Hate Twitter, Mr Humphrys? Then you just don't get it - Pub talk is no more representative of "real Britain" than social media - 30th March 2016
 * I love watching the pedigrees at Crufts - but this year made me realise I'd rather have a mongrel - For me, watching Crufts is how the Motor Show must be for a car enthusiast - 16th March 2016
 * The Sun was right to publish ‘Queen Backs Brexit’ story - I wouldn’t care if the Queen’s thoughts on a whole range of issues were known - it would strip away a layer of mystique around the monarchy - 11th March 2016
 * When did gambling become the nation’s new tipple? - 4th March 2016
 * Grimsby should relax, Sacha Baron Cohen isn't so bad - If I were the PR adviser for the town it would be hard not to go with the flow - 24th February 2016
 * I don't recognise Emma Thompson's miserable Britain, but she's right about the EU - While antipathetic to the cheerleaders of Brexit, her views should not be dismissed as the rantings of an unreconstructed Leftie - 18th February 2016
 * Stephen Fry and Lionel Messi fall foul of our sense of fair play - Messi is a master of the beautiful game, but his move also revealed him as a braggart, and I can’t help feeling a little the worse of him - 17th February 2016
 * I failed Dry January’s annual test of the will – but some good came of it - I've found a new, not-quite-alcoholic tipple to slake my thirst - 29th January 2016
 * Why Google’s sweetheart tax deal leaves a sour taste - As an individual I make big contributions to the public coffers without being a drain on the apparatus of the state. It is a shame that Google, cannot say the same - 26th January 2016
 * Bank governor Mark Carney is the archetypal ‘Davos Man’ - I asked a friend who runs a multinational company, and is a regular attendee, whether he was coming to Davos. “Not this year,” he said, “It’s much better I’m at my desk working, rather than sitting in a room talking about working" - 23rd January 2016
 * You know Bowie has become a bandwagon when Tony Blair joins it - One of the admirable things about the Thin White Duke was his unwillingness to accept the Establishment’s embrace - 14th January 2016
 * I'm Jewish - but here's why Christmas is still my favourite festival - I sign up for the whole kit and caboodle, from the first office party to the last Brussels sprout - 23rd December 2015
 * Seasonal chaos? Pah! I’ll still let the train take the strain at Christmas - The fact is that we probably have the rail service that we deserve - 17th December 2015
 * Tyson Fury’s biggest crime was to refuse to hide behind the PR men - He’s a boxer, for heaven’s sake, not a spokesman for the National Trust - 11th December 2015
 * Finally, we have a turkey in banking who will vote for his own roasting - We do not know how much the 54-year-old Cryan, a lifelong investment banker, takes home himself, but we can assume it will be a fairly hefty chunk of cash. Does this make him more or less qualified to stand in judgement on others in his industry? - 26th November 2015
 * Livingstone’s insults belong in the Labour Party of another age - The sight of Mr Livingstone dominating the airwaves again is bound to make many hearts sink. It's a relatively minor incident, but Corbyn should be mindful of his colleagues' behaviour - 20th November 2015
 * Don’t read anything more into Wembley’s moment of wonder - While Tuesday night at Wembley made for a wonderful show of solidarity with our French cousins, I'm reluctant to see it as anything more than a one-off - 19th November 2015
 * Puritan poppy-shamers should find a better use of their time - The outcry starts weeks before Remembrance Day if anyone in public life, newsreaders and politicians especially, appears with an unfurnished lapel - 4th November 2015
 * Why did this senior executive's departure from the BBC cause such ire from the right-wing press? - He’s a metrosexual, says the Daily Mail in its headline. What they’re saying, in effect and with no real evidence, is that he’s a big old jessie - 15th October 2015
 * Nadiya Hussain serves up the perfect rebuttal to Theresa May's xenophobic rhetoric - The Great British Bake Off winner epitomises Britain's generations of immigrants who have overcome all sorts of adversity and prejudice to make a contribution to wider society - 9th October 2015
 * Pity the young: they’ll live to 120 and work until they’re 100 - The profile of the workforce is changing: middle-aged people are losing their jobs to either robots or young people who have a more intuitive understanding of technology - 8th October 2015
 * Twitter’s not subtle but it gets to the point, and it should be kept that way - Its 140 character limit is the sacred principle on which Twitter was founded, so why on earth would it consider scrapping it? - 2nd October 2015
 * Lord Ashcroft has unwittingly shone a light on the corrupt heart of politics - The peer still seems to believe that the moolah he’d given the Tories was enough to get him a ministerial Jag - 25th September 2015
 * It’s only natural for politicians like William Hague to end up as journalists - Not only are they good with words, but they're also experts in disloyalty - 3rd September 2015
 * Jeremy Corbyn: The Jose Mourinho of politics is playing in the Premier League at last - The Labour leftist is another ‘Special One’, with deep-set eyes and tousled hair, revelling in his role as a provocateur - 29th July 2015
 * How to age successfully... albeit a little disgracefully - According to new research I'm doing well, but I also drink too much - 25th July 2015
 * The machines are taking over, and they’ve even got human names - I empathise with the elderly, who become anxious over a relatively simple thing such as buying a rail ticket - 15th July 2015
 * Parties have become the focus for conspicuous consumption - Spending hundreds of thousands on a bash is no longer considered exceptional or in poor taste - 10th July 2015
 * French cabbies want Uber off the streets – but that particular boat has sailed - No amount of strike action can reverse Uber's upper hand - 26th June 2015
 * Tim Hunt resigns: A brilliant scientist is a bit out of touch. Who cares? - We all know he was politically incorrect, bordering on the bonkers. But where is our tolerance? - 11th June 2015
 * Andy Burnham doesn't know the price of petrol, but that's not why he shouldn't be Labour leader - Is he really as true to his roots as he says he is? - 11th June 2015
 * A car that costs too much, for people that have too much... - It’s a funny old world when a second-hand car can change hands for a sum that hardly anyone in Britain would earn in a lifetime - 10th June 2015
 * London feels like an all-action hero about to collapse - It is an exhilarating place to live and work, but how long can the boom last? - 5th June 2015
 * We all have a problem with drink, not just Charles Kennedy - There is a case for closing down the bars at Westminster - 4th June
 * I've seen the future of the media – it's crass, sexist and bigger than Beckham - Social media sensation Dan Bilzerian is a cultural and commercial behemoth of the multi-media age - 28th May 2015
 * Public divorce battles of the rich only serve voyeurism, not justice - Ekaterina Parfenova Fields's separation is one of the first high-profile battles to be played out in full view - 22nd May 2015
 * Is the age of hashtag rebellion ready for a real ideological battle? - With a truly right-wing government now in charge, there are signs that a more contentious discourse is emerging - 14th May 2015
 * Stop the double standards – the SNP deserves power - Westminster wants Scotland to remain in the UK, but doesn't want to give legitimacy to the part it plays in Westminster election - 7th May 2015
 * Success isn’t enough if you’re going to be boring - The relationship between success and style is one which has consumed sports fans down the ages - 7th May 2015
 * The shabby truth about wealth-obsessed London - You now need £100m to join our club of Britain’s 1,000 richest people - 1st May 2015
 * Wolf-whistling is a form of sex crime - of course it should be criminalised - Which of our inviolable customs was Mr Cameron protecting by giving men the right to whistle at women? - 30th April 2015
 * The Janner decision damages everyone concerned - He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2009, but continued to serve in the Lords until just over a year ago - 23rd April 2015
 * Four reasons to feel angry, disenchanted and depressed about our politics - From the catchphrases to the lack of choice, I've almost had enough - 9th April 2015
 * Look sharp! The poor old hedgehog needs our help - Due to the changing nature of our landscape their numbers are in steep decline, but help is at hand for our prickly friends - 18th March 2015
 * What I learnt about life from Simpsons genius Sam Simon - His impulses may have been informed by a sentimental attachment, but he was nothing if not a rounded individual - 11th March 2015
 * Crime, punishment and morals: we’re entering a maze with no clear exit - David Lammy's idea that we should apply moral relativism to shoplifting is an interesting but dangerously flawed proposal - 5th March 2015
 * The Telegraph has put at risk the most precious asset a newspaper has — the bond of trust with its readers - I know exactly what it's like to be faced with commercial pressures at a newspaper - 20th February 2015
 * Jewish jokes are not anti-Semitic if told in good faith - As long as it’s another Jew making the jokes we're perfectly happy to laugh at ourselves, and we're not alone in this - 17th February 2015
 * Ever paid someone in cash? Then think twice before you complain about banks avoiding tax - Instead of shaming tax dodgers, we should be celebrating those who pay the most - 11th February 2015
 * I loathe the term ‘hard-working people’. It's patronising, snobbish and wrong - Is there only value in paid work, anyway? - 28th January 2015
 * Champagne is flowing in Davos. Let’s drink to that - Why we should be glad that global leaders are cracking open the bubbly - 23rd January 2015
 * Page 3 has long been an anachronism, and we risk exaggerating the significance of its demise - If this ‘institution’ represented anything, it was the hegemony of the Murdoch empire - 20th January 2015
 * Eddie Mair’s woken up to the perils of drinking – and maybe I should too - A new study has claimed that the link between the length of the working week and alcohol abuse 'cannot be ignored' - 15th January 2015
 * I am no more Charlie than George Clooney or Helen Mirren is - Would we be so supportive of Charlie Hebdo if it was an extreme right-wing publication? - 14th January 2015
 * How many Christmas cards have you sent this year? - I don't want come over all Scrooge-like, but I do find this Christmas card thing a little curious - 18th December 2014
 * David Mellor has been exposed as an awful man, but should he have been? - What he said was inexcusable, but we still have a right to expect private conversations to remain private - 27th November 2014
 * Must we be so obsequious towards London’s richest? - We musn't forget the less fortunate workers of London who come from abroad - 26th November 2014
 * Band Aid 30: At least Bob Geldof believes in doing something rather than nothing - And isn’t that the point? - 21st November 2014
 * How talking about football with my doctor helped my cancer recovery - It's been five years since I was diagnosed with kidney cancer - 30th October 2014
 * Why I still raise a cheer for Johnny Rotten - He stood for something valuable, and he hasn’t given up on his beliefs - 10th October 2014
 * Someone help me out here – is Karen Danczuk a feminist role model? Or completely the opposite? - ‘Selfie’ culture has redefined what it is we’re supposed to admire in people - 9th October 2014
 * Choose how much holiday to take? No employee should be saddled with such a burden - Richard Branson is mistaken if he thinks this is an enlightened policy - 26th September 2014
 * Scottish independence: I can’t help but admire Dame Viv’s punk passion - I hope that I'll still feel passionate about politics when I'm in my seventies - 18th September 2014
 * Scottish Independence: Salmond has momentum – we may have a new PM - How could David Cameron look Her Majesty in the eye if he's just lost Scotland? - 5th September 2014
 * Ian McEwan’s right. If books were shorter, we could read them in one go - There's always pleasure to be found in singular, uninterrupted experiences - 4th September 2014
 * Is it wrong to recreationally grieve for Robin Williams on social media? - Millions of us have posted messages of sympathy for a man we've never met - 14th August 2014
 * Commuters of Britain: unite against this aural tyranny! - Instead of a quiet carriage, why don’t we have a noisy carriage? - 6th August
 * How a sailing regatta (almost) put the wind in my sails - I don't mix well with water, but after experiencing Cowes Week I have begun to see the beauty of the boating life - 5th August
 * Why I'm shouting about the tragic demise of the quiet carriage - Forcing us to overhear dull phone conversations should be regarded as an offensive act - 31st July
 * How to keep it real and escape from the screen this summer - Tea cosies and TV chefs on stage… this season offers up some of the perfect antidotes to our digital lives - 29th July
 * Call me a Northerner if you like – it’s no insult to me - Every time I see the low-rise hills of Lancashire I feel a pang of belonging - 24th July 2014
 * Prince George's birthday is a pleasant distraction, but the monarchy still makes me feel uneasy - I'd rather live in a country where so much privilege wasn't conferred on so few - 23rd July 2014
 * Rihanna and Piers Morgan highlight the perils of debate on Twitter - 140 characters is not enough for a reasoned argument - 18th July
 * It’s ability that should count – not age or gender - The reshuffle shows that ‘middle-aged man’ is now a very vulnerable condition - 15th July 2014
 * The BBC licence fee is superb value for money - Just ask Gary Lineker, who thinks it should be doubled - 3rd July 2014
 * The World Cup teaches us more about life than you might think - Both on and off the field, traditional power bases are making way for new ones - 2nd July 2014
 * The Scottish independence debate highlights an identity crisis - This can be characterised by the simple question: where do I belong? - 27th June 2014
 * Commuters, take time and embrace the boredom - Stop hooking yourselves up to electronic devices, and try living in the moment - 25th June 2014
 * Don't complain about gentrification unless you're willing to start a revolution - Glastonbury might be bourgeois but it's just another reality of our corporate world - 19th June
 * Why I fly with British Airways - When it comes to buying an air ticket, I have a brand loyalty that transcends all other considerations - 5th June 2014
 * Why aren't we that bothered about the World Cup? - There is a calmer approach this time around. Maybe we've learned from history - 4th June 2014
 * The dignity of Clive James is a lesson to us all - At 74-years-old and increasingly frail, he is focused on what he called the other day “the death door stuff” - 30th May 2014
 * Give your system a well-earned break - Increasingly poor diet and a lack of exercise will bring about a sorry state affairs - 29th May 2014
 * We need to be told why publication of the Chilcot Report has been delayed - The sooner we learn the truth about why we went to war with Iraq, the sooner the body politic can think about rebuilding our trust - 28th May 2014
 * E-cigs: A hell of a lot better than cancer - The idea that young people are turning to e-cigs as a precursor to getting hooked on cigarettes seems to me to be nonsense - 23rd May 2014
 * ‘It's Not About the Nail’ is a lesson in gender politics - and the evolution of modern media - We are no longer governed by schedules or traditional formats - 22nd May 2014
 * Hollywood protest at Sultan has heart in right place - It is easy to dismiss this as leftie Hollywood posturing that amounts to nothing other than a photo op for the publicity-hungry on a millionaire picket line - 15th May 2014
 * The Premier League: a tale without romance - The gods of football don’t like hubris, which is why those who wanted Liverpool to succeed might have to be disappointed - 9th May 2014
 * Jeremy Clarkson’s humour is often on the edge, but he’s not a racist - In the time I have spent with Clarkson, I have heard him espouse all manner of right-wing nonsense - but never anything even borderline racist - 8th May 2014
 * Hopes for a less divided nation - English nationalism is a force that could yet undermine social harmony - 7th May 2014
 * World's 50 best restaurants list: food isn't the only ingredient to judge - I've done my fair share of eating out over the years (I have the Body Mass Index to prove it) and I've been to only three of the restaurants on the list - 30th April 2014
 * It's not David Moyes I pity, but the other over-50s facing unemployment - In other industries getting the sack at Moyes' age can spell the end of the line - 24th April 2014
 * I'm not religious, but you can't help getting swept up at a Passover dinner - The tone of the whole Seder night was light, bright and evocative - 16th April 2014
 * Bob Crow death: In 30 years, will the cult of the individual have taken such a hold that the idea of working for the collective good is lost? - For many, the concept of trade unionism is already an alien one - 14th March 2014
 * Yes, banning all-male panel shows was the right thing to do - In the US, where the entertainment industry is more evolved, they don't have such concerns - 5th March 2014
 * Have a butchers? We hide from the truth about meat - A campaign to remove carcasses from the display window of a Sudbury butchers shows just how far we will go to ignore the bloody reality - 27th February 2014
 * Piers Morgan dropped by CNN: America was bound to tire of his big mouth eventually - I have a fondness for Morgan, which is based on his personal appeal rather than his professional rectitude - 26th February 2014
 * We're all exhibitionists now - Our right to privacy is being eroded but we're happy to give it away for a taste of fame - 19th February 2014
 * Far better to live in a nanny state than one where authorities behave like they did at Hillsborough - We have come a very long way as a nation since then - 13th February 2014
 * At last, a banker with sense on bonuses - I'm glad it's the CEO of Barclays, my bank, who has taken this decision - 5th February 2014
 * Pete Seeger talked the talk and walked the walk. Who comes close today? - Maybe young people in the West just aren't that angry any more - 29th January 2014
 * Has football changed for good or ill since the advent of Sky? In many ways, it is a debate about the nature of modern Britain - From my narrow standpoint, things have got immeasurably bette - 24th January 2014
 * It's not about a bad memory - old people just know too much - A new scientific review has concluded that the reason older people take longer to recall facts is because they're suffering from information overload - 23rd January 2014
 * How often do you see someone on the train who isn't using an electronic device? - It's not just children who need lessons in reflection. Adults need to switch off - 8th January 2014
 * Newspaper Christmas Appeals: The elephants and the elderly - When our Christmas charity campaign for Help the Aged fell short of expectations, I searched for reasons - 26th December 2013
 * What I've learned from a year without alcohol - and why I'm going back - Christmas is harder to take without a glass or two - 19th December 2013
 * The BBC Sports Personality Award is really nothing to do with likeability - and that's the way it should be - The most extraordinary moments in any sporting career are simply beyond words - 17th December 2013
 * A selfie? On Cameron and Obama's part, this memorial snap was just plain shabby - Self-indulgence is typical of today's youth, but shouldn't be for our world leaders - 13th December 2013
 * Tom Daley's coming out video was brave and honest... and something else as well - Perhaps we saw a hint of manipulation too in this piece to camera - 4th December 2013
 * Trouble sleeping? Try listening to the Ashes coverage - I found myself tuning in to the live coverage in the dog hours of the night, and found it very comforting - 22nd November 2013
 * Riding on the back of a motorcycle: Things I never thought I'd do - I had a choice. Avoid something I'd never wanted to try. Or get there quickly and experience the terror of the journey - 21st November 2013
 * Worried for the future of the church? Call in the crystal Methodist - Hall-ey-yoooo-yah! A spiritual leader for our modern times - 20th November 2013
 * It's obvious why John McCririck was put out to grass - and it has nothing to do with his age - The ex-TV presenter believes himself a freedom fighter for those of a certain age - 15th November 2013
 * The John Lewis advert betrays the confidence of a market leader - Not a single product shown, no overt sales message, just a simple evocation of that most powerful aspect of Christmas - sentimentality - 13th November 2013
 * Bad day? Blame Mercury – or check your horoscope more thoroughly in future - Why not try out the idea that the planets exert an influence on us? - 1st November 2013
 * Gravity: With effects this special, how can we tell outer space from CGI? - If the moon landings were taking place now, people would be rightly suspicious - 30th October 2013
 * Fergie's Autobiography: As a Manchester City fan, I have a soft spot for Sir Alex - We live in an image-managed world, short on real characters like him - 24th October 2013
 * Ryanair on Twitter: Sticks and stones may break your bones but its tweets that really hurt a business - O'Leary's performance on the social media site was a disaster from start to finish - 23rd October 2013
 * To Daily Mail opponents, one response remains - Paul Dacre dismissed those who marched on the Daily Mail's offices as “just 110 people” - yet I would argue this is a reasonably significant body of people - 14th October 2013
 * Football's not coming home: Pride in the national game has floundered beyond belief - The concept of English football barely exists these days - 11th October 2013
 * Boris Johnson, Nick Clegg and phone-in politics - The London Mayor and the Lib-Dem leader are paving the way in unmediated, unfiltered public broadcasting - 10th October 2013
 * Making the most of the urban cacophony - Spending a weekend on a golfing retreat in the middle of France I found myself pining for the sounds of the city - 9th October 2013
 * The Daily Mail and Labour: It is tempting to wish a plague on both their houses - Though his message was correct, Alastair Campbell was the wrong man to deliver it - 3rd October 2013
 * A trip to the cinema is now almost the same thing as going wholesale junk-food shopping - To the sugar epicurean, what's happening on the screen is of only incidental interest - 3rd October 2013
 * In or out of a squirrel suit, Dom Joly is never afraid to be bold - Pre-publicity for Joly's new show shows a man who will always speak his mind - 2nd October 2013
 * The UK theatre scene is the last refuge of unnecessary etiquette - There is a heightened sense of what is and what isn't acceptable among theatre-goers - 27th September 2013
 * The death of local newspapers is not the death of local news - The widespread demand for local journalism remains undiminished - 26th September 2013
 * A good speech, but what about the economy, Ed? - He must hope the policy proposals do not wither under pressure - 26th September 2013
 * It's money that led McBride to the Daily Mail. But at what price? - There's something Karmically dubious in making capital from close acquaintances - 25th September 2013
 * Where do you get off? We can't have good customer service at rock-bottom prices - The modern customer demands good treatment - and doesn't want to pay for it - 20th September 2013
 * Handsome, talented and anti-establishment: It's not hard to see why Russell Brand is good with women - He's someone who can be as close to the knuckle as possible, while having the popular appeal to fill enormous auditoriums and amass a huge fortune - 18th September 2013
 * Alastair Campbell? I hated his message, but I was always fond of the messenger - For an ex-drinker like me, Campbell makes a particularly interesting role model - 13th September 2013
 * Yom Kippur: Why I'll be fasting and reflecting for the first time since I was 13 - It wouldn't do any of us any harm to fast completely for a day - not just on the Jewish Day of Atonement - 12th September 2013
 * Arctic Monkeys are an internet age band with a cross-generational appeal - Paxo may have been playing it for laughs, but Alex Turner is every bit as significant a figure in contemporary culture as any Booker-winning novelist or concert pianist - 11th September 2013
 * Debrett's, modern manners, and ‘phubbing’ - A poll released by Debrett's shows that there is a general decline in the nation's social skills and manners - but I tend to disagree - 6th September 2013
 * Have British men lost their swagger? GQ's Men of the Year awards is one place to find out - The Iraq War conclusively disillusioned many of us as far as the Blair administration was concerned, but Britain's current lack of self-confidence is a different matter - 5th September 2013
 * Marks & Spencer grouse could be a game-changer when it comes to seasonal eating - The start of the football season may have got progressively earlier, but this signal of autumn's approach has not moved - 4th September 2013
 * If you want something to complain about in a posh restaurant, start with the customers - Chefs may fight for Michelin recognition and hotels jealously guard their stars, but what's said on TripAdvisor can have a much more meaningful impact on business - 30th August 2013
 * Jamie Oliver and the complex issue of modern poverty - Jamie's quest is to get people from poorer backgrounds to eat better, although I can see why it's possible to find him patronising - 28th August 2013
 * Cricket? That's only a bonus - I came for the junk food and the beer - A seat for the Ashes reminded me of the primary difference between football and cricket - 24th August 2013
 * A lost age of flying with glamour - When did you last go on a plane journey that wasn’t completely full? - 21st August 2013
 * What's a tumour when there's copy to file? To my brother, nothing - I grew up following my brother's lead - and now I'm in awe of him once again - 21st August 2013
 * Do we really need to to talk about Paxman's beard? - 16th August 2013
 * Mercenary players, faceless owners, exorbitant ticket prices - but still I can't wait for kick-off - There is nothing like the start of a Premier League season to get the blood pumpin - 15th August 2013
 * We don't all have a stage, Steven Berkoff. Twitter will have to do - The 76-year-old actor has no time for the tweeting masses - 14th August 2013
 * Donna Air and other real-life Eliza Doolittles risk losing more than their accent - You can take the girl out of Newcastle...Even in these enlightened, politically correct times, there are still pockets of prejudice when it comes to accents - 9th August 2013
 * One thing Ryanair got right - charging extra for needless hand luggage - We know what a trip on Ryanair means: cheap and not very cheerful. But why do people now take huge bags on the flight instead of checking them in? - 2nd August 2013
 * For Americans, there's magic in our monarchy - Compared to the grind of US politics, our Royal family offers a burst of romance - 1st August 2013
 * The Concorde made history. Our skies are poorer without it - This aeroplane was testament to the boldest part of human nature - 26th July 2013
 * Amanda Palmer: Naked, but far from vulnerable - The performance artist has taken on the Daily Mail and music industry of late - 25th July 2013
 * Did people complain because of what Inverdale said, or because of the fuss about what he said? - What Inverdale was expressing was the sort of sentiment that millions of otherwise right-thinking men watching Wimbledon may have shared - 19th July 2013
 * What did I learn from editing a national newspaper? Don't believe what people tell you - Always challenge the official version of events. Ask the awkward question, even if it makes you unpopular - 18th July 2013
 * A year on and it's still unclear: Does God have a Julian Assange complex? - Where once we all had an opinion about Assange - seditious sex criminal or heroic freedom fighter? - we have since had our attention turned elsewhere - 27th June
 * It's possible to cover the magic of Wimbledon without watching a single point - The players reveal what really went on in the post-match interview - 26th June
 * Saatchi and Lawson: Nuance goes out the window in a moral arms race - We seem unable to discuss controversial matters calmly - 25th June 2013
 * Fifty signs of getting older? They missed a few - The eyes get worse, but the television - in fact - is far, far better - 19th June 2013
 * Is their marriage our business? No. But Charles Saatchi's row with Nigella Lawson is definitely news - They are celebrities. And when a celebrity behaves badly, it's always a story - 18th June 2013



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 * Ex-Independent editor Simon Kelner to launch PR agency - Seven Dials will work in partnership with ad agency set up by Trevor Beattie, who created 'Hello Boys!' wonderbra campaign - The Guardian, 16th May 2013



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