Robert Colvile



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Full name: Robert Colvile

Area of interest: Media & Technology, Localism, Democratic engagement, Constitution & Democracy

Journals/Organisation: The Daily Telegraph

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Career: Joined the Telegraph in 2004

Current position/role: Comment Editor of The Sunday Telegraph; editor and leader writer on The Daily Telegraph


 * also writes/written for: The Observer, New Statesman, The Times

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Latest work: Politics, policy and the internet, Centre for Policy Studies, 2008 (follow link for free download)

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 * Hacking targets society's stupidity and complacency, but also its openness - A few weeks ago, 15 of Donald Trump’s advisers received an email, apparently from a friend. It contained an invitation to edit a Google spreadsheet. More than half of the recipients clicked on the link. James Comey, then still the FBI director, actually replied to it. - 14th May 2017
 * Hacking targets society's stupidity and complacency, but also its openness - Hacking gets to the heart of modern society - 13th May 2017
 * Right now it feels like the whole country is falling apart. Thank God for British athletes - 26th July 2016
 * Life is speeding up – and it’s women who will thrive in an accelerated age - Job automation, the increasing importance of emotional literacy … the changing world is playing more to female strengths than male ones - 11th April 2016
 * Our fast-paced world is also getting happier - 10th April 2016
 * Don’t fear the frictionless economy – for it makes the consumer king - The disappearance of train tickets will be just another step in the remorseless march of convenience - 19th February 2016
 * US Fangs v Britain’s stubby molars - Europe has talked about the need to build tech champions, others just do it - 18th February 2016
 * Don’t fear the frictionless economy – for it makes the consumer king - The disappearance of train tickets will be just another step in the remorseless march of convenience - 1st January 2016
 * Our hospitals are turning into care homes and it's testing the NHS to destruction - The NHS faces its worst winter yet, and part of the problem lies in record levels of 'bed blocking' by patients who have nowhere else to go - 22nd December 2015
 * Faltering government tech upstarts - GDS will be a servant not master of Whitehall - 13th October 2015
 * Unlikeable way Facebook pushes buttons - On social media, we act as we think others would want us to - 18th September 2015
 * William Hague is playing politics with the future of the Union. So what? - The Tories' plan for English votes for English laws is the least worst option on the table - 4th February 2015
 * How Tim Cook's Apple conquered the world - The most profitable firm in history is embedding itself in every part of our lives - 29th January 2015
 * A beginner's guide to the A&E crisis - As the NHS suffers its toughest three months on record - 7th January 2015
 * Ed Miliband has gone back to the Eighties - The Labour leader is launching not a conventional election campaign, but a moral crusade against the monstrous Tories - 6th January 2015
 * A&E in crisis: a special report - As the NHS faces its worst winter in years, Robert Colvile gives an in-depth, first-hand account of the pressures facing the health service - 2nd January 2015
 * Nigel Mills MP isn't alone in his Candy Crush addiction - More and more of us are ignoring the real world in favour of our smartphones and tablets - 10th December 2014
 * The changing face of Britain: what will the UK look like in ten years? - The year is 2024. Robert Colvile imagines how David Cameron's speech on European immigration, as well as the transfer of income tax controls to the Edinburgh parliament, have reshaped the country for good - 30th November 2014
 * Will the Army be able to rely on the reserves? - The MoD's diifficulties in recruiting more part-time soldiers were hardly unforeseen - 15th November 2014
 * Even revolutionaries are suckers for status - As the Benn family so perfectly demonstrates, it’s hard to resist a good old social hierarchy - 13th November 2014
 * Is social mobility really going into reverse? - A new report shows that Britain has as much cause for pride as worry - 7th November 2014
 * Immigration: the real cost to Britain - Bringing in the best and brightest from around the world allows us to mask our own failings – but for how long - 6th November 2014
 * Parliament shreds MPs' expenses records - and its own reputation - Getting rid of old claims is a cynical, conniving insult to the electorate - 4th November 2014
 * Hungary's internet tax protests are a warning to the rest of the West - As life moves online, the taxman will inevitably be tempted to follow - 31st October 2014
 * Our immigration problems are a result of Britain's success - Most new arrivals aren't after benefits, they're after jobs - 30th October 2014
 * Friends: The One Where Dave Cheers Up - In our political sitcom, Dave and Sam find reasons to be cheerful - 26th October 2014
 * Can David Cameron really get a new deal in Europe? - There may be an insurmountable problem with the Prime Minister's plan for renegotiation - 23rd October 2014
 * These borrowing figures will make grim reading for George Osborne - The stubborn gap between tax and spending refuses to close - 22nd October 2014
 * Is Nick Clegg the biggest hypocrite in British politics? - The neutering of the Recall Bill is only the latest piece of humbug from the Lib Dem leader - 20th October 2014
 * What are the greatest threats to the world economy? - The turmoil in the stock markets this weeks reflects the scale of the obstacles to recovery - 17th October 2014
 * Top execs are ludicrously overpaid. And it's getting worse - the richest are pulling away from the rest - 14th October 2014
 * Ebola outbreak: How worried should Britain be? - The disease has devastated Liberia and Sierra Leone - but we are far better prepared - 10th October 2014
 * Tackle these brain-teasers and an Oxford place is yours - Those tricky interview questions at Oxbridge colleges are eminently sensible - 17th October 2013
 * Friends: The One With the Energy Bill - Dave and co try to show they're on the side of the hard-pressed consumer, in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 12th October 2013
 * If we ignored Dr Google, we’d all be a lot better off - 'Cyberchondriacs' don't just irritate their doctors – they do themselves an injury - 10th October 2013
 * Friends: The One Featuring Dave as 'One of Us’ - It's the aftermath of the PM's run-in over the price of a loaf in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 6th October 2013
 * How Gordon Brown nearly wrecked my marriage plans - Taking a compatibility test before marriage is terrifying - 3rd October 2013
 * Friends: The One Where Dave's Idea Gets a Bad Break... - The PM finds that responding to the threat of Red Red may take more effort than he'd expected in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 28th September 2013
 * Friends: The One where Dave reveals all - The Prime Minister briefs the Chancellor on a masterly plan to use social media in pursuit of an overall majority in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 22nd September 2013
 * Cubies shouldn’t be worried about a loss of face - Square-faced men are said to be selfish, but likely to be better with women - 19th September 2013
 * Authors who reprise the greats need a bold touch - When reworking writers, authors need to turn the stories into something new - 5th September 2013
 * My vocabulary is showing its age – but I’m twerking on it - Modern culture, and modern language, can be baffling, even unsettling - 29th August 2013
 * Friends: The One with the Fake Real Ed - Dave's appearance with slicked-back hair, bulging waistline, skin a burnished shade of reddish bronze poses new image problems for pasty Ed in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 25th August 2013
 * Winston Churchill: Was it his finest hour? - As a new book doubts the role of Churchill’s rhetoric in galvanising the nation, Robert Colvile argues that a great speech still has the power to change the world - 22nd August 2013
 * Where there’s a will, there’s controversy - Even when the wording’s clear enough, disagreements are never far away - 15th August 2013
 * Friends: The One Where Dave Casts a Net - The Boss teaches Dave a thing or two about handling Ukip and cleaning up the interwebby thing, in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 11th August 2013
 * Friends: The One Where Nick Returns - Flinging open the door of No 10, Nick stormed into the Cabinet Room, and glared at Theresa and William - 4th August 2013
 * The cry goes up: it’s time to pardon the Bethlehem One - Retrospective justice is always tempting, but we cannot litigate away the injustices of history - 1st August 2013
 * Can you really juggle nappies and a crown? - The whole business of monarchy makes being a new parent nearly impossible - 27th July 2013
 * The One With Dave at the Lord's Test - In the latest episode of our political sitcom, Dave finds that the Ashes has many happy parallels with politics - 21st July 2013
 * If I can’t say thank you to my fiancée, I’m lost for words - The old divide between vulgar and pedantic ways of speaking hasn't gone, it's just found new words to disagree over - 18th July 2013
 * Friends: The One With George's Burger -The Chancellor is still the butt of jokes because of his takeaway order from Bryon - 30th June
 * The chocolate mountain has gone... now for that Kit Kat - The taste for chocolate is one of the most fundamental and ineradicable human urges - 27th June
 * The One with Jeffrey Osborne - In the latest episode of our political sitcom, Dave makes the most of Barack's blunder - 23rd June 2013
 * Mr Cameron made a huge error when he embraced the NHS - First Mid Staffs and now the CQC scandal show the failings of a system built by Labour - 22nd June 2013
 * We brainy types will wreak our revenge - The future belongs to swots, so stop persecuting them - 13th June 2013
 * The shame of having to live in the middle of the road - It's about time we got tough on middle-lane drivers - starting with my mother - 6th June 2013
 * FRIENDS: The One in Ibiza - The PM is chillaxing, when the phone rings... in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 2nd June 2013
 * It’s hard being a jobsworth, but someone’s got to do it - Sometimes, as with al-Qaeda's criticism of Mokhtar Belmokhtar, we should be thankful for petty bureaucracy - 30th May 2013
 * Friends: The One Where Dave Seeks Out His Grassroots - In the latest episode of our political sitcom, the PM takes Sam on a roadtrip to reconnect with the swivel-eyed loons - 26th May 2013
 * The One With The Nigels - The only way George could talk Dave out of it, as far as he could see, was to call every Nigel in the country - 12th May 2013
 * Friends: The One with Dave's Makeover - Dave replaces nuanced policy positions with saloon-bar certainties in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 28th April 2013
 * A handy guide to handshakes - Microsoft's Bill Gates needs a lesson in proper handshakes - 25th April 2013
 * Don't worry, Prof Rogoff – to err is what makes us human - Not since a Japanese trader accidentally sold 610,000 shares at 1 yen apiece, rather than 1 share at 610,000, has a simple typo proved so costly - 18th April 2013
 * Friends: The One with the Seating Plan - In the latest episode of our political sitcom, Dave and Sam get tangled in the wrinkles of etiquette as they try to separate the wets from the drys at Lady Thatcher's funeral - 14th April 2013
 * We’re never more than a few syllables from disaster - A little bad pronunciation goes a long way in Britain - 11th April 2013
 * The One Wiv George’s Mockney Accent - In the latest episode of our political sitcom, George Osborne finds being a man of the people is hard work - 7th April 2013
 * I’m as mad as hell... any chance of a free voucher? - So many firms these days seem to treat the consumer as a sucker - 5th April 2013
 * Friends: The One When Sam Rings Dave - Sam rings Dave from abroad to let him know she may not be coming back - 30th March 2013
 * Why Doctor Who is the ultimate time-traveller - It is the mix of ancient and modern that helps the 50-year-old series stave off extermination - 19th March 2013
 * From snuff to stir-fries, the story of Britain in a basket - Official figures on household spending show how British society has changed in recent years - 14th March 2013
 * Friends: The One with Nick at the Victory Party - There's a party in full swing in Downing Street, but the PM isn't in the mood - 3rd March 2013
 * Titanic II, an unsinkable symbol of our new gilded age - Plans to build a second Titanic is a sign of how extreme wealth can lead to people reliving their childhood - 27th February 2013
 * Friends: The One with Dave and the Loose Cannon - Dave and Nick bump into each other in Eastleigh... - 24th February 2013
 * Black Beauty is too dignified to end up as our dinner - The real reason we're upset about the horse meat issue is that we feel that this noble beast deserves better than to feature in a Findus lasagne - 21st February 2013
 * Friends: The One Dave Tries Out His Party Tricks - In the latest episode of our political sitcom, the PM is preparing a dressing-down for his MPs - 10th February 2013
 * Doing it yourself – the trend that might just save Britain’s economy - More self-employed workers isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s the shape of things to come - 8th February 2013
 * Be careful if you’re offered a hottie to warm the bed - We all need to speak the same language, but let’s not lose the joys of dialect - 7th February 2013
 * Friends: The One with the War Game - Sam comes up with some holes in Dave's strategy - 3rd February 2013
 * Why TV’s house of cards is tumbling down - A revolution in how shows are produced and watched is changing the industry for the better - 29th January 2013
 * Friends: The One with the Sore Losers - An odd couple find something in common over a cup of post-speech coffee - 27th January 2013
 * If you think Le Pong was a stinker, try being a Tudor - Throughout history, Britain must have smelt much like 'Le Pong' - 24th January 2013
 * Friends: The One with Dave's Confession - The Prime Minister apologises to Nick as he admits to being a control freak - 20th January 2013
 * True Scrabble lovers could soon have the last word - Far from losing their pizzazz, Scrabble and similar word games are finding new ways to tax our language skills - 17th January 2013
 * Friends: The One with Nick's Phone-in - Nick learns how useful the big red button can be when taking calls from LBC listeners - 13th january 2013
 * The David Bowie fan club is still stuck in the golden years - There’s something tragic about pre-mortem eulogies to David Bowie and others - 10th january 2013
 * Friends: The One with the Wizard of Oz - The Prime Minister primes the barbie for his new best mate, political consultant Lynton Crosby - 6th January 2013
 * Browse in a bookshop – before it’s too late - I can’t be the only person who – having issued confident pronouncements about how the e-book would never catch on, how the printed paperback was an unsurpassable triumph of technology – now finds himself devouring holiday reading on a tablet computer, and blessing the saving in luggage space - 27th December 2012
 * A royal appointment one would rather avoid - What exactly did Her Majesty make of her trip to No 10? - 19th December 2012
 * This campaign against rare meat has got me seeing red - If the food fascists get their way, would life without steak be worth living? - 13th December 2012
 * The Great Smog of London: the air was thick with apathy - The capital was famous for its filthy air long before the Great Smog of 1952 but it took the deaths of 4,000 people to prompt a clean-up. And even now the city lives under a deadly cloud of invisible pollutants - 7th December 2012
 * Christmas 2012: The Swedish goat that takes Christmas by the horns - The story of the Gavle goat makes a wonderful parable for the festive season - 29th November 2012
 * Friends: The One Where Dave Hangs Tough - The PM has a battle on his hands in Europe, in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 25th November 2012
 * US election 2012: How Wolf Blitzer ate David Dimbleby for breakfast - No channel-surfer on election night could overlook the BBC’s utter lack of pizzazz - 8th November 2012
 * Friends: The One with the Guy in a Yellow Tie - Relations with Nick had got so bad that only a bonfire would cheer Dave up - 3rd November 2012
 * A kind of online version of Dragons’ Den? I’m in... - Kickstarter connects those who need funding for a pet project with those who want to help - 1st November 2012
 * Friends: The One with the Double Dutch - The trouble had started when Herman Van Rompuy had decided to come over... - 27th October 2012
 * Bonny and buxom in bed? In which case, I thee wed - Dallying with wild beasties was never in old marriage services, but they did bang on about the subjection of women... - 25th October 2012
 * Friends: The One Where a Tsar is Born - George Osborne engages with the populace in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 21st October 2012
 * Friends: The One with Dave's Laurels - In the latest episode of our Westminster sitcom, Dave pats himself on the back for Sam's beauty and his charisma - 14th October 2012
 * Friends: The One With Dave's Trip to New York - Mr Cameron tries to gain a foothold in the American market, in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 30th September 2012
 * Can’t believe you said that? I share your pain, Mitt Romney - Mitt Romney is not the only one whose reasonable thoughts often come out sounding all wrong - 27th September 2012
 * Friends: The One Where Dave Gets Ready for Nick's Party - The PM prepares a crucial conference speech in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 23rd September 2012
 * Friends: The One with Dave’s Drunken Reshuffle Party - Dave gains courage after a fine burgundy, in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 9th September 2012
 * The street wit that turns an eyesore into a work of art - Unexpected moments of warmth, wit or simple strangeness in the city are to be treasured - 6th September 2012
 * Friends: The One Where Mitt Gives Dave an Idea - The PM looks to Tampa for some reshuffle inspiration, in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 2nd September 2012
 * Andrew Strauss: more straight bat than flashing blade - The departing England cricket captain was the personification of the trusted leader who gets the job done - 30th August 2012
 * Friends: The One with Dave's Sexy Pictures - Dave takes holiday inspiration from Prince Harry, in the latest instalment of our political sitcom - 26th August 2012
 * The grave matter of precedence among the Mitford sisters - The Mitford girls have become the west Oxfordshire equivalent of the Brontë sisters - 23rd August 2012
 * Friends: The One with the First Ever Coalympics - The Games give Dave an innovative idea in the latest episode of our Westminster sitcom - 12th August 2012
 * Friends: The One with Dave and Tony's Pity Party - These aren't golden days for the PM and his predecessor in the latest episode of our Westminster sitcom - 5th August 2012
 * Friends: The One with Dave’s Final Decisions - The PM's backing Team GB in a big way in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 22nd July 2012
 * The Conservative soul of the Caped Crusader - Batman returns in one of this year’s biggest movies to prove he is the ultimate capitalist hero - 18th July 2012
 * Friends: The One with Dave's Dark Cloud of Doubt - There's stormy weather inside No 10 in the latest episode of our political sitcom, in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 15th July 2012
 * A titan of the turntable is consigned to radio silence - The Radio 1 DJ changed from the listeners’ cooler older brother into their creepily pally uncle - 12th July 2012
 * Friends: The One with George and Ed's Little Spat - The fur flies in the latest epsiode of our Westminster sitcom - 8th July 2012
 * The shabby beauty of the Higgs boson-hunters’ lair - It's low-rent but lovely at Cern - 5th July 2012
 * Friends: The One Where Nick Dreams of Greatness - Nick has a vision of the future Senator Clegg, in the latest episode of our Westminster sitcom - 1st July 2012
 * Friends: The One with Sam and Dave's Troublesome Sums - A taxing problem at No 10 in the latest episode of our Westminster sitcom - 24th June 2012
 * The downfall of a moralising moron is truly a thing of beauty - Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, has connived so enthusiastically in his own destruction that it is hard not to snicker. And as for Jimmy Carr... - 21st June 2012
 * Friends: The One Without Rebekah - Dave misses his flame-haired media mentor in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 17th June 2012
 * Friends: The One with Nick and Dave's Guilty Secret - In the latest episode of our Westminster sitcom, Nick is torn from his reveries by the appearance of a familiar figure - 10th June 2012
 * Beauty of Britain waits to be discovered - The more we see of other countries, the less we see of our own. But that is beginning to change - 7th June 2012
 * Friends: The One with Nick's Cunning Plan - Nick puts up the bunting in the latest episode of our Westminster sitcom - 3rd June 2012
 * Don’t give your children silly names just for the buzz - Increasingly, babies' names are used as a vehicle for their parents’ self-expression - 29th May 2012
 * Friends: The One Where Dave Checks His Baggage - Dave bids farewell to Steve, in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 20th May 2012
 * Teaching the dancers about flummery - The Olympic torch-lighting was a flop - 11th May 2012
 * I dread the rain stopping - Hay fever sufferers love this wet weather - 3rd May 2012
 * Friends: The One with Nick and Dave's Diary Mix-Up - An unpalatable lunch for Mr Clegg in the latest episode of our Westminster sitcom - 29th April 2012
 * Friends: The One with the Guru’s Leaving Do - Dave is choked up by the departure of his old friend, in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 22nd April 2012
 * I’ll give you a book, not God - World Book Night gets more people reading - 19th April 2012
 * Shooting the undead makes me feel so alive - Chasing zombies shows us what we're made of - 12th April 2012
 * I don’t get this obsession with cute and cuddly - The real problem is not Edinburgh Zoo's pandas but the values they embody - 5th April 2012
 * The Alpine high life has made me too fat to fly - The spirit was willing but the flesh was weak, as an attempt to soar above the Alps fell flat - 22nd March 2012
 * It’s not just that you’re wrong, Morrissey, you’re boring - The former Smiths singer has shown himself to be ill-informed about the Falklands and silly with his 'We Hate William and Kate' T-shirt - 8th March 2012
 * A Raspberry that gives kids a taste for tinkering - All hail the Raspberry, the not-for-profit computer that revives a great British tradition - 1st March 2012
 * Why Britain fails the maths test - We have left understanding maths to the experts - to our cost - 22nd February 2012
 * For blue-sky thinkers, the footwear is optional - Why did Steve Hilton tell Michael Gove to fly with the 'upstart' Branson rather than 'fat cat' BA? - 21st February 2012
 * Comfort food is gastronomic perfection - London, in particular, is in the grip of burger-mania - 7th February 2012
 * The TripAdvisor hotels with a five-star critic in every room - As the TripAdvisor case demonstrates, we should all be wary of the wisdom of crowds - 3rd February 2012
 * The most fun you can have with the telly on - If the programme's not entertaining, the tweets certainly are - 24th January 2012
 * Kim Jong Un’s subjects are singing his praises - Cue more bowing and scraping as North Korea's new leader warms to the job - 17th January 2012
 * Morris men in race row? It just doesn’t ring true - Crying 'racism' does no one any favours - 10th January 2012
 * Is it my age? I’d rather wear old tweed than go to the sales - Most men will do absolutely anything to avoid stepping into a clothing store - 3rd January 2012
 * Friends: The One with the Ginger Ninjas - Sam solves the problem of the New Year's party in the latest episode of our Westminster sitcom - 1st January 2012
 * Friends: The One with Dave’s Christmas Crackers - Dave flexes his comedy muscles in the latest episode of our Westminster sitcom - 18th December 2011
 * The stress of life takes its toll - As exhaustion forces a leading banker to take a rest, many people are asking whether life has ever been more exhausting - 3rd November 2011
 * The One with the Great De-Murdoching'' - Dave and George have to write certain acquaintances out of the story, in the latest episode of our political sit-com - 10th July 2011
 * reveals all about the true alpha male'' - Even in a game of ping-pong, Cameron and Obama's will to win shone through - 26th May 2011
 * strange case of the disappearing day'' - Samoa's decision to skip 24 hours is in the finest tradition of temporal tinkering - 11th May 2011
 * The One with the Election Results'' - Champagne corks are popping in Downing Street in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 8th May 2011
 * Miliband's best man speech: 'I hope you get everything you deserve, Ed''' - David Miliband has once again lost out on a job thanks to his brother – this time as best man at Ed’s wedding - 31st March 2011
 * The One With Craig Oliver's Dressing-Down'' - David Cameron is not amused by the performance of new communications director Craig Oliver - 13th March
 * The One with Nick and Dave's Geography Lesson'' - The Egyptian crisis prompts Nick and Dave to brush up on their Middle Eastern geography in the latest episode of our political sitcom - 6th February 2011
 * out - our libraries are living on borrowed time'' - Libraries are not just another public service. They remind us that knowledge is to be cherished, both for its own sake and for its power to change lives - 21st January 2011
 * The One with Nick Clegg's Seasonal Epiphany'' - Nick Clegg has a disturbing encounter, in a Dickensian instalment of our political sitcom by Robert Colvile - 26th December 2010
 * - The One with Nick's Big Internet Project - 28th November 2010
 * isn't dead – he has just turned green'' - The young don't need religion, as the environment gives them all the certainty they need - 6th October 2010
 * The One with Dave and the Hairbrush'' - Dave is having trouble picking the perfect theme song in the latest episode of our political sit-com - 26th September 2010
 * at last, we can root out bad teachers'' - Naming and shaming those who fail our children is now a viable option - 20th September 2010
 * Boomers' bonanza has left precious little for the rest of us'' - We should be concerned about a society where opportunity is so profoundly determined by who your parents are - 1st September 2010
 * the Kid doesn't deserve a pardon'' - Apologising to the victims of the past is at best condescending - 9th August 2010
 * eBook may not have the last word'' - Electronic page-turners are all the rage– but do they really mean anything - 22nd July 2010
 * curse of Twitter'' - Derek Simpson is unrepentant about tweeting talks with BA – but being a twit can have dire consequences - 24th May 2010
 * there nothing we won't watch?'' - After Google's conviction in Italy, Robert Colvile suggests that internet users hold the key to inappropriate content - 26th February 2010
 * guilty as hell, but I'm not sure why'' - Far from feeling less guilt than women, men are consumed by it from morning til night - 28th January 2010
 * of empire returns to centre stage'' - The once-derided Commonwealth could now wield real influence in the changing landscape of global politics - 26th November 2009
 * we really want every cloud to have a silver iodide lining?'' - At the moment, geo-engineering is not on the agenda for Copenhagan - but one can see why scientists are arguing that we use it to tackle climate change, - 4th November 2009
 * departments have a deadly new weapon in their war on workers'' - An American company has built up a model of how offices work, which studies the pattern of emails fired back and forth and then checks for deviant behaviour. Time to polish that CV - 1st September 2009
 * poor Beatrice for being a princess'' - Why do we force the Royal family to conform to the prejudices of the rest of society - 10th August 2009
 * should get the swine flu vaccine?'' - One of Labour's favourite mantras is that being in government is about making the tough decisions. But when it comes to swine flu, a series of choices is approaching that may prove a matter of life and death - 30th July 2009
 * Britons became the kings of karaoke'' - We aren't as tight-lipped as our reputation suggests – and it could do us a world of good - 26th May 2009
 * expenses: We, the people, are in revolt'' - Voters have been treated like peasants by our so-called betters for long enough, as the MPs' expenses scandal illustrates. Now it is time for a change - 21st May 2009 (see: MPs' expenses: summary)
 * the best of cities, the worst of cities'' - a survey can't do justice to the wonder – and weirdness – of the capital - 5th May 2009
 * scandal smacks more of Capone than Cromwell'' - Damian McBride and his friends made a strategic error: they embraced the politics of the playground - 14th April 2009
 * everyone wants to say 'I love you' in neon pink'' - Jade Goody's funeral was at once an utterly appropriate send-off, and an example of schmaltz in its purest form - 7th April 2009
 * Street View's looking at you'' - The internet giant's new Street View function is great fun, but could it mean the end of privacy - 20th March 2009
 * is only bad timing that turns prophecy into comedy'' - A book entitled Damn, It Feels Good to be a Banker must have seemed a good idea six months ago - 21st February 2009
 * Blue Peter survive?'' - As Blue Peter's ratings fall, and a Top Gear-style reinvention is mooted, our writer reveals what happened when he dared to suggest that the 50-year-old show shouldn't survive - 19th February 2009 (see below)
 * Peter: is it time to let it die?'' - The BBC should realise that the reason Blue Peter's ratings have collapsed is simple - nobody wants to watch it - 10th February 2009
 * Why such grudging praise for Sebastian Barry at the Costa Book Awards? - When naming Sebastian Barry's 'The Secret Scripture' as Costa Book of the Year, the judges were surprisingly mealy-mouthed - 29th January 2009
 * to treat trauma? It's just another reason why gaming is good for us'' - Video games aren't just about about goggled eyes and mindless violence - they're part of our education - 23rd January 2009
 * a glass to tomorrow's high street'' - Retailers can emerge stronger from the current crisis - but only if they adapt - 2nd January 2009
 * the whole world is in a Twitter'' - When Mike Wilson used the social-networking site Twitter to tell the world his plane had crashed, he was demonstrating what many already knew - that for a growing number of people, twittering is becoming a way of life - 23rd December 2008
 * does the year hold for science?'' - As the world prepares to celebrate the anniversaries of Darwin and Galileo, we examine how their research is still shaping the course of science - and discover what the leading lights of the scientific community will be most excited about in 2009 - 22nd December 2008
 * Obama's grassroots campaign was unprecedented'' - Before Barack Obama gave his victory speech in Chicago, his campaign sent a message to its supporters. The core of it - repeated in the speech itself - was simple: "All of this happened because of you." - 6th November 2008



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