Opinion

I have a confession to make. I stole a pen. From a library, a publicly-funded library. There’s a reason for […]

Writing a book is harder than I first anticipated. When I was a teenager, I found myself reading pulp science-fiction […]

I am attending a plumbing seminar at Canterbury College.. The very words ‘plumbing seminar’ make me feel vaguely itchy and […]

With apologies to any Mancunians in Thanet reading this, but I report from the Conservative Party conference in Manchester. As […]

There’s an ancient Chinese proverb you may have heard of; “May you live in interesting times.” It’s meant in some […]

There is something inbuilt in the British psyche that seems to motivate people to enjoy moaning, and is as ever-present […]

I have a lovely new neighbour who’s mad keen to be my friend. Genuinely lovely, I should add, in case […]

As I write this column, I am operating on about 90 minutes sleep in the last 40 hours. I tell […]

Craig Mackinlay, since when did mob rule override the rule of law? Rarely has a crowd demanding the destruction of […]

Who wouldn’t want their fat frozen off, eh? What a dream, what a coup! Alright, only a tiny bit of […]