RUTH SUNDERLAND: Small investors will be lost in the post by Royal Mail sell off
The standard critique of privatisations was that they 'sell off the family silver’. The winners will be the big City institutions and the banks advising on the sale ...read
ADRIAN DURHAM: I don't care if Januzaj feels Belgian, Kosovan or Martian... if he can play for England, the FA must make it happen
MailOnline's hard-hitting football columnist on why Adnan Januzaj must play for England, why Tottenham fans need to grow up and why Lee Clark deserves praise for turning around the career of Ravel Morrison. ...read
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'Hard-up' Tolstoy and a £12million pile
Nowhere have the revelations about the apparent financial difficulties being faced by oligarch’s mistress Alexandra Tolstoy raised more eyebrows than among neighbours of a historic mansion once owned by flamboyant American Malcolm Forbes. For I can reveal that the Jacobean house in Battersea, where Forbes used to throw lavish parties, was bought by Alexandra’s Russian billionaire lover Sergei Pugachev for £12 million from the publishing magnate’s estate. ...read
Ask the doctor: My knees look grubby even when they're clean
Here DR MARTIN SCURR explains how it is one can get a harmless yet embarrassing skin condition and argues that viruses aren't all bad news ...read
JEFF POWELL: Save the Klitschko bashing until someone is capable of doing it in the ring
Wladimir Klitschko's comprehensive away win in Moscow on Saturday night was his 15th consecutive successful defence of his world titles. He and Vitali have dominated the heavyweight division for seven years. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Human rights and an affront to justice
In a dossier that should horrify everyone with a sense of right and wrong, the full extent of Europe’s human rights madness is today laid bare. ...read
Why are City sharks allowed to make a killing on the Royal Mail while you and I get squeezed out?
DOMINIC SANDBROOK: On Friday, the Royal Mail will be floated on the stock market for the first time, sparking one of the biggest share scrambles since the privatisations of the Eighties. ...read
BEN KAY: Ashton wings straight back as England must put their faith in Chris
England unveil a new kit on Tuesday, but will it be a new-look team that coach Stuart Lancaster reveals this month? Sportsmail rugby analyst Ben Kay looks at the form of Lancaster’s leading lights. ...read
A four-day Ryder Cup... who had that daft idea?
DEREK LAWRENSON: It has taken 16 years, but a gathering sense of unease over something I’d written developed into pretty conclusive evidence last week of barking up the wrong tree. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: The 'Ab Fab' movie will never happen
Comedienne Jennifer Saunders says her BBC show Absolutely Fabulous won’t become a film, despite reports to the contrary. ...read
Oh, Molesley, you've ruined Hitler's cake! Downton Abbey Series 4 Cut Out and Keep A-Z
CRAIG BROWN: Julian Fellowes says: 'There is mention of a grievous incident involving Molesley, a slice of Black Forest gateau and the future Fuhrer.' ...read
Parking? No I'm just living here for half an hour
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Since councils will ignore all attempts by Eric Pickles to stop them screwing motorists, next time you get a ticket refuse to pay it on the grounds that you’re not actually ‘parking’. ...read
TACKLE KEOWN: Was Ravel's solo goal, the best this season? Are Tottenham's title hopes in tatters? Should we applaud 'smoking' Wilshere's honesty? And should England pursue wonderkid Januzaj?
There's plenty to get stuck into following a dramatic weekend of Premier League action and Sportsmail's Martin Keown is ready to answer YOUR questions. ...read
GRAHAM POLL: Refs need to start clamping down on divers like Januzaj - or players will start taking matters into their own hands
Adnan Januzaj understandably got the headlines after he scored two superb goals to ensure Manchester United won at Sunderland but he was also booked for a blatant dive before he scored those goals. ...read
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EDGE OF THE BOX: You don't change a winning team: Stelling and co bring Saturday afternoon satisfaction time and again
MARK WEBSTER: Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday is unrivalled - they know not to change format for change's sake. ...read
STEVE MORISON: Lambert would fine players for having mobiles at training... but he made you believe you were untouchable and feel like winners
Millwall striker Steve Morison reveals his love of animals and how he got into owning a greyhound with former strike partner Grant Holt in his debut Footballers' Football Column. The Wales international returned to The Den in the summer after spells in the Premier League with Norwich and at Championship rivals Leeds. Morison explains how he rose from playing in the non-League game to playing for his country at the Millennium Stadium. ...read
Poor form: EastEnders comes to Downton Abbey as Anna is raped by Dennis Rickman. A cheap plot shot and blatantly exploitive says Jim Shelley
It comes to something when even the genteel study of 1920s' manners, Downton Abbey, is preceded by that symbol of our violent modern day society - the continuity announcer warning viewers that it contained 'scenes that some viewers may find upsetting.’ What was the world coming to? one despaired ...read
The Left said Twitter gave power to the people. Now they're having to admit it's a toxic monster
A. N. WILSON: Inevitably, as with pornographic images on the internet, Twitter has turned very nasty indeed. Far from being a vehicle of freedom, Twitter descended rapidly into an excuse for extending the scope of human nastiness. ...read
My father, like Ed Miliband's, was a Jewish refugee from the Nazis. My grandparents died in Auschwitz. Having worked for this paper for 13 years, I can say with certainty that it's deplorable to say the Mail is anti-Semitic
The very idea that I would have made such a move across the spectrum of economic and political thinking, and stuck with it for so many years, if I believed that this paper was anti-Semitic, is utterly risible, writes ALEX BRUMMER. ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Why must Miley and Rihanna act like whores? There are better ways for young talent to move forward in their careers than debasing themselves
One Direction manages to entrance their millions of fans worldwide while remaining wholesome and letting their music speak for itself. ...read
ANDREW ALEXANDER: Beware the Tory without ambition...
The last politician I recall protesting like Education Secretary Michael Gove that he did not want the party leadership was Sir Alec Douglas-Home. ...read
Labour feeling the heat from former tax exile
When Ed Miliband reshuffles his shadow cabinet later this week, he has to keep sweet Andrew Rosenfeld, one of the party’s richest benefactors, says ANDREW PIERCE. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Human rights and an affront to justice
In a dossier that should horrify everyone with a sense of right and wrong, the full extent of Europe’s human rights madness is today laid bare. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: The 'Ab Fab' movie will never happen
Comedienne Jennifer Saunders says her BBC show Absolutely Fabulous won’t become a film, despite reports to the contrary. ...read
As the Labour leader reacts angrily to our critique of his Marxist father... We repeat: This man did hate Britain
GEOFFREY LEVY: At his death aged 70, in 1994, Ralph Miliband had not given up the cause to which he, so passionately, had sworn an oath 54 years earlier. ...read
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: If we lose the bible, we lose our conscience
Christianity in this country has been retreating for a century. Many younger Britons have never been inside a church and have little grasp of Christian scriptures... ...read
Yes, he has done many courageous things for Britain but I just wish Dave would show more of his real self
David Cameron's message to the British people yesterday was deliberately brisk and simple: stick with me, because Ed Miliband would ruin everything. Although he has now occupied Downing Street for more than three years, we are still no wiser about what he really believes or cares about, other than having a keen appetite for his job. ...read
MELANIE PHILLIPS: No one has a human right to hide from justice behind a veil
A liberal society should permit cultural or religious minorities to wear distinctive clothing - but only if that doesn’t get in the way of an institution’s ability to enforce basic standards of security. ...read
Our courts won't be able to cope if politicians begin suing each other over alleged lies and cover-ups
Labour's Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham threatens to sue for libel the Tory Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, over a tweet. Whatever next? By PETER MCKAY. ...read
Kindly old Don is no dodgy arms dealer: Arthur Miller's All My Sons returns to the stage
Don Warrington stars in this Manchester Royal Exchange production of All My Sons, directed by Michael Buffong, but does not quite hit the spot, writes Quentin Letts. ...read
'Hard-up' Tolstoy and a £12million pile
Nowhere have the revelations about the apparent financial difficulties being faced by oligarch’s mistress Alexandra Tolstoy raised more eyebrows than among neighbours of a historic mansion once owned by flamboyant American Malcolm Forbes. For I can reveal that the Jacobean house in Battersea, where Forbes used to throw lavish parties, was bought by Alexandra’s Russian billionaire lover Sergei Pugachev for £12 million from the publishing magnate’s estate. ...read
Parking? No I'm just living here for half an hour
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Since councils will ignore all attempts by Eric Pickles to stop them screwing motorists, next time you get a ticket refuse to pay it on the grounds that you’re not actually ‘parking’. ...read
So, has UKIP come of age? ROBERT HARDMAN, who attended the party's first (shambolic) gathering, remains unimpressed
UKIP leader Nigel Farage was not merely aglow as he addressed his party conference in London. He was sweating like a Tory marginal. There was a lot riding on his speech. UKIP has never been higher in the polls, comfortably shoving the Lib Dems into fourth place and nudging the 20 per cent mark. However, MEP Godfrey Bloom had knocked Mr Farage off the headlines by evening. No sooner had they finally become a 'serious' party, than UKIP had become a laughing stock. ...read
How typically hypocritical of the Left, who danced on the grave of Mrs Thatcher, to be upset about debate over Red Ed's Marxist father
Listening to Ed Miliband and his henchmen in the BBC and elsewhere, you would think that this newspaper was guilty of a smear against his late father unprecedented in the annals of human history. The truth is that Leftists who reach for the smelling salts when the record of one of their own is reasonably questioned require no lessons in the tricks of denigrating or smearing their political adversaries. ...read
The Chancellor's wife might hate me going to work when I’m ill. But at least I’m not calling in sick like state sector skivers
Frances Osborne suffers from 'germ stress' in the presence of people who are unwell, and says we should learn to stay at home and keep our bugs to ourselves instead of coughing and spluttering them all over others. I wonder what her husband makes of her advice. As Chancellor, he's the paymaster for the public sector, which seems to have a disproportionate problem with staff taking sick leave. ...read
ADRIAN DURHAM: I don't care if Januzaj feels Belgian, Kosovan or Martian... if he can play for England, the FA must make it happen
MailOnline's hard-hitting football columnist on why Adnan Januzaj must play for England, why Tottenham fans need to grow up and why Lee Clark deserves praise for turning around the career of Ravel Morrison. ...read
BEN KAY: Ashton wings straight back as England must put their faith in Chris
England unveil a new kit on Tuesday, but will it be a new-look team that coach Stuart Lancaster reveals this month? Sportsmail rugby analyst Ben Kay looks at the form of Lancaster’s leading lights. ...read
BRAD GILBERT: Skinny kid Evans now has the power to progress towards the top 50
During my spell working for the Lawn Tennis Association, I remember this skinny kid as a junior with a dream single-handed backhand — Dan Evans. ...read
CHARLES SALE: Sir Alex's £100,000-a-day appearance fee puts him in the same league as the Clintons
Sir Alex Ferguson is commanding £100,000 a day for corporate appearances, which puts him in the same pay league as former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary. ...read
CHRIS FOY: The game will suffer if the Boks can't spring an All Black ambush at Ellis Park
For the greater good of the world game, the All Blacks must trip over the final hurdle in their quest to retain the Rugby Championship title on Saturday. Correction — they must be smashed off their course at Ellis Park. ...read
Northern Exposure: Sunderland are still a club in transition with Paolo Di Canio ready to instill radical changes
Paolo Di Canio does things differently. So it should be no surprise that he has called his final pre-match press conference of the season five days before the match. ...read
DALEY THOMPSON: Mo's brilliant but he needs to break world records to be a great like Seb, Sally and me
I thought Mo Farah’s achievement in Moscow, winning 5,000m and 10,000m gold to add to his two Olympic titles, was brilliant. ...read
BUMBLE AT THE TEST: Jonathan has been on a bad Trott but he will be galloping Down Under... and Cook will find the recipe for success, too
David Lloyd picks seven things which stood out for him on day three at The Oval, including a prediction that the England captain and No 3 will come good... ...read
A four-day Ryder Cup... who had that daft idea?
DEREK LAWRENSON: It has taken 16 years, but a gathering sense of unease over something I’d written developed into pretty conclusive evidence last week of barking up the wrong tree. ...read
DES KELLY: Well, nothing lasts forever... it's been a blast! Sportsmail's brilliant columnist bows out after almost a decade at the top
It's time to bid you a fond farewell. This is my final column for Sportsmail. It has been an absolute privilege and an honour to be allowed to sound off on this page without compromise. ...read
MERSEY BEAT: Is Baines the best around? On this form, Roy has no choice but to leave Cole on the bench for England
DOMINIC KING: With England's World Cup ambitions still on a knife edge, would Roy Hodgson be so bold to leave Ashley Cole on the bench? He should do. ...read
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GARY NEVILLE: We've forgotten just what made British football great
Pep Guardiola has no shame or embarrassment that he wanted his team to be hard working, to sprint to the ball to hunt in packs. But if an English coach was seen pumping his fists, waving his arms and screaming: ‘Squeeze them in!’ he would be in danger of being portrayed as a dinosaur. ...read
GEORGE NORTH EXCLUSIVE: Blinded by bubbly, a visit from James Bond... no wonder I'll still be smiling when I reach 110
LIONS WING AND SPORTSMAIL COLUMNIST: Winning Lions! It is something all players dream about achieving but very few get to experience. I feel privileged to be a part of this group. ...read
GRAHAM POLL: Refs need to start clamping down on divers like Januzaj - or players will start taking matters into their own hands
Adnan Januzaj understandably got the headlines after he scored two superb goals to ensure Manchester United won at Sunderland but he was also booked for a blatant dive before he scored those goals. ...read
JAMES ANDERSON: Please don't rest me... I'm not tired out. I admit I'm not bowling well but the only way to discover why is to play in the final Test
A number of pundits have suggested our fantastic victory in Durham to clinch the Ashes might allow the England management the chance to rest me for the final Test at The Oval this week. ...read
JAMIE CARRAGHER: We are fighting for our lives, Roy, so unleash the attack
Hodgson is approaching the definitive games of his reign and he has to understand that the time has come to let the handbrake off. ...read
JAMIE REDKNAPP: Fergie told me Ravel would be in serious trouble or the England team, Bent bounces back... and why defenders will be petrified of facing Januzaj
Darren Bent is not everyone’s cup of tea. But while he might be a one-trick pony, it’s a trick he is rather good at. ...read
JEFF POWELL: Save the Klitschko bashing until someone is capable of doing it in the ring
Wladimir Klitschko's comprehensive away win in Moscow on Saturday night was his 15th consecutive successful defence of his world titles. He and Vitali have dominated the heavyweight division for seven years. ...read
LAURA WILLIAMSON: Yobs steal the profit and limelight as Port Vale sees club's biggest crowd for 15 years as Valiants take on Wolves in League clash
Vale Park hosted its largest league crowd for 15 years but police were forced to arrest 23 people. ...read
THE TOP SPIN: There's a split at the heart of the game - ye olde English innocence versus Indian dash for cash
While the English summer came to a quiet end last Friday with the last ball of the final round of County Championship matches, Indian cricket was entranced by the BCCI’s latest power struggle. ...read
Captain's Log: Another Sangster in racing as teenager hopes to make his mark at York
A member of a famous racing family takes his first step on the racing stage in the final race at York on Saturday. Ollie Sangster – full name Oliver Robert James Sangster – rides Capitol Gain for trainer Brian Meehan. ...read
EDGE OF THE BOX: You don't change a winning team: Stelling and co bring Saturday afternoon satisfaction time and again
MARK WEBSTER: Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday is unrivalled - they know not to change format for change's sake. ...read
LUKE BARNATT: I used to sleep on the floor of the gym, now I'm going to win a UFC title
Luke Barnatt is barely six months into his UFC career - but he has already mapped out his route to the title. The Cambridge middleweight takes on Andrew Craig in Manchester on October 26. ...read
TACKLE KEOWN: Was Ravel's solo goal, the best this season? Are Tottenham's title hopes in tatters? Should we applaud 'smoking' Wilshere's honesty? And should England pursue wonderkid Januzaj?
There's plenty to get stuck into following a dramatic weekend of Premier League action and Sportsmail's Martin Keown is ready to answer YOUR questions. ...read
MARTIN KEOWN'S BOOTROOM: Ozil, Flamini, Moses, Fellaini and Lukaku... so, who cleaned up in the window?
After six games, squads have had time to get to know each other and we are starting to see who have been the smartest shoppers. ...read
MARTIN SAMUEL: Only a cynical chancer would bend the rules to steal United kid Januzaj for England
Adnan Januzaj is Belgian. If he wishes, in strictly football terms, he can be Albanian; or Kosovan, Serbian or Turkish. What he most certainly is not is English. We know this because he’s 18 and playing in the Premier League. Not many English teenagers do that. ...read
MARTIN SAMUEL DEBATE: United v Real Madrid. Sanity v sackings. United were always going to be vulnerable when Fergie quit, but give Moyes time to build his own empire
This week’s debate took on Real Madrid’s chaos versus Manchester United’s stability. Madrid had 22 coaches in the time Sir Alex Ferguson was at Old Trafford, and achieved similar success. So are United right to throw their lot in with one man and a six-year contract? Is chaos and a good team the match for a manager and his pure vision? ...read
On the road: 'Sat-nav' coaching is driving the Scottish game down a cul-de-sac
Question: can you name the Scottish Footballer of the Year? The answer is a 22-year-old striker who may be Scotland’s No 9 at Wembley and who scored twice on Saturday. ...read
Murray's Wimbledon sanctum, the fall from grace of Swedish tennis and Fognini's £7,000 rant at umpire
MIKE DICKSON: Where did Andy Murray go when he wanted a haven of peace and quiet to himself at Wimbledon? ...read
NASSER HUSSAIN'S AUSTRALIA RATINGS: There were a lot of (not-so) magnificent sevens but only Harris was exceptional
Nasser Hussain gives his series verdict on the vanquished Australian squad and tells Watson to work on his technique and gives praise to Siddle and Harris... ...read
ASH WEDNESDAY: Mourinho may have masterminded a win in Bucharest but at times it feels like he's just another Chelsea boss passing through
Had Jose Mourinho taken a break this summer, his standing within the game would have risen with every bad result at Chelsea, Manchester United or Manchester City. He could have watched the first few months of the season unfold and by the turn of the year the Special One would have been the most wanted manager in world football. ...read
THE MIDLANDER: I just don't get the transfer policies of Villa and West Brom... and I can only see Birmingham's painful decline continuing
The transfer policies of both Aston Villa and West Brom have been found wanting over the last 12 months - they should have done their business earlier. ...read
BT reach for the Sky but have a long way to go in multi-billion fight
It's 11am at the BT Sport (BTS) studios in Olympic Park, east London, and there's a nervous excitement around the place only partly related to the new kids on the football broadcasting block kicking off the Premier League season by showing their first live Premier League game - Liverpool versus Stoke. ...read
PATRICK COLLINS: Blatter cannot be allowed to shrug off the victims of Qatar's World Cup
After a week of startling accusations and slithery evasions, the conclusion is inescapable: FIFA have chosen an abjectly unsuitable stage for the most prestigious event in the world game. ...read
PAUL NEWMAN: England must win 4-0 to keep Australia down, so rest Anderson and let Tremlett loose on his patch
It is desperately important that England go on to win the Ashes 4-0. They cannot give Australia a break, not with the return series coming hot on the heels of this one. ...read
Scu's view: It's no good just relying on honesty - the BHA should ban all horses from countries where steroids are legal
The British Horseracing Authority should ban all horses from countires where steroids are allowed during training - how is it a level playing field if they don't? ...read
BECKY JAMES: I had to go to school before riding keirin in Japan... the gambling and racing is nuts, but I feel like a superstar
Cyclist Becky James tells Sportsmail how she's relishing life away from Manchester on and off the track as she dominates Japan's 'nuts' keirin circuit ...read
THE FOOTBALL GRAPEVINE: Bale could be caught in cross-fire of Spanish football's civil war... why would Januzaj choose England over Belgium... and has the Head and Shoulders curse struck Hart?
This is Sportsmail's brilliant weekly column that gives you access to the secrets of the football world. Each week on MailOnline, ROB SHEPHERD delivers the latest stunning stories, whispers and intrigue from football's corridors of power… plus a dose of mischief. ...read
Sam Turner weekend betting box: Kazeem to eclipse rivals
The presence of Mukhadram, Declaration Of War, The Fugue and Mars makes this another tough examination for AL KAZEEM. ...read
SAM TOMKINS: I'm ready for a big NRL welcome, and I know it won't be with a handshake... but first I want a fairytale finals finish at Wigan
Sam Tomkins tells Sportsmail about his world record move from Wigan to New Zealand, how he'll handle the NRL's welcoming committee and his unfinished Super League business ...read
STEVE MORISON: Lambert would fine players for having mobiles at training... but he made you believe you were untouchable and feel like winners
Millwall striker Steve Morison reveals his love of animals and how he got into owning a greyhound with former strike partner Grant Holt in his debut Footballers' Football Column. The Wales international returned to The Den in the summer after spells in the Premier League with Norwich and at Championship rivals Leeds. Morison explains how he rose from playing in the non-League game to playing for his country at the Millennium Stadium. ...read
There are only three things wrong with this USELESS Australia side - they can't bat, they can't bowl and they can't field (and don't start us on the reviews!)
It's just the six Test defeats on the trot now for Australia. After being battered 4-0 in India four months ago, they've got off to a flying start over here. And it's just the four Test defeats on the trot against England. ...read
Troubled souls Trinny and Saatchi are made for each other says ALISON BOSHOFF as the odd couple are spotted out together two nights in a row
The pairing seemed so unforeseen that, even after a couple of dinners together earlier this month, few could believe that romance was on the menu, writes ALISON BOSHOFF. ...read
BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Seduced by the bright lights of Watford: Jodie Whittaker admits she changed in the loos on set of budget comedy Hello Carter
Jodie Whittaker plays an executive PA who becomes the perfect foil for the marvellously bumbling title character - played with wit and big-screen charm by Charlie Cox. ...read
JACI STEPHEN: 'Sit', 'Heel'...educating the dogs and the kids
Dogs are remarkable creatures, so I was always going to love The Wonder Of Dogs. The series opened in the Oxfordshire village of Brightwell, which houses 1,500 people and 120 dogs. ...read
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: The Daily Mail Schools Trophy - My only regret is that I'm not eligible to take part!
The Daily Mail Schools Trophy is a wonderful new take on the oldest thing in sport: rivalry. This competition promises to bring the best out of every team involved. ...read
BEL MOONEY: I've got a degree but no job and I need to find myself
This week, BEL MOONEY advises a 24-year-old graduate who is struggling to find something which will give him direction in his career. ...read
Why DO these Z-list celebs keep invading their little darlings' privacy?
All good mums are pushy mums. It is part of their job description to wrangle friends and family into paroxysms of appreciation at everything the kiddies do... ...read
JANET STREET-PORTER: Do us a favour - ditch the soundbites and DO something
Have you got the guts to ask the blokes you work with what they earn? Equalities Minister Jo Swinson (pictured) wants us to do just that. ...read
LIZ JONES FASHION THERAPY: Fashionistas are drooling over H&M;'s new designer range. But is it just for skinny minnies?
Unless you have a trust fund, live in West London, are very young and leggy, or are Sienna Miller (right), you might not have heard of French label Isabel Marant. ...read
LORRAINE CANDY: Moving day means the mourning of my kid's childhood as I clutch the memories of some of the happiest days of my life
I have sorted through over a decade’s worth of stuff putting it into ‘stay’ and ‘go’ piles. It’s been a furtive process carried out in secret after the fearsome foursome are in bed. ...read
Rowan Pelling's sex advice column: How can I make my internet lover commit to me?
I divorced in my late 40s and have been internet dating ever since. About three months ago, I met a man I really like. ...read
The web's a dark place but there is one glimmer of hope
SANDRA PARSONS: Today's young woman has a wider selection of men from whom to choose — but if she isn't lucky enough to find her Mr Darcy at university or the office, she’s increasingly unlikely to meet him at all. ...read
Ask the doctor: My knees look grubby even when they're clean
Here DR MARTIN SCURR explains how it is one can get a harmless yet embarrassing skin condition and argues that viruses aren't all bad news ...read
ADAM UREN: Five things we've learned in the year since automatic enrolment was introduced
The next 12 months will present the biggest challenge to auto-enrolment thus far as thousands of smaller firms come online, so what have we learned from the first year? ...read
ED MONK: Banning introductory bonuses on savings accounts - it's an ideological question
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him shop around for a better savings rate at the end of an introductory bonus period. ...read
JAMES CONEY: It's time bungling HMRC changed its attitude to complaints
How much anxiety and misery does HMRC think is acceptable to dish out to innocent people before it dispenses justice? ...read
JAMES SALMON: Are the Chancellor's banking reforms really tough, or too little too late?
The Chancellor has come under fire for ducking key reforms designed to improve the culture and safety of Britain’s scandal-prone lenders. ...read
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Landlords taking a hit to help savers, according to West Bromwich Building Society as buy-to-let borrowers face mortgage rate hike
West Brom boss Jonathan Westhoff has defended the move by saying that it is fairer to the society’s 424,000 savers, who have already suffered rate cuts. ...read
LEE BOYCE: Ultra-fast broadband on trains? How about tackling soaring ticket prices and a carriage full of other problems first?
The transport secretary has said ultra-fast broadband will be rolled out on trains. But how about sorting out high prices, overcrowding and late trains first? ...read
Little Red Miliband and the Big (Bad) Six: Why villainising energy companies will never end in happily ever after
Miliband's energy bills speech would go down well as a bedtime story. It's got the big bad energy firms, the shivering households in distress. But is Miliband a hero? ...read
Cash, plastic, your mobile phone, your face, your 'bits', or something even newer: what will money look like in future and will Wonga still be here?
Richard Browning went on the trail of the self-styled financial disruptors to see if the array of modern alternatives to money will win the public trust that the banks have lost ...read
RICHARD DYSON: The house prices generation gap means the Bank of Gran and Grandad is good for £1trillion
The Bank of Mum and Dad is going bust, but the Bank of Gran and Grandad is flush with property wealth, a further sign of the great generational divide. ...read
SAM DUNN: Mark Carney has no qualms about helping borrowers and turning the thumbscrews on savers
Despite evincing what he called ‘tremendous sympathy’ for those who’d laboured to build up a nest-egg, he made clear that ‘raising interest rates is not the answer’. ...read
SIMON LAMBERT: Will you be taking a punt on Royal Mail shares?
Despite the lack of a Tell Pat promotion to rival the old British Gas campaign, the chance of a flutter on the post seems to have captured the public’s imagination. ...read
SIMON WATKINS: EU cap on bankers' bonuses would be an own goal
A cap on bonuses sounds like a good idea if you want to curb the pay bonanza. But the simple effect of a bonus cap will be to drive up fixed salaries. ...read
Unemployed 18-year-old applies for £300 payday loan and is offered £500 - is this responsible lending?
He applied for a £300 loan through Cash Lady as an unemployed eighteen-year-old presuming that he’d be turned down. The result? They arranged a £500 loan. ...read
Why won't BT remove £89 charge for an 18 hour phone call I didn't make? I reckon that it actually called me!
I am in dispute with BT regarding a call supposedly lasting 18 hours and 38 minutes and costing £89.07 - and I believe it was from a phonecall from BT. ...read
TONY HETHERINGTON: We called off our wedding and were prepared to lose our deposit - but the venue demanded we pay thousands
This week Tony probes scams relating to cancelled wedding receptions, suspicious football lottery prizes and tax forms. ...read
Keep-fit Gove goes on the run
US band Haim had a change of heart and tried to censor a picture they had taken with David Cameron (pictured) because they thought it damaged their cool image. ...read
JAMES FORSYTH: How Ed's energy price freeze gave George the shivers
The Labour leader's promised energy price freeze has 'discombobulated' Downing Street, says JAMES FORSYTH ...read
Feminists? Maybe I'll trust them when they start growing beards
The trouble with feminists like Charlotte Raven (pictured) is they are only pro-women when others are just like them, or they fancy them. ...read
PETER HITCHENS: Are the Tories lying to us again? Just ask Mandy!
Mandy Rice-Davies is the most perceptive political thinker of our age, and her wisdom has never been so badly needed, writes PETER HITCHENS. ...read
Politicians' dads do matter - but don't forget their mums (And ours was the only Red in the village)
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Beauty Buzz: The latest tricks and treats
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I have suffered for many years with brittle nails but lately they seem a lot worse - very soft, brittle and peeling in layers. I feel so conscious of them all the time and they make my hands look so ugly. ...read
Liz Jones's diary: In which I question my relationship
In which I question my relationship ...read
Mimi Spencer: 'I nearly fell off my chair when I read that Gwyneth Paltrow likes a cheeky ciggie once a week'
Well, sorry folks, me too. Once in a while, I have a rollie – usually when perched on the step in the garden once everyone’s asleep. If you have ever smoked, you’ll know why. If you haven’t, I needn’t try to explain because you’ll never understand how such a filthy, smoggy, antisocial, appalling habit could put a smile on the face of someone who is quite into down dog and the joy of borlotti beans. ...read
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Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your problems
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Fantasy Friday: Who are the top flight's best goalscoring defenders, who are the hidden gems and is Van Persie good enough?
Welcome to Sportsmail's weekly Fantasy Football column which will try to help you get the edge on your friends, family and Jamie Redknapp. ...read
Why doesn't Stephen Fry call for a ban on Russian music, theatre and all performing arts?
ADRIAN HILTON: 'An absolute ban on the Russian Winter Olympics of 2014 on Sochi is simply essential,' says Stephen Fry in an impassioned letter to the Prime Minister and the International Olympic Committee. ...read
The teacher who changed my life: In this moving tribute to his old English master, who's just died, CLIVE ASLET says his one regret is he never thanked him
A fortnight ago I heard that the English master who taught me at school, the great Frank Miles, had died, aged 92. I say great — he was great to us, the ones for whom reading came to matter so much as a result of his highly individual influence. ...read
My question to the panel: where DOES the BBC find such partisan audiences?
Where does the BBC get its audiences? More particularly, where does it find audiences for its political panel shows such as Radio 4’s Any Questions and BBC1’s Question Time? Asks DOMINIC LAWSON. ...read
Why are City sharks allowed to make a killing on the Royal Mail while you and I get squeezed out?
DOMINIC SANDBROOK: On Friday, the Royal Mail will be floated on the stock market for the first time, sparking one of the biggest share scrambles since the privatisations of the Eighties. ...read
Analysis: Losing the 'right to reside test' could cost the UK economy up to £2bn a year, as EU says it 'discriminates against migrants'
The EU says the UK's rules are discriminatory and therefore illegal because British citizens automatically pass the right to reside test. ...read
How can the high priestess of abortion support the barbarity of terminating a baby just because she's a girl?
KATHY GYNGELL: How can the so-called feminist 'sisterhood' defend the destruction of female foetuses being aborted because of their gender? ...read
David Cameron does not understand the problems facing ordinary families, so is it any wonder women don't like him?
Should David Cameron lose the next election, it will be because women deserted him, by MELISSA KITE. ...read
MICHAEL BURLEIGH: Stalin's gulags and his Left wing British apologists
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RUTH SUNDERLAND: Small investors will be lost in the post by Royal Mail sell off
The standard critique of privatisations was that they 'sell off the family silver’. The winners will be the big City institutions and the banks advising on the sale ...read
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SIMON HEFFER: Hallelujah! Cameron sounds like a Tory at last
How deeply refreshing. At last, David Cameron set out this week some powerful reasons for voting Conservative, writes SIMON HEFFER. ...read
The series of headline-making royal security scandals and why one Commander has escaped the cull
STEPHEN WRIGHT: Few doubt last week’s shocking break-in at the most famous royal residence in the world is a matter of enormous public interest. ...read
Oh, Molesley, you've ruined Hitler's cake! Downton Abbey Series 4 Cut Out and Keep A-Z
CRAIG BROWN: Julian Fellowes says: 'There is mention of a grievous incident involving Molesley, a slice of Black Forest gateau and the future Fuhrer.' ...read
CHRIS EVANS: Mon dieu, Nicole - how you've grown!
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CRAIG BROWN: Revelry and rioting were rife. Britons got through six gallons of gun each a yearil
Vic Gatrell proves a dab hand at recreating the blazing furnace of 18th century Covent Garden in The First Bohemians. ...read
Carry on nurse: Strauss's magical Ariadne Auf Naxos is revenge for the war
The finest operas bring together a great composer and an outstanding librettist, and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s partnership with Strauss is up there with Mozart and Da Ponte. ...read
DEBORAH ROSS: Vinnie ain't no Ross Kemp - sorry Nan!
Whether you enjoy his latest reinvention may simply depend on how much you wish to take a trip with Mr Jones as your companion. ...read
It's a bling thing: Michael Douglas camps it up as sequin-suited cabaret star Liberace... but Matt Damon as his toyboy lover? Puh-leaze!
Damon, best known for playing the uber-macho action hero Jason Bourne, is 42 in real life. When his character Thorson first met Liberace in 1977, he was barely 18. ...read
OLLY SMITH: Anything but Chardonnay...are you absolutely sure? Tantalising truth about our most slandered grape
In most cases, though, it’s not Chardonnay itself which is to blame, but the oak barrels in which it’s been sloshing about. ...read
Show of the week: Splash hit at the Tate
Walk Through British Art tells the story of its country’s art over the past 500 years; it is extraordinarily complete and compelling. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: 'Putin and I used to sit in a room and go at it with each other,' said Bill Clinton
The former President greets you with a rock-hard handshake, his eyes never avert from yours during a conversation, he’s warm and friendly, and very tactile. ...read
Thinner, faster, sharper... But do we really need curved TVs?
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TOM PARKER BOWLES: The Road to five-star perfection: Sorry, it's another maximum, but this is London's best-vale local restaurant
Hereford Road is a small, unassuming restaurant on the cusp of Bayswater and Notting Hill, and everyday excellence is very much the norm. ...read
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- Keeping up with her social life! Khloe Kardashian hosts party at club and goes late-night bowling with The Game Put marital woes aside
- Where have her famous curves gone? Sofia Vergara reveals her very slim legs in flared jeans as she joins Modern Family cast for TV appearance
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Katie Holmes takes a leaf from ex-husband Tom Cruise's style book... as she wears trendy high-top Nikes with her tight leather pants
- Eat your heart out, Rafael! Sylvie van der Vaart sizzles in a string bikini as she clowns around the beach with son Damian Troubled love life
- 'Her movie career did not take off!' Ellen Pompeo opens up about former Grey's Anatomy co-star Katherine Heigl Creditsl drama for her happy, successful life
- Keeping busy! Kim Kardashian supports sister Khloe... as they show off their best pouts on Instagram Some sisterly support for Khloe
- A managerial meet-up! Kris Jenner wears racy lace dress to dinner with Britney Spears' ex-fiancé and manager Jason Trawick Surprising dinner date
- Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez's baby name revealed: Couple chose heavenly moniker for their little 'gift from God' Name was popular from the 9th to 14th centuries
- Enjoying fatherhood! Olivier Martinez treats Halle Berry's daughter Nahla to face paint at the pumpkin patch as actress remains with their newborn son
- 'I went days without eating!' Snooki cries as she opens up about fighting anorexia as a teen cheerleader on DWTS Opened up
- Feeling fine in floral! Beaming Drew Barrymore brightens up the Jay Leno set in a fun colourful jumpsuit in her favourite flower print Wore Kate Spade outfit
- Gretchen Rossi and fiance Slade Smiley show united front as she pursues life beyond Real Housewives of Orange County Has a new handbag line
- You sure about that? Kristin Cavallari takes a risk in double denim for a lunch date with friends The 26-year-old TV personality opted for an all denim outfit
- She needed that! Kristin Cavallari goes from greasy ponytail to camera ready blow dry as she visits the salon And who says there is no magic left in Hollywood?
- Dianna Agron 'excluded' from Glee tribute episode for Cory Monteith due to 'intense dislike' for the actress Diana was allegedly unpopular with the cast
- 'He wants to wear a neon green tux!' Kate Hudson reveals unusual outfit her son Ryder has picked out for her wedding... even though she hasn't set the date
- She even looks sexy while running errands! Sharon Stone does monochrome chic in a stylish ensemble Embraced her inner rock chick in Beverley Hills.
- Katie Price and Kieran Hayler introduce newborn son Jett Riviera to the world Two-month-old tot is seen sleeping in his proud mother's arms
- Carried away! Jennifer Garner gives daughter Seraphina a piggy-back ride as they pick up Violet from school Gave her four-year-old daughter a piggy-back
- Alicia Keys looks sensational in a Seventies style black jumpsuit to join Swizz Beatz at children's charity benefit Looked amazing
- Bright and breezy! Kristen Bell wears a light summer dress and above-the-knee boots as she films House Of Lies Filming scenes for the third series
- 'I am not at all ready to quit!' Cancer-stricken Valerie Harper sheds tears as she is eliminated from Dancing With The Stars Last dance was waltz
- Where's Lauren? Simon Cowell spends his birthday running errands with his ex Terri Seymour Wasn't along for the ride this time
- Perk of the job! Tony Bennett poses with Girls' star Allison Williams at his charity Exploring the Arts Gala He was interviewed by her father Brian Williams
- Radiant in white! Julianne Moore, 52, outshines younger co-star Chloe Moretz, 16, in a figure-hugging gown at premiere of their new movie Carrie
- 'He's got too much to live for': The man Lamar Odom came to respect as a father reveals fears the star 'could commit suicide' Jim has opened up
- A very sweet 16! Bella Thorne rings in milestone birthday on the red carpet with sister Kaili at jeans event Shake It Up star
- Ashley Greene goes beyond the pale in a silver and cream frock as she meets with fans while promoting CBGB Sat down and chatted to fans
- 'I'm on that button!' Christina Aguilera gets competitive as the blind auditions end on NBC's The Voice The Voice ended its blind auditions on Monday.
- SNEAK PEEK: New Girl's Jess and Nick spice things up in the bedroom despite Schmidt's attempt to split them up No longer just friends
- Joanna Krupa works through problems with Romain at sex therapy... but not before getting a lap dance from Lisa Hochstein They married in June
- 'I will never watch a Woody Allen film!' How Carly Simon removed famed directors name from her hit song in an effort to support Mia Farrow
- Newlywed Avril Lavigne is the picture of elegance alongside husband Chad Kroeger as she wins Best Global Singer at the Chinese Oscars
- Glam without the glitz! Supermodel Christy Turlington is a natural beauty as she dons a modest black dress at charity party Face of Calvin Klein
- Bethenny Frankel takes little princess Brynn to school... as it's revealed she 'blames Ellen DeGeneres for chatshow's lack of high profile guests'
- A strut made for the catwalk! Kendall Jenner parades her long and lean pins in a pair of tiny shorts after indulging at a burger joint All in black
- That hard work is paying off! Britney Spears shows off her toned abs in tiny crop top during another grueling workout Las Vegas run ahead
- Hers is taken! Newly engaged Ashley Tisdale wears her heart on her chest for a workout While some people wear their heart on their sleeve...
- Real Housewives of New Jersey's Jacqueline Laurita, her husband Chris and the show's star Joe Gorga all sued over alleged brawl
- Who says they're unflattering? Alessandra Ambrosio rocks horizontal stripes in black and white tunic Supermodel wore black and white striped dress
- Pregnant Tamara Ecclestone ditches her heels for trainers as she heads home after baby scan Announced pregnancy a few weeks ago
- Hilary Duff shows off her toned pins in funky skinny jeans for a coffee date with a friend Enjoying an afternoon out
- Only the best for Mr Butler! Olivia Palermo dresses up to walk prized pooch... but switches to flats to meet Johannes Huebl Woman of refined taste
- Lady Gaga goes completely nude on ARTPOP album cover... but keeps her modesty as it's a Jeff Koons sculpture More risqué cover
- 'He did not respect my relationship': Ariana Grande's ex-boyfriend Jai Brooks claims she cheated on him with Nathan Sykes Long Twitter rant
- Jada Pinkett Smith unveils edgy new buzz cut as she touches down in LA with daughter Willow The actress unveiled a shaved and braided 'do
- Lauryn Hill gets reprieve from three-month home confinement for tax evasion to go on tour following recent release from prison
- Snapping back in no time! Fergie displays her incredible post-baby body in tight workout leggings as she and husband check on home renovations
- 'I've slept with Demi Lovato': Australian DJ Ruby Rose claims she had lesbian fling with X Factor judge Ruby doesn't want to be called a 'scorned lover'
- So THAT'S where she gets it from! Miley Cyrus' mother Tish proudly mimics the pop star's infamous tongue pose for selfie Snapped happily posing
- Who needs a studio? Karlie Kloss poses in emerald trousers then a white-and-red ensemble as she models on the sidewalk Can model anywhere
- No need for a wedding singer! Jackass' Bam Margera marries girlfriend Nicole Boyd ONSTAGE during raucous concert in Iceland
- Khloe Kardashian 'scared divorce will make husband Lamar Odom OD or commit suicide' as she's pictured with her wedding ring
- Bang on trend! Hailee Steinfeld wows in a trendy two-piece and cat-eye liner for Ender's Game photocall Updated her look by displaying new fringe
- Kanye West court ordered to stay 30 feet away from photographer after his paparazzi scuffle Officially been given a restraining order
- Hanging loose: Rita Ora relaxes in baggy dungarees and a beanie hat as she leaves recording studios She has worn a series of head-turning outfits
- Wet and wild! Jennifer Connelly and co-star Anthony Mackie come crashing to the ground as they passionately kiss in the rain for their new movie Shelter
- 'I am so excited for her!' Briana Cuoco will sing at sister Kaley's wedding... after star pushed her to try out for The Voice Briana must feel special
- 'Glovebox is standard!' Anchorman's Ron Burgundy turns car salesman as Will Ferrell films commercial for new Dodge Durango Put on the burgundy suit
- Photographer behind Beyoncé's official tour is diagnosed with stage four cancer diagnosis at just 32 Yosra El-Essawy talks about Beyoncé's tour
- Scarlett fever! Esquire names Johansson sexiest woman alive - for the second time Seven years after claiming the title for the first time
- Danny boy! John Travolta sports Zuko style quiff on the set of his new film The Forger... but this time he's playing the bad guy The bouffant is back
- Scarlett Johansson the 'sexiest woman alive' hides her bombshell curves in frumpy cardigan as she heads to work in Paris Filming Lucy in France
- Prince George's £50,000 coin: Piece containing 1kg of gold among first set minted to commemorate a royal christening Royal approval
- Shoe tycoon puts stunning Hamptons Jazz Age mansion on the market with $49.5 million price tag Nine West millionaire Vince Camuto
- Awkward! Kimberley Walsh and Sarah Harding keep their distance at the Pride Of Britain awards after autobiography snub
- Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton put on a united front holding hands as they make first public appearance following cheating claims
- Careful! Luisa Zissman nearly falls out of her VERY low-cut dress at the Pride Of Britain awards Narrowly avoided wardrobe malfunction
- Going nude! Rochelle Humes looks stunning in an embellished semi-sheer gown as she heads home with Marvin after the Pride Of Britain Awards
- Birth certificate proves Johnny Lewis DID father child with Sons Of Anarchy co-star Diane Gaeta... several years before murder rampage Actor died in 2012
- Johnny Carson confirmed his second wife's affair after he broke into her secret Manhattan apartment to discover a 'shrine' to NFL legend Frank Gifford
- No bones about it! Kendall Jenner wows with amazingly detailed vertebrae 'tattoo'... but it's just some impressive Sharpie work
- 'Marc Jacobs and Harry Louis aren't officially a couple anymore!' Designer's porn star boyfriend announces split via Instagram
- 'It's fake!' Justin Bieber is pictured holding 'joint' next to rumored love interest Ariana Grande lookalike... but sources say the shot is doctored Star in Newport Beach
- Four-months-pregnant Princess Madeleine of Sweden dresses down her baby bump in double denim on a New York shopping trip with sister Victoria
- 'If you gained weight, you were in trouble': Baywatch cast reveal weight clause in their contracts for 25th year reunion Truth behind the scenes
- Who knew she could be even quirkier? Zooey Deschanel goofs around in hot dog hat on the set of New Girl The 33-year-old is surrounded by her boys
- From Owen Wilson's favorite tactic with the ladies to why Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez broke up: New book reveals celebrity advice on love
- 'I used to serve you eggs!': Bethenny Frankel reveals how she met Elizabeth Hurley and Hugh Grant as a waitress in LA Flashback to the '90s
- Pins take flight! Leggy Nina Dobrev reaches new style heights in her Daisy Dukes as she jets out of LA Hillbilly chic look as she boarded plane
- Enrique Iglesias moves into $26m waterfront Miami mansion... and there's a tennis court for Anna Kournikova He's dated the tennis pro for 12 years