ADRIAN DURHAM: AVB should stop blaming the fans and start looking at himself. After all, the supporters won't be sacked if they fail to make the top four again...
There’s more chance of Crystal Palace staying up than there is of Villas-Boas ever blaming himself for anything, and he certainly won’t be pointing the finger at any of the expensive squad he has put together. He couldn’t criticise the referee because Michael Oliver dug Spurs out of a hole with a joke penalty decision so laughable it could run and run at the Comedy Store. ...read
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Big Hintze of an end to austerity... writes RICHARD KAY
Guests at hedge fund supremo and Conservative donor Sir Michael Hintze’s 60th birthday bash had a slightly sardonic take on the slogan, ‘we’re all in it together’. ...read
Battle of the Bitches: Disturbing scenes as Lucy Watson looks set to lose out to Phoebe having been re-cast as someone with 'feelings', writes JIM SHELLEY
No wonder Made In Chelsea won a BAFTA. As far as duplicity, intrigue, and twisted romantic machinations go, it is the modern equivalent of Shakespeare. Only with nicer cars and less brain cells. ...read
JEFF POWELL: Mayweather's mantra pays off for Brook but he'll have to wait his turn for shot at Khan
The shadow of Floyd Mayweather stretched across boxing – and the Atlantic – on Saturday night even though the great man himself was still taking it easy. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: No more excuses for power firms' greed
In a stinging report, the energy watchdog comprehensively demolishes every attempt by Britain’s power companies to justify their exorbitant price increases this autumn. ...read
CHARLES SALE: Pellegrini suffers another sporting setback... after being told to join golf club waiting list
The Manchester City manager is a keen golfer but his hopes of playing a round at the exclusive Hale golf club were dashed after being told he will have to join the waiting list like everyone else. ...read
The strange death of the bag-for-life
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: The boffins at the University of Aberdeen tested a number of reusable bags and pronounced them ‘highly contaminated’ with bacteria. ...read
DEREK LAWRENSON: Open qualifying gets a radical overhaul and Luiten doesn't always practise what he plays
Sportsmail columnist looks at radical changes to the Open qualifying system, Thomas Bjorn finds success juggling duties and Joost Luiten seems to have selective memory. ...read
Ask the doctor: How can I stop my knee from suddenly locking up?
Dr MARTIN SCURR reveals how to fix a clicking knee AND explains why doctors should stop doling out Ritalin so readily ...read
Listening to Berlusconi must have been a hoot for US spies
QUENTIN LETTS: Spooks kept coming up in discussions in parliament yesterday – you know, intelligence bods, MI5 and MI6, the eavesdropping classes. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: G4S and Serco show ugly face of outsourcing
As long as earnings have been on an upward path, no one challenges the ability of fast-growing organisations to cope with the problems of size. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Brigitte Bardot has a seal-meat burger named after her
Mocked for her animal welfare campaigns, she is now being teased by a French Canadian bistro, Cote Est in Quebec, which has begun selling a ‘Bardot Burger’. ...read
Itsy-bitsy? Well... they're as big as Tom Cruise
CRAIG BROWN answers your questions on the False Widow Spider including where the True Widow Spider has gone and the late husband of the widow. ...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
ALEX BRUMMER: G4S and Serco show ugly face of outsourcing
As long as earnings have been on an upward path, no one challenges the ability of fast-growing organisations to cope with the problems of size. ...read
Being anonymously cruel online is the ultimate act of the coward, writes AMANDA PLATELL
With the malign and amoral anarchy that constitutes social media sites, the problem of online bullying is completely out of control, writes AMANDA PLATELL. ...read
The 'beauty' of VAT? A vicious circle that turns us all into losers, by ANDREW ALEXANDER
The Institute of Economic Affairs has calculated in a new report that the poorest one-fifth of the population pay out 37 per cent of their income (including state benefits) in taxes. ...read
Why Cameron's award went to... Ed Miliband
ANDREW PIERCE: Cameron did not attend the ceremony to accept an award from gay magazine Attitude, nor did he send anyone in his place. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: No more excuses for power firms' greed
In a stinging report, the energy watchdog comprehensively demolishes every attempt by Britain’s power companies to justify their exorbitant price increases this autumn. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Brigitte Bardot has a seal-meat burger named after her
Mocked for her animal welfare campaigns, she is now being teased by a French Canadian bistro, Cote Est in Quebec, which has begun selling a ‘Bardot Burger’. ...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: We must sort out fuel prices... right now
Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, today warns against the growth of fuel poverty. He is right to do so. It is his job, as the nation’s chief moralist. ...read
Many officers do a wonderful job. But I fear the police are in danger of losing the public's trust
The 'Plebgate' scandal — and assuredly it is a scandal — comes on top of many other revelations of inadequacy, or worse, by top policemen, says MAX HASTINGS. ...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
A victory for grubby men with a lot to hide: Why our politicians are out to exert control over the Press
On Wednesday, when the Privy Council is expected to rubber-stamp the ministers' preferred new system, we’ll effectively have a state-controlled Press, writes PETER MCKAY. ...read
Listening to Berlusconi must have been a hoot for US spies
QUENTIN LETTS: Spooks kept coming up in discussions in parliament yesterday – you know, intelligence bods, MI5 and MI6, the eavesdropping classes. ...read
Big Hintze of an end to austerity... writes RICHARD KAY
Guests at hedge fund supremo and Conservative donor Sir Michael Hintze’s 60th birthday bash had a slightly sardonic take on the slogan, ‘we’re all in it together’. ...read
The strange death of the bag-for-life
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: The boffins at the University of Aberdeen tested a number of reusable bags and pronounced them ‘highly contaminated’ with bacteria. ...read
Making history, a queen and three kings in waiting: The first photograph to show four sovereigns together since the Victorian period
This official picture is more than just an enchanting family scene. It will appear in every history book on the British monarchy years after everyone featured in it has gone. ...read
We all hate energy firms but it's the politicians who are to blame for soaring bills
The past week has provided further evidence that, in one area at least, privatisation is not working as well as its proponents hoped it would, writes STEPHEN GLOVER. ...read
I'm the sort of chap who says sorry when it's not my fault. So why can't public figures apologise if they ARE to blame?
The message from Harvard about the efficacy of a well-judged apology doesn't appear to have got through to many figures in British public life, writes TOM UTLEY. ...read
ADRIAN DURHAM: AVB should stop blaming the fans and start looking at himself. After all, the supporters won't be sacked if they fail to make the top four again...
There’s more chance of Crystal Palace staying up than there is of Villas-Boas ever blaming himself for anything, and he certainly won’t be pointing the finger at any of the expensive squad he has put together. He couldn’t criticise the referee because Michael Oliver dug Spurs out of a hole with a joke penalty decision so laughable it could run and run at the Comedy Store. ...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: Pellegrini suffers another sporting setback... after being told to join golf club waiting list
The Manchester City manager is a keen golfer but his hopes of playing a round at the exclusive Hale golf club were dashed after being told he will have to join the waiting list like everyone else. ...read
Chris Foy: At last, the European club game stands on the verge of a revolution
All of a sudden, there is a sense of momentum. All of a sudden, there is a mood of compromise in the drawn-out conflict over the future of European club rugby. ...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
DEREK LAWRENSON: Open qualifying gets a radical overhaul and Luiten doesn't always practise what he plays
Sportsmail columnist looks at radical changes to the Open qualifying system, Thomas Bjorn finds success juggling duties and Joost Luiten seems to have selective memory. ...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: The loan system can be the making of more men like Townsend
When you look at how many England players have benefited from the loan system, you have to say it will be crucial for developing our young players in future. ...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: Hernandez should have been off... it's time to show the red card for the studs-up block
Mark Hughes was right – Javier Hernandez should have been dismissed for his reckless challenge on Robert Huth. ...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: I'm flabbergasted by Fergie's attack on Liverpool... he was WRONG on Stevie, WRONG on Rafa and WRONG on Owen
I’ve read with interest Sir Alex Ferguson's observations on my Liverpool and feel obliged to put across my own opinions. Some of the things Ferguson has said about Liverpool are right. Others are totally wrong. ...read
Jamie Redknapp: Right now, Rooney and RVP are second best to Liverpool's SAS double act... and Terry would be in England's team on current form
The question is, which is the hottest pairing: Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge... or Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie? The stats have a clear answer. ...read
JEFF POWELL: Mayweather's mantra pays off for Brook but he'll have to wait his turn for shot at Khan
The shadow of Floyd Mayweather stretched across boxing – and the Atlantic – on Saturday night even though the great man himself was still taking it easy. ...read
On the road: Peterborough have recipe for success despite second loss of the season
The Sir Alex Ferguson mantra, as we learnt last week, was control. A manager must protect his absolute control over a football club at all costs. ...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: It's back to the game's raw roots for the BBC at the Rugby League World Cup... and some were expecting more
I felt just a little bit let down, to be honest. All week we were being teased by the BBC with a Rugby League World Cup promo straight out of The Incredibles. There was ‘Mister Incredible’, in his rugby kit, charging across the British countryside. ...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
Are Liverpool genuine title contenders? If you could only pick one - would it be Suarez or Aguero? And should City drop Hart? It's time to... TACKLE KEOWN!
There's plenty to get stuck into after another eventful Barclays Premier League weekend and Sportsmail's Martin Keown is ready to answer YOUR questions. ...read
MARTIN KEOWN'S BOOT ROOM: Silva and Aguero are flying, Oscar and Torres are purring... we could be in for a classic when Man City visit Chelsea
What a game we have in prospect at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Manuel Pellegrini’s City side are starting to purr while Chelsea are getting better and better under Jose Mourinho. ...read
MARTIN SAMUEL: Here's an idea for FIFA... stop rewarding the racist boneheads with showpiece matches!
Maybe we should give them another tournament. That’s what those boneheads need. More love. UEFA presented Moscow with the Champions League final in 2008, FIFA handed Russia the 2018 World Cup, what else is there? ...read
MARTIN SAMUEL - THE DEBATE: Collymore, Roberts and Co have had their say but if you want to know why more Asians don't play football... talk to Asians
On Monday, I wrote a column suggesting that Greg Dyke’s commission for football development might wish to look at why there are so few young British Asians in modern football. I even thought an Asian representative on the commission would be a good idea, to provide expertise in this specific area. You can guess the rest. Enjoy... ...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 Ł7,000 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: Ferguson still rules the roost at Old Trafford... but Moyes must be given chance to emerge from his shadow
At the launch of Sir Alex Ferguson’s book on Tuesday, he remarked that the ‘most important person at Manchester United is the manager’. David Moyes must be feeling as though the most important person at Manchester United is the ex-manager. ...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: Sir Alex made managers masters of the universe... and football is still trying to cope with the consequences
Brendan Rodgers spoke calmly and lucidly. Aware of the provocation, he was determined not to answer with anger. So he dismissed some bizarre criticism of Steven Gerrard, deplored an intrusive attack upon young Jordan Henderson and was coldly scornful of those who break the dressing room code of silence. ...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
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: Rooney's Ł70m demands turned United off, Arsenal join Spurs in battle for Benteke, Benzema could be on his way to England... and who's the surprise new favourite as Palace boss?
ROB SHEPHERD: The reason Manchester United have not agreed a new deal with Wayne Rooney is that they did not want to commit Ł70million on keeping the player at Old Trafford. ...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 COLUMN: I'm desperate to add the World Cup to my Grand Final and Challenge Cup triumphs... and I can't wait to beat Australia in the opener at Cardiff
There are only a few days to go before we take on Australia at the Millennium Stadium. I’m incredibly excited by the prospect of walking out in front of a big crowd and singing the national anthem. ...read
EMMANUEL PETIT: Before I joined Arsenal I nearly signed for Spurs... and they paid for my taxi to have talks with Wenger
Emmanuel Petit is the former Arsenal midfielder who won the double with the Gunners in 1998. In this Footballers' Football Column he looks back on his career in France, England and Spain and tells how he nearly signed for Manchester United. Petit looks ahead to the Capital One Cup clash between Arsenal and Chelsea and says which of his former clubs needs the win more. ...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: Rachel Weisz is a sparkling gem as she 'cheats' on husband Daniel Craig in Betrayal
BAZ BAMIGBOYE checks out Rachel, Daniel and Rafe Spall on Broadway. ...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 left the woman I worship as she puts her layabout sons first
This week, BEL MOONEY advises a man who is in love with a woman but has left her as he doesn't like the way her sons take her for granted. ...read
Final score in the ego cup final? Sir Alex: Nil Beckhams: 1, writes JAN MOIR
The Beckhams realise, perhaps in a way fanatical Sir Alex never can, that there are some things in life that are more important than football. ...read
JANET STREET-PORTER: Russell Brand's whingeing is a betrayal of young voters
Now I generally stick up for Russell Brand, but his latest diatribe telling kids there's no point in voting is shameful. ...read
LIZ JONES FASHION THERAPY: Go on, dare to bare! These see-through shirts are a sheer delight
Women can be divided into two distinct types: the shirt girl and the blouse girl. Luckily for the latter, the blouse has taken over this autumn. ...read
LORRAINE CANDY: I still can't work out why my husband, the world's most patient man, married the world's most impatient woman all those years ago
What makes a good husband? Is it an Alpha male, like James Bond? Is it looks (father-of-six Brad Pitt, anyone)? ...read
Rowan Pelling's sex advice column: His obsession with cleanliness is such a turn-off
My new boyfriend is a cleanliness fanatic, who winces at the slightest sign of sweat. He won't even kiss me without checking I've brushed my teeth. ...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: How can I stop my knee from suddenly locking up?
Dr MARTIN SCURR reveals how to fix a clicking knee AND explains why doctors should stop doling out Ritalin so readily ...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
'The energy market might be dysfunctional - but Cameron is still right on the extra sweater'
Offices and most High Street premises. are overheated every winter. And it's rarely I go round to other people's houses without having to strip off down to shirtsleeves. ...read
ED MONK: Gas and electricity price hikes are painful but when it comes to our energy bills, we're masochists
UK households are masochists when it comes to energy. We're happy to take eye-watering levels of pain before we eventually act to stop the suffering. ...read
JAMES CONEY: Increasing numbers of firms are turning their staff into robots in order to cut down the amount of time they spend on service
Customer services run this way can benefit you if you are ringing up about a very basic problem. But you can’t programme a computer to have common sense. ...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: Peer-to-peer lending has a role to play but investing matchmakers need tough controls
While payday lenders have attracted bucketloads of criticism, peer-to-peer lenders have been welcomed and are so far (touch wood) almost scandal-free. ...read
LEE BOYCE: Should HSBC really boast about its savings 'best deals' for existing customers when most pay a pittance?
The world's local bank was keen to Tweet the views of its UK chief Antonio Simoes talking at the BBA earlier in the day - but should he really be boasting about its rates? ...read
MARC SHOFFMAN: That shrinking feeling - how Golden Wonder made me a victim of shrinkflation
While I have accepted that inflation means I am paying more to eat crisps at work than in my school days, I have also become a victim of shrinkflation. ...read
Money Morals: I've always wanted a brand new car but my wife says it's a waste of money, should I buy one?
I have never owned a brand new car and want to buy myself one as a treat. My wife, on the other hand, says I will simply be wasting money. Should I get one? ...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 Ł1trillion
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: It's not different this time - London's house price bubble will burst
Even by London's usual standards things have gone bonkers and while prices may continue to rise for now, the bubble will burst. They always do. ...read
SIMON WATKINS: Economic recovery continues apace, but we are a long way from being out of the woods yet
It is not a balanced recovery and until production – particularly in exporting industries – is back to normal we should remain cautious. ...read
Unemployed 18-year-old applies for Ł300 payday loan and is offered Ł500 - is this responsible lending?
He applied for a Ł300 loan through Cash Lady as an unemployed eighteen-year-old presuming that he’d be turned down. The result? They arranged a Ł500 loan. ...read
We have been paying the wrong supplier for our energy and now face a Ł12,000 bill. Help!
Scottish Gas billed us Ł18,000 for estimated electricity use over the past five years. They then reduced this to Ł12,000. ...read
TONY HETHERINGTON: Shale Gas Investments' offer of 18% returns is just a fracking fraud
I was contacted by Shale Gas Investments Limited and received a brochure offering a return of 18 per cent in the first year. Is this too good to be true? ...read
BLACK DOG: Cabinet fur flies as Shapps yaps
Tory chairman Grant Shapps has made more enemies by naming and shaming Conservative Cabinet Ministers who defied the PM’s order to tour the country wooing voters. ...read
JAMES FORSYTH: Clegg starts to melt as Dave turns up the energy price heat
David Cameron and his closest advisers met for their start-the-day meeting and decided that they had to declare war on the green levies that are driving up bills. ...read
Cooing over cute cot sheets is NOT a mother's main job says LIZ JONES
It was play nests at dawn. Cherie Blair last week talked about how to tempt women who have had children back to work to avoid losing their potential. ...read
PETER HITCHENS: Today's children have much more to fear than a belt from Dad, Cilla
When Cilla Black performs the song 'Liverpool Lullaby', about a troublesome boy, she replaces the original line 'gerra belt from your dad' with 'get told off by your dad'. ...read
RACHEL JOHNSON: Jilly is right, we SHOULD be nicer to our men - if only for one little reason
Jilly Cooper, one of the three greatest living Englishwomen – the two others are, of course, the Queen and Debo, Duchess of Devonshire – has just given an interview to a publication called The Chap, which has gone viral writes RACHEL JOHNSON. ...read
Beauty buzz: This week’s tricks and treats
BEAUTY BUZZ: Keep the December blues away… ...read
Beauty Bible beauty clinic: I'm searching for the perfect foundation - please help
I've been trying to find the best foundation for my skin for years. I've brought the expensive ones, medium priced ones and even cheaper options. I have tried primers. At the moment I'm using a BB cream... Can you help? ...read
LIZ JONES: Be polite, and give up your seat for a child-free grafter
Equalities Minister Jo Swinson, who is seven months pregnant, was made to stand for 20 minutes in Parliament while hundreds of MPs, sat around her. ...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
Look both forward and back this week, Scorpio
Sally Brompton's 7 day astro forecast ...read
Health: Why sleeping more is good for your skin, and how one woman has coped with breast cancer
This week's health tips and tricks ...read
Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your questions
On open marriages, trouble having sex and being pulled in opposite directions ...read
Fantasy Friday: Fulham may have taken Palace to pieces but here's why they're heading for a month of pain
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
DOMINIC LAWSON: Being poleaxed by a kidney stone is a price worth paying for my life of indulgence
Fortunately, as most of you may have experienced, we do not retain vivid, long-term memory of extreme pain. It’s called self-preservation, writes DOMINIC LAWSON. ...read
The cult of celebrity is stripping politics of its dignity (... and the British people are the losers)
To our current masters, it seems that the old adage is true: politics really is just showbusiness for ugly people. But history suggests a different lesson, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK. ...read
Analysis: Losing the 'right to reside test' could cost the UK economy up to Ł2bn 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
In Hampstead parlours, intellectual apologists for Stalin like Ralph Miliband’s great friend Eric Hobsbawm loved talking in abstractions as millions died in horror. ...read
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Time for the Government to go into bat for UK's refineries
Regardless of which side is cast as the bigger villain, the battle of Grangemouth highlights the serious threats to the UK’s oil refining and petrochemicals. ...read
Sarah Vine, Beauty Sleuth: Why you SHOULDN'T buy my favourite face cream
One of the first things people ask me when I tell them I write about beauty is 'what cream should I be using?' ...read
The grammar school U-turn that could win Dave the election, by SIMON HEFFER
If David Cameron can perform a U-turn on green taxes, he should certainly do another on education policy, 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
Itsy-bitsy? Well... they're as big as Tom Cruise
CRAIG BROWN answers your questions on the False Widow Spider including where the True Widow Spider has gone and the late husband of the widow. ...read
CHRIS EVANS: At last, a Hybrid with Lex appeal: Usually I hate Hybrids, but this one's different
I was prepared for the worst when it came to engaging the ignition due to the milk float electric hybrid factor. ...read
CRAIG BROWN: This charmless man: Morrissey's autobiography is Alan Partridge meets Miss Piggy (without the laughs)
The truth is out: behind the enigma lurks a crashing bore. He is Alan Partridge with daffs in one hand and a Roget’s Thesaurus in the other. ...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
From Daniel Radcliffe in Kill Your Darlings to Robert Redford in All Is Lost: The London Festival films you won't want to miss...
The Harry Potter actor's role as Beat Generation poet Allen Ginsberg in his latest film is just one of the memorable films being shown at the festival. ...read
OLLY SMITH: The comforts of Rhone: The nights are drawing in, so warm yourself with these spicy and brooding reds
Take heart! We have a splendid ally as the weather turns colder: the reds of France’s Rhône Valley, with moody spice lingering in their brooding depths. ...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: Woman buzzed around Thierry Henry like mosquitoes - including my wife
At the precise moment I remembered once telling her he was the only man she had my permission to sleep with. ...read
Does the svelte, light iPad Air, styled after its smaller brother, prove that less is more?
It is gorgeous – so thin it barely even exists. It weighs a pound. Has Sir Jonathan Ive been working nights at the Large Hadron Collider to lose those last few bosons? ...read
TOM PARKER BOWLES: Mangez vous franglais? French brasserie classics with a nursery food twist... Tres bon!
Bellamy’s is a place where the kitchen (run by the redoubtable Stéphane Pacoud) and front of house are there to feed and cosset the customer. ...read
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