LIZ JONES: Dads don't want a year off - they are useless at ironing tea towels
Jo Swinson, who is eight months pregnant and also an Equalities Minister (in that order!), wants men to have more flexibility to share childcare leave from April 2015. ...read
RACHEL JOHNSON: Here's my golden rule of marriage - never set rules
By relying on that truism and by maintaining purdah about her quickie divorce from Charles Saatchi, Nigella Lawson had – right up until last week – kept both her dignity and her franchise intact. ...read
JAMES FORSYTH: The one thing Dave and Nick agree on is more pain for you
For hours last week, the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Chancellor and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury sat in the Cabinet Room. ...read
BLACK DOG: War gag scores direct hit on Blair
This newspaper’s report of Tony Blair’s meetings with Rupert Murdoch’s ex-wife Wendi Deng produced the biggest laugh on Have I Got News For You. ...read
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Don't forget who pays you, officer
When Britain still lived within its means, the Treasury was notorious for its beady scrutiny of public accounts. State servants had to know where every penny went, and why... ...read
PETER HITCHENS: The question is not who is taking drugs, but who isn't
Drug abuse isn't just a minor fringe activity. It is the secret vice of the whole British Establishment. This widespread secret illegality is a form of corruption. ...read
Horoscopes: time to move forward, Sagitarius
Sally Brompton's 7 day forecast ...read
Dear Zelda...
Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your questions ...read
Beauty Bible beauty clinic: Can you recommend a trial-size beauty box?
Last year you put together a Beauty Bible box with trial-sized products that feature in the Award Winners from The Anti-Ageing Beauty Bible. Any plans for another before Xmas? ...read
This week’s health updates and advice
Re-think your drink and get into the festive spirit with a little sing-song ...read
Beauty Buzz: Go barmy for balms and get the hottest hues nailed...
Bella's must have products and tricks this week ...read
Neville: 'Do home-grown players have as big a chance of coming through as we did?' Scholes: 'No, not even close.' On the day The Class of '92 premieres, we sit down with Gary, Paul and coach Eric Harrison
Sunday sees the premiere of The Class of '92 charting the extraordinary rise of a band of Manchester United youngsters. One of them, Gary Neville, sits down with another, Paul Scholes, and coach Eric Harrison. ...read
Rooney stalls on new Man United deal, Defoe risks World Cup hopes and is Big Sam the man to lead West Ham after move to Olympic Stadium?
ROB SHEPHERD: Sam Allardyce is no longer as fireproof as he was in the summer, when West Ham club gave him a new contract following immediate promotion back to the Premier League after his appointment and a top ten finish last season. ...read
JAMES ANDERSON: I will keep on sledging! Gabba was the most hostile atmosphere I've seen... backchat is one of my key weapons to beat Aussies
The atmosphere on the field during the last hour of the first Test in Brisbane was as hostile as I have experienced. It was all on. But I have no problem with what the Australians were doing. ...read
PATRICK COLLINS: Stop this idiocy - After Clarke's appalling outburst, cricket must give umpires power they need to restore game's reputation
When the details of Anton Ferdinand and John Terry's Socratic dialogue were made public we expected no better of footballers. That cricketers are any different, we now know, is a fantasy. ...read
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: We'd be nuts to lose bonds that pay good income
For many people retail bonds have provided a much-needed stream of reliable and regular income that has been difficult to find elsewhere. ...read
TONY HETHERINGTON: Green Planet Investment promoted by ex-football star closed down as a scam after investors lose £14m
Green Planet Investment has been closed down by the High Court as a scam several months after I warned against it. It was promoted by football star Lee Sharpe. ...read
CHRIS EVANS: The un-fab 4: It may look flash, but close your eyes in this Beemer and you'll swear you're driving a ten grand van
The letters BMW and 4 just don’t go – take it from me, having spent a week driving the darn thing, which included a 100-mile trek back from The Classic Car Show in Birmingham. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: It's official... I'm more popular with women than the whole of One Direction
‘You’ve only kissed 20 girls between you in your life?’ I choked in disbelief. ‘How many girls have you kissed then, Piers?’ asked Liam. ‘More than 20!’ ...read
OLLY SMITH: The gifts that keep sipping: Courses, fairs and dinners galore... Here are my top treats for the wine-lover in your life
Up and down the UK, wine clubs are thriving and the fascination with wine’s flavour, culture, story and the personalities behind it have never been more vibrant. ...read
Granny would approve: She'd recognise this retro radiogram - and then be blown away by its 160 watts of power
The Ruark Audio R7 has a retro look, but is armed with a battery of technologies so complete that the only thing missing is a tape deck. ...read
CRAIG BROWN: A bizarre virgin birth, an outrageous divorce... and a whodunnit that gripped high society
One of the most notorious sex scandals of the 20th century had everything, except, strangely enough, sex. ...read
TOM PARKER BOWLES: Bravo, Otto! It's a classique: Nouvelle cuisine-free French cooking from the ancien regime... formidable!
Otto's in London is a proper, well-behaved, straight-faced sort of place, with immaculate waiters and waitresses clad in immaculate black ties and white shirts. ...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: Astonishing to find bonus culture shows no sign of dissipating despite beating bankers have taken
The roll of dishonour is longer in London than elsewhere because it happens to be the global headquarters for many of the investment banks. ...read
Saatchi has gone for Nigella's throat again: Vicious war of words between Domestic Goddess and art millionaire
The Domestic Goddess has been accused of being a habitual cocaine user for a decade - one who even gave drugs to her teenage daughter. ...read
ANDREW ALEXANDER: Did David Cameron see the truth in Sri Lanka?
Understanding a country or even a conflict takes much more than a brief visit, especially if you have the simple sense to realise that the intention is to mislead you, writes Andrew Alexander. ...read
The paranoid Cleggies and a phantom coup, by ANDREW PIERCE
ANDREW PIERCE: With the Lib Dems trailing badly in the polls, are friends of Nick Clegg fearful he will be overthrown in a coup? ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Will Mr Clegg ever join the real world?
In the rarefied, politically-correct world of the posturing Nick Clegg, his top priority is to impose a hugely complex and burdensome new regime of shared parental leave on struggling employers. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Lord Sugar dreams of 'sorting out' the BBC jobsworths
Famous for his ‘You’re fired!’ catchphrase on BBC1’s The Apprentice, Lord Sugar tells the House of Lords that ‘layers of jobsworths need removing’ at the Corporation. ...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: Don't forget who pays you, officer
When Britain still lived within its means, the Treasury was notorious for its beady scrutiny of public accounts. State servants had to know where every penny went, and why... ...read
A state-owned bank that kills small firms to feed off their corpses. And still not a hint of shame!
MAX HASTINGS: Why we, the taxpayer, have been left to ask: what is to be done about the people responsible for our money, who so consistently betray their responsibilities? ...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
There's no peace for poor old Mr Blair, writes PETER MCKAY
Yesterday, there were three big stories about our former Labour premier, Tony Blair, none of them helpful to his reputation as a statesman and Privy Councillor. ...read
QUENTIN LETTS: After cigs, will they ban jazzy designs on fruit pastilles?
After filing this sketch I’ve a mind to go and buy a packet of Chernobyl-strength fags. I don’t smoke but an exception may be necessary in order to flick two nicotine-stained digits at our tut-tutting, pose-striking, lobby-nodding legislators. ...read
RICHARD KAY: Harry's girl is wrapped up in love: Cressida Bonas wears scarf in aid of Prince's charity
There was a time when a knight would flourish a handkerchief or some other keepsake from his lady love. With modern-day royalty, it seems as if it is the other way round. ...read
LITTLEJOHN: And over on BBC... another £1bn wasted
BBC boss Tony Hall says the Corporation should be 'less British' in promoting itself and justifying the licence fee. Here's how the schedules could look next year . . . ...read
They're SO trendy - but are you brave enough to swap the car for a bike crossed with a wheelbarrow?
This week one Londoner was pictured taking his children to school in a kind of bike crossed with a wheelbarrow, but how safe are the £1,000 'cargo bikes?' ...read
The dishonest Mr Salmond's proposals are a great con. All he cares about are limousines and red carpets, writes STEPHEN GLOVER
The Scottish Nationalists’ prospectus for independence, published on Tuesday, is one of the most misleading, if not mendacious, official documents ever to be published in this country. ...read
Tom Utley: Today's my 60th. I've only ever had two presents that I really liked. So what does my wife buy for a curmudgeon like me?
It’s not as if I’ve tried deliberately to be uncooperative. On the contrary, I’ve racked my brains to think of something. It’s just that I can’t. ...read
ADRIAN DURHAM: Arsenal MUST win the Premier League this season... Wenger has run out of excuses
MailOnline's hard-hitting columnist on why Arsene Wenger will be to blame if Arsenal don't win the Premier League and on why players from the Midlands are ignored by England. ...read
BEN KAY: It's fast forward for maturing pair Lawes and Hartley
England's biggest plus is the emergence this autumn of Courtney Lawes and Dylan Hartley into world-class forwards. ...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: Naked truth about Williams' Leeds exit: Former scout taking Whites to tribunal
Gwyn Williams, the former Chelsea chief scout who discovered John Terry, is taking Leeds United to an employment tribunal for unfair dismissal over the sending of an ‘obscene’ email. ...read
WORLD OF RUGBY: Gloucester must look back to be feared again, Georgia on the rise and Read must beat Halfpenny to IRB Player of the Year
There is a whole lot at stake for Gloucester on Friday night when they take on Leicester at Kingsholm – not least the desperate quest to revive their fading forward traditions. ...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: Warner's 'nasty' comments on stump mic were certainly not fit to air, KP and Trott must bounce back... and despite England's loss, we still have Beefy's Birthday Bash to look forward to!
DAVID LLOYD AT THE GABBA: Our man talks about David Warner's unpleasantries picked up by the stump microphone that were certainly not fit to broadcast, questions the batting of Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott after England's dismal first Test display and looks forward to Sir Ian Botham's 58th birthday bash. ...read
DEREK LAWRENSON'S WORLD OF GOLF - An inevitable reunion for Westwood and caddie Foster following disappointing year
It’s almost a year to the day since Sportsmail revealed that Lee Westwood had taken the tough decision to part company with his great friend and caddie, Billy Foster. ...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
FOOTBALL 9-5: Follow all the news with Sportsmail's live rolling service...
Join Sportsmail's Football 9-5 service, where we bring you the latest news as it happens throughout the day with all the best pictures and hard-hitting opinion. ...read
Neville: 'Do home-grown players have as big a chance of coming through as we did?' Scholes: 'No, not even close.' On the day The Class of '92 premieres, we sit down with Gary, Paul and coach Eric Harrison
Sunday sees the premiere of The Class of '92 charting the extraordinary rise of a band of Manchester United youngsters. One of them, Gary Neville, sits down with another, Paul Scholes, and coach Eric Harrison. ...read
GEORGE NORTH: Wales have lost eight in a row against Australia but we have to win on Saturday
I'm a competitive person who hates losing and we've lost eight in a row against Australia. So enough is enough — we have to win on Saturday. ...read
GRAHAM POLL'S WEEKEND REF WATCH: In my 1,554 games as a referee there was never a hint of bribery... but it doesn't stop officials giving soft penalties to the bigger teams
Had Wayne Rooney been playing for Cardiff last weekend there is a higher likelihood that he would have been sent off for kicking out at his opponent than there was as he was playing for Manchester United. ...read
JAMES ANDERSON: I will keep on sledging! Gabba was the most hostile atmosphere I've seen... backchat is one of my key weapons to beat Aussies
The atmosphere on the field during the last hour of the first Test in Brisbane was as hostile as I have experienced. It was all on. But I have no problem with what the Australians were doing. ...read
JAMIE CARRAGHER: Why I still marvel at Manchester United's humble superstar... Giggs is the best in Premier League history
The biggest compliment I can give to Ryan Giggs is that he is the best player in the history of the Premier League. Why? Three things set him apart from the rest — his longevity, his medal haul and, above all, his humility. ...read
JAMIE REDKNAPP: Spurs are in a mess, Barkley and Gerrard would have been dreamy for England, and why West Ham fans must stop booing Lampard
Manchester City were stunning on Sunday. If they sort their away form they are still my favourites for the title. But the game left so many questions for Tottenham. Why spend £30m on Erik Lamela - and then play him in a different position, for instance? ...read
JEFF POWELL ON FRIDAY: Match-fixing has reached the top of the English game before, so you can't bet against it happening again (just take a look at cricket)
Match fixing is the elephant in the room. Our living room. As footballers are arrested on suspicion of rigging bets in the Conference, can we be absolutely certain the contagion cannot, will not spread to the upper, televised echelons of the English game? ...read
ON THE ROAD: Karanka's facing a special kind of challenge at Middlesbrough
Aitor Karanka began life as Middlesbrough’s first overseas manager with a 2-1 defeat at Leeds on Saturday. 13 years on from his last visit to Elland Road. ...read
THE TOP SPIN: Don't panic, England are still a good side… but their batting big beasts look like they're in the nervous Nineties
England have successfully not panicked before. If there were ICC rankings for not panicking, they would be top of the tree, experts at digging themselves out of holes. ...read
EDGE OF THE BOX: Out of Big Ben, Mrs Crouch, golden girl Becky and Steve of the jungle there can only be one winner
It was a feast of rugby at the weekend. But not all because of sheer excellence. On Saturday evening, for example, there was some pretty shoddy scrumming going on. ...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
MARTIN KEOWN: Flamini is Arsenal's braveheart... he should be made captain for having the character to question his skipper
Mathieu Flamini is Arsenal’s braveheart, providing that bite in midfield, and I like that he has enough character to challenge the decision. Though, maybe getting the scissors out was a step too far. ...read
MARTIN KEOWN: Newcastle have always had someone to bang in the goals... this time it's Remy
Everybody wants to talk about who is the best strike partnership in the Premier League at the moment but almost every team now has at least one quality striker in their squad. ...read
MARTIN SAMUEL: What's the beauty of being Villas-Boas? It's always someone else's fault
Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas certainly didn’t look sharp when that sixth Manchester City goal went in on Sunday. He appeared stunned, much as he did when West Ham United scored three at White Hart Lane without a striker. ...read
MARTIN SAMUEL - THE DEBATE: Do I want AVB to fail? No, I want everybody to live happily ever after... but life isn't like that so buy a helmet and get used to it
All eyes have been on Andre Villas-Boas since Tottenham Hotspur shipped six at Manchester City on Sunday. Over-rated? Overwhelmed? Undervalued? Undermined? I had my say and then you had yours. ...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: Trott is not weak... he's shown what a strong character he is by flying home
Life as an international sportsman is like taking an exam every day of your life – with the whole world watching. It’s a stressful existence. And the most courageous thing to do is to admit that things have got to you. ...read
Any of us could have had AVB's success at Porto - but he was out of his depth at Chelsea and he is the wrong man for Tottenham
NEIL ASHTON: Until Andre Villas-Boas attempted to shut up shop, settling for a 1-0 win has never been the Tottenham Way. The Spurs fans want entertainment and extravagance, something Harry Redknapp referred to when he became manager. ...read
The transition was painful, but Lambert finally has Villa bursting with energy... will they keep progressing or stagnate?
It is almost 18 months now since Paul Lambert swept into Villa Park with a vision of a very different future. So, where are we? How is "The Project"? Asked to buy into a new-look club by owner Randy Lerner, the Scot set about his task with zeal. ...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: Stop this idiocy - After Clarke's appalling outburst, cricket must give umpires power they need to restore game's reputation
When the details of Anton Ferdinand and John Terry's Socratic dialogue were made public we expected no better of footballers. That cricketers are any different, we now know, is a fantasy. ...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: Ascot rues lack of competition as Haydock strikes gold in Betfair Chase
While Haydock celebrated attracting a field worthy of a Gold Cup, Ascot had a to put up with the unsatisfactory situation where its big race ended up as a two-horse match won by Al Ferof. ...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
Rooney stalls on new Man United deal, Defoe risks World Cup hopes and is Big Sam the man to lead West Ham after move to Olympic Stadium?
ROB SHEPHERD: Sam Allardyce is no longer as fireproof as he was in the summer, when West Ham club gave him a new contract following immediate promotion back to the Premier League after his appointment and a top ten finish last season. ...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
MATT JARVIS: Ravel will be a really top player just like that incredible Mr Giggs... And why a career in ping-pong was never on table, despite my England star parents
West Ham winger Matt Jarvis writes in his his debut Footballers' Football Column about how he used to watch Ryan Giggs videos when growing up and how he has not given up on adding to his one England cap. ...read
Battered in Brisbane and in despair Down Under - after that Ashes collapse, England's batsmen really are... USELESS!
Your striker fluffs a sitter, your defender shanks a clearance, your winger misses a try or your hot tip falls at the first fence.... All together now: 'USELESS!' Our man delivers the verdict with real feeling. Today's it's the England cricket team's turn to be handed Sportsmail's dubious honour... ...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: New production of Henry V proves you CAN do Shakespeare in a T-shirt
Michael Grandage’s production of Henry V, with Jude Law — stirring and with a noble lustre in his eyes — mixes a traditional Shakespearean look with a hint of bang-up-to-date Portobello Road. ...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: England can win the World Cup with this pack... but not these backs
England v New Zealand just reinforced the lessons that were plain to see when Wales took England to the cleaners earlier this year. ...read
BEL MOONEY: Can an open marriage with my unfaithful husband really work?
This week, BEL MOONEY advises a woman who is worried that her 'best friend' - her husband - might consider divorcing her to be another woman who he's having sex with. ...read
So Mr Iceland, do YOU eat your doner kebab pizzas and frozen sandwiches? The boss of Britain's least fashionable supermarket hits back at the snobs and sneering lefties
Malcolm Walker, a plain-speaking northern entrepreneur, started Iceland way back in 1970 with one shop in Oswestry, Shropshire, selling loose frozen vegetables. ...read
JANET STREET-PORTER: Why we need more nosy neighbours like my mum
I grew up in inner London, not far from this estate, and still cherish a black-and-white photo of mum and my aunties chatting over the garden wall. ...read
LIZ JONES FASHION THERAPY: Want to be a wow at the office party? Just turn up in a naughty negligee
Negligee dressing is a fabulous trend — as long as you wear an evening coat, which covers the arms, and there are no corset waists. ...read
LORRAINE CANDY: My husband has just had the snip - but I'M the one in agony
This week, my husband, James, had the snip. I'm finding this hard to accept. It fills me with sadness. I'm overwhelmed with a lonely melancholy feeling. ...read
ROWAN PELLING'S SEX COLUMN: I divorced my man and want to date other women
Now I’m single again, I’ve started wondering if I should explore the possibility of a same-sex relationship. What are the ground rules? ...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 hernia from popping out?
Dr MARTIN SCURR on when to insist your surgeon takes action AND on the shocking lack of concern for ethics in our health care system. ...read
ADAM UREN: 3.09pm, November 19 - the moment NatWest pulled the rug out from under the feet of this saver with its cash Isa 'simplification'
Finally I have joined the ranks of the millions of UK savers who in recent years have had their pants pulled down by their banks. ...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: Consumers are stupid, feckless and lazy - but they're the only consumers we've got
Our officials should not regulate according to how they hope consumers will behave, but to how they actually do behave - stupid, feckless, lazy and all. ...read
JAMES CONEY: Retired expats whose Spanish homes may be demolished are victims of corruption on monumental scale
If the Spanish authorities want to restore faith in their housing market, they are undermining these efforts by this mindless cycle of destruction. ...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: We'd be nuts to lose bonds that pay good income
For many people retail bonds have provided a much-needed stream of reliable and regular income that has been difficult to find elsewhere. ...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: My Bitcoins have rocketed from £10 to £100 in four months, is it time to take this cryptocurrency seriously?
My Bitcoins have become ten-baggers as the value of a single coin broke through the $1,000 barrier for the first time this week. ...read
Money Morals: My son works for me but he's not pulling his weight. Should I sack him?
My son has been working for me for the past six years, unfortunately after a bright start he is slacking. What should I do? Have your say in Money Morals. ...read
RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: A film about a payday lender? I Wonga what you were thinking
Wonga has commissioned a 30-minute film, which it says will challenge public perceptions about the lender and its customers. We went along. ...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: Locking into a fixed rate savings bond is a risky business - and rates are too lousy to justify it
The story of a couple trapped in a nightmare home because Britannia won't release their cash highlights how fixed rate savings can be risky too. ...read
SIMON WATKINS: Paul Flowers has managed to do something unthinkable - show us that career bankers aren't so bad
Reverend Paul Flowers has done what a few weeks ago would have been unthinkable - he has made the title 'lifelong professional banker' a status to be respected. ...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
ASK TONY: The new smart meter that never was and a £1,512 bill from First Utility
First Utility was due to install my smart meter, but nobody arrived. They claim it has been fitted and I have got a bill rather than the credit I expected. ...read
TONY HETHERINGTON: Green Planet Investment promoted by ex-football star closed down as a scam after investors lose £14m
Green Planet Investment has been closed down by the High Court as a scam several months after I warned against it. It was promoted by football star Lee Sharpe. ...read
BLACK DOG: War gag scores direct hit on Blair
This newspaper’s report of Tony Blair’s meetings with Rupert Murdoch’s ex-wife Wendi Deng produced the biggest laugh on Have I Got News For You. ...read
JAMES FORSYTH: The one thing Dave and Nick agree on is more pain for you
For hours last week, the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Chancellor and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury sat in the Cabinet Room. ...read
LIZ JONES: Dads don't want a year off - they are useless at ironing tea towels
Jo Swinson, who is eight months pregnant and also an Equalities Minister (in that order!), wants men to have more flexibility to share childcare leave from April 2015. ...read
PETER HITCHENS: The question is not who is taking drugs, but who isn't
Drug abuse isn't just a minor fringe activity. It is the secret vice of the whole British Establishment. This widespread secret illegality is a form of corruption. ...read
RACHEL JOHNSON: Here's my golden rule of marriage - never set rules
By relying on that truism and by maintaining purdah about her quickie divorce from Charles Saatchi, Nigella Lawson had – right up until last week – kept both her dignity and her franchise intact. ...read
Beauty Buzz: Go barmy for balms and get the hottest hues nailed...
Bella's must have products and tricks this week ...read
Beauty Bible beauty clinic: Can you recommend a trial-size beauty box?
Last year you put together a Beauty Bible box with trial-sized products that feature in the Award Winners from The Anti-Ageing Beauty Bible. Any plans for another before Xmas? ...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
Horoscopes: time to move forward, Sagitarius
Sally Brompton's 7 day forecast ...read
This week’s health updates and advice
Re-think your drink and get into the festive spirit with a little sing-song ...read
Dear Zelda...
Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your questions ...read
Fantasy Friday: Mourinho isn't happy with Chelsea's fixture congestion but the Blues have a mild winter... who's got the toughest games over the Christmas period?
Welcome to Sportsmail's weekly Fantasy Football column which will try to help you get the edge on your friends, family and Jamie Redknapp. RIK SHARMA considers the key issues in the game. ...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: Just tick the right diversity boxes and, hey presto, you can run a major bank
Why in 2010 did the Financial Services Authority approve the appointment of Paul Flowers to preside over a bank with almost £50 billion of assets and 4.7 million customers? ...read
I know it won't happen but the best 65th birthday present the Queen could give Charles is her abdication
I think Prince Charles will make a rather good king - humane, thoughtful and open-minded. And I believe he ought to get his chance sooner rather than later, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK. ...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
So alluring. So very cynical. Why we should ban Wonga's 'family friendly' TV ads
Why the gulf between the highly manipulative advertising of Wonga and the reality of the product it pushes is a social evil we can no longer ignore, writes 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: Recipe for growth is don't rely on banks
While some entrepreneurs claim their business has been killed off by unscrupulous bankers, others have responded to the lending drought in innovative ways. ...read
What the oh-so-racy young just don't get about sex, writes SARAH VINE
Forget speed-dating and sexting, bring back proper courting, where participants have to at least know each other’s surnames before proceeding beyond first base. ...read
How George can bury Balls once and for all
When he delivers a major Commons statement on Britain’s finances, he should also mischievously exploit the fact that Mr Balls’s economic approach has been privately branded a ‘nightmare’ by one of Ed Miliband most senior aides. ...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
Now arriving on platform one... PANIC!
Travelling by train was once synonymous with calm. Motorists might have to take life-or-death decisions every few seconds, but the railway passenger could sit back and read a book, or snooze, or chat, or gaze at the countryside spinning past. ...read
CHRIS EVANS: The un-fab 4: It may look flash, but close your eyes in this Beemer and you'll swear you're driving a ten grand van
The letters BMW and 4 just don’t go – take it from me, having spent a week driving the darn thing, which included a 100-mile trek back from The Classic Car Show in Birmingham. ...read
CRAIG BROWN: A bizarre virgin birth, an outrageous divorce... and a whodunnit that gripped high society
One of the most notorious sex scandals of the 20th century had everything, except, strangely enough, sex. ...read
DEBORAH ROSS: Where was Ruth when I got an 'E' for history?
Having watched all of Victorian Farm and Edwardian Farm and Wartime Farm, it seemed unlikely I would miss Tudor Monastery Farm, and I have been proved right. ...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 gifts that keep sipping: Courses, fairs and dinners galore... Here are my top treats for the wine-lover in your life
Up and down the UK, wine clubs are thriving and the fascination with wine’s flavour, culture, story and the personalities behind it have never been more vibrant. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: It's official... I'm more popular with women than the whole of One Direction
‘You’ve only kissed 20 girls between you in your life?’ I choked in disbelief. ‘How many girls have you kissed then, Piers?’ asked Liam. ‘More than 20!’ ...read
Granny would approve: She'd recognise this retro radiogram - and then be blown away by its 160 watts of power
The Ruark Audio R7 has a retro look, but is armed with a battery of technologies so complete that the only thing missing is a tape deck. ...read
TOM PARKER BOWLES: Bravo, Otto! It's a classique: Nouvelle cuisine-free French cooking from the ancien regime... formidable!
Otto's in London is a proper, well-behaved, straight-faced sort of place, with immaculate waiters and waitresses clad in immaculate black ties and white shirts. ...read
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- Fast & Furious star Paul Walker dead in fiery car wreck: Actor killed after Porsche GT driven by his friend crashed into pole Tragic death at 40
- 'Heaven has gained a new Angel': Fast And Furious actor Vin Diesel leads the way as co-stars pay tribute to Paul Walker Shock at his death
- 'Parents are allowed 2 work & support each other!' Kim Kardashian answers critics who claim she is rarely with baby North Out in Miami yesterday
- 'I thought he only liked the Latina category': Natural beauty Selena Gomez pokes fun at Justin Bieber in new Instagram post Can't help but notice
- This is getting embarrassing! Charlie Sheen smothers porn star girlfriend Brett Rossi with hugs and kisses for third day in a row
- Out of this world! Kylie Jenner gets an alien inspired manicure with friends before heading to dinner Spent a day with close friends
- Less really is more! Heidi Montag enjoys her post-surgery bikini body after getting rid of the breast implants that 'handicapped' her Is in Mexico
- Pump up the volume! Fergie shows off her slimline figure as she listens to music on power walk with Josh Duhamel Gave birth in August
- EXCLUSIVE 'I'm incredibly proud': Kris Jenner hits back at claims Kim Kardashian 'destroyed her credibility' in Bound 2 video with Kanye West
- Charlie Sheen receives $2.6million offer on house he bought for Brooke Mueller after telling friends he'll 'gladly sell it for a dollar'
- Just like mom! Sarah Michelle Gellar and her daughter Charlotte coordinate in matching tracksuit bottoms and boots Cosied up in tracksuit
- Madonna's toyboy Brahim Zaibat looks less than enthused as he joins her family at Kabbalah Centre Trundled towards the entrance
- Partners in crime! James Franco cuddles a puppy as Seth Rogen shows off his battered body while filming The Interview Upcoming movie
- Sand-sational! Ireland Baldwin shows off her fabulous form by making a beach angel while wearing hotpants Signed by two top model agencies
- Finding the family tree! CaCee Cobb and Donald Faison take son Rocco to pick out a Christmas fir Looking forward to the next holiday
- Drew Barrymore shows off her pregnancy glow as she goes make-up free for a yoga session Followed her healthy exercise habits
- She's at it again! Lindsay Lohan reveals a bit too much as she shares another topless photo of herself Reminded fans she can be a bad girl
- Start them young! Gisele Bundchen and baby daughter Vivian practice yoga moves together The model shared her picture on Instagram
- Fantastic at 52! Daryl Hannah cuts a youthful figure in hippie chic ensemble as she picks up Christmas supplies Showing her free-spirit
- This is the good life! Petra Ecclestone enjoys lunch at Spago followed by a high-end shopping spree with her family Seems to cause a stir everywhere she goes
- She's a Busy lady! Philipps dashes through the airport with daughter Cricket in tow while dressed in clashing prints Mixing patterns
- They make a good match! Lauren Silverman highlights baby bump while coordinating with Simon Cowell for an art gallery date
- Hell bent for leather! Rosie Huntington-Whiteley dons racy trousers as she gets ready to jet out of Los Angeles Likes to look her best
- 'The most awe-inspiring moment of our lives': CNN anchor Erin Burnett welcomes baby boy with husband David Rubulotta Over the moon
- Meltdown... in 140 characters or less! Roseanne Barr wages war on Hollywood, NBC and Anderson Cooper in bizarre Twitter rant Never one to hold back
- They call it puppy love! Amanda Seyfried shares a romantic kiss with her dog Finn as the pair enjoy a chilly stroll Shared adorable photo
- Three for the road! Pregnant Teresa Palmer wears retro floral frock as she takes her family on a rainy day shopping trip With husband-to-be
- Don't break a nail! Alessandra Ambrosio shows off lean legs on Christmas shopping trip with children after getting a manicure At Target in California
- Stars in stripes! Marion Cotillard dazzles in Dior as the French femme fatale walks red carpet at the Marrakech Film Festival She stood out
- 'Sexual fidelity can't be the whole thing you hang your relationship on': Ethan Hawke makes some shocking comments about extramarital affairs
- Double the fun! Rebecca Gayheart pushes her little angels around in style on family stroll to the shopping mall Doubled up in stroller
- Miranda Kerr posts glamorous selfie... after quoting Mother Teresa on forgiving people who are 'unreasonable and self-centered'
- No holiday cheer here! Kristen Stewart struggles to contain her emotions as she spends her Thanksgiving celebrations alone Meant to be fun
- Lovebirds Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are ready to start a family... and they want to raise their children Jewish Pregnancy rumors
- Plaid to the bone! Reese Witherspoon goes for an androgynous look in check shirt and skinny jeans to enjoy upscale lunch
- He's a lively one! Molly Sims' cute son is bursting with energy as the family flies into LAX after holiday break Arrived back home to get back to reality
- Aren't you supposed to be a superhero? Ben Affleck enlists help pumping gas while Jennifer Garner has girls' day with Violet Spot of trouble
- Walking bad! Bryan Cranston gets some exercise with his dog while out in Los Angeles Stepped out on Wednesday for some fresh air
- Someone skipped the pie! Alessandra Ambrosio shows off her svelte shape in workout wear for a pampering session At a nail salon
- Sharon Stone shows off her cleavage in a keyhole gown to receive award at Marrakech Film Festival
- No need to check that list twice! Rihanna shows Santa her naughty side as she straddles his face Rihanna shared the photo on Instagram
- MOS DIARY: Prince Harry's satellite of love for Cressida Harry, 29, chatted with Cressida, 24, on a $1,700 Iridium satellite phone from Antarctica
- That's cheeky! Georgia May Jagger shares a VERY festive picture of herself in fairy wings and knickers She comes from a family of entertainers
- What are you inking? Shirtless Justin Bieber posts a picture of himself getting yet another tattoo after his Sydney concert Part of his Believe tour
- Well, that is certainly a lot of holiday spirit! Heidi Klum and her family pick out six Christmas trees... including huge 12 foot fur Lookst like Christmas
- Baby keeping you up all night? Tired new parents Jaime King and Kyle Newman pop out for much needed caffeine fix First child in October
- Eight decades of style! Joan Collins, 80, oozes effortless chic in cosy chocolate coat as she catches up with Amanda Holden at the Hennessy Gold Cup
- Daddy's little pirate! Flynn wields a toy sword while Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr play happy families on outing together Dad also swashbuckles
- Geek chic! A bespectacled and dressed down Anne Hathaway steps out for a casual coffee run Known for her down to earth approach
- Mmmbop! Harry Styles and BFF Nick Grimshaw don blonde wigs to dress up as Hanson for night out... amid claims he's been 'secretly dating Daisy Lowe'
- All good things must come to an end! The Wanted's Max George and Nina Agdal farewell luxurious Barbados resort
- Gaga and her Technicolour Dreamcoat: Singer matches her hair with brightly coloured coat to greet fans in Tokyo
- 'It's turned into the Nigella Lawson trial': Friends speak out as TV cook prepares for the fight of her life Determined to clear her name
- Don't be a Twitter twit, Eva Herzigova tells Cara Delevingne Warned her not to use social media sites such as Twitter and Instagram
- Do try this at home! Gwen Stefani does her niece Madeline's makeup for at home Harajuku Lovers photoshoot
- Parent trap! Michael Lohan blocks Lindsay's mother Dina from publishing a tell all book about the controversial family
- Look at this bling, baby! Dolled-up Kim Kardashian and Kanye West leave North behind to shop for expensive jewellery Hit the Miami sales
- Kim Kardashian forgoes her underwear to slip into daring cut-out dress... then poses for selfie in a bathroom with Kanye West Supporting her fiance
- 'Happy birthday to my beautiful wife!' John Legend tweets picture of Chrissy Teigen naked in bed on her birthday Model turned 28 on Friday
- Karrueche Tran breaks down in tears after surprising Chris Brown in rehab with a home-cooked meal on Thanksgiving Pulled out all the stops
- Nicole Scherzinger turns on the retro glamour for The UK X Factor with a faux bob hairstyle and a slinky sequin gown... as Mrs O dazzles in sheer lace
- Wobble this way! A disheveled Steven Tyler hobbles on crutch to grab dinner with American Idol buddy Randy Jackson Unsteady on his feet
- It's the little and large show! Diminutive Ed Sheeran hangs with collaborator The Game as the towering rapper celebrates his 34th birthday
- Santa's little helpers! Kourtney Kardashian dresses Penelope and Mason in matching elf costumes to see a movie with Kris and Bruce Jenner
- How romantic! Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher dress down in baggy tracksuits to get foot massages together For many, Friday was a recovery day
- Looking Smooth! Cara Santana shows off her toned bikini body as Jesse Metcalfe flexes those pecs on sunshine break Looked picture perfect
- Jesse Metcalfe's fiancee Cara Santana prances around in a bikini as they celebrate the holiday weekend in Mexico Exotic break in Cancun
- Feuding Real Housewives sister-in-laws Melissa Gorga and Teresa Giudice spend Thanksgiving thousands of miles apart
- Au naturel: Emma Watson looks fresh faced as she arrives make-up free at London's Heathrow Airport
- Nothing can keep her away! Kylie Jenner braves the crowds and rain to go shopping on Black Friday in a mini skirt With two female friends
- The competition starts now! Naomi Campbell wows in Grecian-style burgundy gown with draped train at launch of The Face Australia
- He hasn't got a prayer! Taylor Swift targets British actor Douglas Booth Met Booth at party in Hertfordshire last month
- Deja Vu: Trinny Woodall and Charles Saatchi head out for ANOTHER romantic meal at Scott's...before bizarre embrace in taxi Suffered a difficult week
- Love That Tomboy! Ellen Page layers up in baggy trousers and denim gilet as she picks up Thanksgiving groceries
- Lea Michele smoulders in sultry artwork for her first single Cannonball from debut album Louder Also releases her first book next year
- Who knew they were friends? Jennifer Aniston spends Thanksgiving with British singer Ed Sheeran Unlikely celeb friendship
- MOS DIARY: Now Kate's family joins royal Range Rover club: Carole Middleton signs up for VIP scheme Mother Carole Middleton now has vehicle
- Some like it yacht! The Wanted's Max George gets frisky with bikini-clad girlfriend Nina Agdal The couple enjoyed a yacht cruise in Barbados
- 'It was just excruciating!': Sharon Osbourne reveals she had plastic surgery for a 'designer vagina' Rather startling confession
- 'Carmen's first Christmas!' Hilaria Baldwin cradles her precious daughter at a Hawaii tree lighting ceremony First festive season