NASSER HUSSAIN: Pietersen made a mistake but he won't change his style... He's an individual and should play his natural game
Kevin Pietersen looked really up for today. He was first into the nets, so there was no questioning his ethic or his attitude. And his innings had a nice tempo to it. He was even playing Peter Siddle very nicely, leaving the ball well and not getting sucked into anything silly. ...read
TOP SPIN AT THE TEST: The good, the bad and the ugly from day four in Perth
Lawrence Booth with the best and the worst action from the fourth day of the third Test at the WACA in Perth. ...read
EDGE OF THE BOX: BBC Sports Personality of the Year delivers again on 60th anniversary... but now it's a classy affair instead of a slapstick show
SPOTY had to change, and it had to grow. A joke, even a good one, will start to wear thin after a while. So it still delivers, just not in the way it used to. ...read
JAMIE REDKNAPP: Liverpool were fresh and fast after not playing in Europe and ran rings around hapless Spurs
Liverpool’s football made Spurs look like weightlifters trying to catch pigeons. Every Liverpool player looked comfortable. It’s remarkable that they lost their last away game 3-1 at Hull. ...read
MATT TAYLOR: Kinnear's reputation is unfair, he's a brilliant manager and gets the best out of his players... and he never got my name wrong!
Matt Taylor is the West Ham midfielder who started his career at Luton and went onto play for Portsmouth and Bolton. At 32, Taylor already has one eye on the end of his career and making the transition into coaching by helping out with the Luton Under 15s. In his debut Footballers' Football Column, Taylor looks at his time at Fratton Park during the good times and reveals his good goalscoring record at Bolton against the top teams. ...read
FOOTBALL 9-5: Capello, Hiddink and Hoddle in the frame for Spurs job as AVB is sacked... And the build-up to the Europa draw
Football 9-5 has all the latest on the Tottenham situation as Fabio Capello, Gus Hiddink and Glenn Hoddle are in the frame to replace the sacked AVB. Plus the build-up to the Europa League draw. ...read
RICHARD KAY: Downton's Daisy raises a stink: Actress Sophie McShera reveals her cook's costume has never been washed
Sophie McShera, 28, reveals that her costume in Downton has never seen the inside of a washing machine - or a dry cleaning shop. ...read
The second night of The X Factor 2013 final was another endurance test and a further horror show, by Jim Shelley
The good news was that Sam rather than Nicholas won the final of The X Factor 2013, meaning the nation had ensured the legacy of cutting edge British music legend Jane McDonald would live on. On the down side, we’ve lost a good prison officer and these days, they’re not easy to find. ...read
PETER SCUDAMORE: Willie's new job adds to the Twiston-Davies family fortunes as Channon's stable jockey
A brilliant weekend for Nigel Twiston-Davies and his family got even better when his youngest son Willie was announced as the new stable jockey to Mick Channon. ...read
MARTIN SAMUEL: Money-mad Aussies have sold their soul by relegating the iconic WACA
The next time an England team play Test cricket in Perth it will be on a drop-in pitch designed to please the suits and keep a 60,000 crowd at the bar for five days. But what is the real cost of losing the WACA? ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: At last, NHS action to save lives at weekends
NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh demands that, within three years, all hospital in-patients must be offered the same quality and range of tests and treatments, seven days a week. ...read
ANDREW PIERCE: Tycoon woos Labour - and Ed's old flame
Why today, Andrew Rosenfeld, who is worth £100 million, is one of the most influential figures in 'Red' Ed Miliband's Labour Party. ...read
CHARLES SALE: Ex-ref Halsey claims Premier League chief Scudamore wants him off the air
Mark Halsey has escalated his conflict with the Premier League by claiming chief executive Richard Scudamore has attempted to get him axed as a BT pundit. ...read
Why Saatchi has made an art of going his own way, writes PETER MCKAY
Can the public image of wealthy contemporary art expert and former advertising man Charles Saatchi ever be restored? ...read
LIZ JONES FASHION THERAPY: Fashionable pressies that will delight even someone as fussy as me!
Men get very stressed and sweaty at this time of year. They know they have to buy us something, but never do any research at all and are blind to all our likes and dislikes. ...read
JAMIE REDKNAPP: After City put leaders Arsenal to the sword with Fernandinho at the heart of the action, have we seen the Premier League champions?
Arsene Wenger said that Manchester City are no better than Southampton or Everton, but that strikes me as a strange thing to say, especially when they have scored 16 goals and conceded only four against Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham. ...read
JANET STREET-PORTER: You'd have to be as mad as me to build your own pad
Politicians from all parties agree we are not building enough homes, but differ in how to bolster progress. ...read
Rowan Pelling's sex advice column: My husband hates having sex with me
'At 44, I married a man ten years my senior. I love him, but our sex life makes me unhappy. I am a passionate person and want to make love several times a week.' ...read
Carrie and Brody - the Burton and Taylor of the CIA - were back undercover if not under covers. Homeland gets its mojo back just in time, by Jim Shelley
Homeland may have been nonsense but at least it was brilliant nonsense – the type of demented drama that made it so gripping and so popular in the first place. ...read
EDGE OF THE BOX: 'Premier League great' Henry broke all the rules but was coolness personified on his Match of the Day debut
Back in his playing days, he always had it. You know, that thing they call a certain 'Je ne sais quoi'. There is no doubt Thierry Henry had a major impact on the Premier League. ...read
MARTIN SAMUEL: Enjoy it while you can: Australia crowing as they prove too hot to handle... but it simply will not last
There is a post-mortem coming, and it will be long and detailed but, for now, it can wait. After one of the most depressing and downbeat days for English cricket in the modern, central contract era, let’s cheer ourselves up. ...read
NASSER HUSSAIN: Ashes tour is now down to individual responsibility, not team spirit
We’ve seen and heard a lot from this England side over the past few days about team talks and huddles and spirit, but what the rest of this Ashes tour will boil down to now is individual responsibility. ...read
TOP SPIN AT THE TEST: The good, the bad and the ugly from day three in Perth
Lawrence Booth with the best and the worst action from the third day of the third Test at the WACA in Perth. ...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: Victims of Bernie Madoff's ponzi scheme deserve $1billion from JP Morgan
Aggressive recovery operations by Irving Picard, for the Madoff victims and by the US attorney’s office in Manhattan, mean that $13billion has so far been restored. ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Selfies - the inane photo stunts that demean us all
One moment Dave’s trying to play the global statesman, next he’s gurning for a ‘selfie’ at Mandela’s memorial service, writes AMANDA PLATELL. ...read
Is it poisoned chalice time for Theresa?
ANDREW ALEXANDER: How long before the curse of the Home Office descends on Theresa May? For the plain fact is that immigration is out of control. ...read
ANDREW PIERCE: Tycoon woos Labour - and Ed's old flame
Why today, Andrew Rosenfeld, who is worth £100 million, is one of the most influential figures in 'Red' Ed Miliband's Labour Party. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: At last, NHS action to save lives at weekends
NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh demands that, within three years, all hospital in-patients must be offered the same quality and range of tests and treatments, seven days a week. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Osborne has Thatcher's 'steel' says her former press chief
Chancellor George Osborne is ‘the first Tory minister I have seen with a flash of [Margaret] Thatcher’s steel,’ says her ill-tempered former press chief, Sir Bernard Ingham. ...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: Support for families can’t be limitless
Child Benefit is a relic of a much older welfare system. It began almost 60 years ago as the ‘Family Allowance’, designed to cope with the steep fall in household income when the first child was born. ...read
My day of pure hell: It shames Britain, says MAX HASTINGS. A little fog causes misery for millions of travellers
When virtually every other airport in the world continues to operate in all but the most extreme weather conditions, why do the British ones go to pieces? ...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
Why Saatchi has made an art of going his own way, writes PETER MCKAY
Can the public image of wealthy contemporary art expert and former advertising man Charles Saatchi ever be restored? ...read
Osbo stared, defying them to kick him in the walnuts
QUENTIN LETTS: Has George Osborne got bigger? In both senses? He brushed past us on his way into the Treasury Select Committee yesterday. ...read
RICHARD KAY: Downton's Daisy raises a stink: Actress Sophie McShera reveals her cook's costume has never been washed
Sophie McShera, 28, reveals that her costume in Downton has never seen the inside of a washing machine - or a dry cleaning shop. ...read
Banking: It's not really a wonderful life
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: It's A Wonderful Life, starring James Stewart as a small-town banker, is one of the most popular Christmas movies of all time. But what if it was remade today? ...read
Don't let Mr Pickled Shark ruin our town: First he gave them this grotesque statue. Now Damien Hirst plans another treat for sleepy Ilfracombe, a £100m housing estate
The world’s wealthiest artist has made such a mark on this delightful chunk of seaside that it’s already being described as Hirst-On-Sea. ...read
A photo that makes me tremble a little for the future of the Free World
STEPHEN GLOVER: Even accepting the changes in manners over the past quarter of a century, we don’t expect our leaders to fool around like bored teenagers at a bus stop. ...read
She may be Britain's thickest mutt but the Utley family face an awful dilemma over 15-year-old Matilda this Christmas
TOM UTLEY says that when it comes to the crunch of putting down the ailing family dog, neither he or his wife can face it. ...read
ADRIAN DURHAM: If the decision-makers at United had appointed a new manager in the right way, instead of letting Fergie choose one of his mates, they might not be in this mess
About a week ago David Moyes said: 'The top of the table will sort itself out.' That set United fans’ alarm bells ringing. It might look like United effortlessly ended up at the top or close by every year, but they worked hard for it. ...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: Ex-ref Halsey claims Premier League chief Scudamore wants him off the air
Mark Halsey has escalated his conflict with the Premier League by claiming chief executive Richard Scudamore has attempted to get him axed as a BT pundit. ...read
WORLD OF RUGBY: French clubs lose appeal as Metro go off the rails
As a warning about what lies behind the pay slips and postcards, it was mightily effective. Racing Metro’s capitulation at 'home' to Harlequins last Saturday may have profound repercussions. ...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: Anderson is a master in the field and I'm still chuffed about our footy comeback... call me Pep!
What a fantastic piece of fielding from Jimmy Anderson to set the tone for the first wicket. The components are worth going through. ...read
WORLD OF GOLF: A shootout between Tiger and Rory turned into Scott's and Rose's paradise... a look back at 2013
It was supposed to be the year of Tiger versus Rory but, instead, this was the season where nice guys showed conclusively they can finish first. Adam Scott and Justin Rose claimed their first majors and Henrik Stenson emerged as the player of the year. ...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: Capello, Hiddink and Hoddle in the frame for Spurs job as AVB is sacked... And the build-up to the Europa draw
Football 9-5 has all the latest on the Tottenham situation as Fabio Capello, Gus Hiddink and Glenn Hoddle are in the frame to replace the sacked AVB. Plus the build-up to the Europa League draw. ...read
GARY NEVILLE: It's an insult even to ask the question about David Moyes' future... Give him time to adapt to this monster of a job and he'll be a success at United
Ron Atkinson says there can be no transition period for Manchester United. I find that statement difficult to understand, especially coming from a manager who was supported for five years at the club even though he ultimately failed to deliver the title. ...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: Decisions in the Champions League show that English football still has the best referees
The Champions League was fascinating this week - three games confirmed to me that England still has the best group of referees. There may be better individuals, but for strength in depth we have the best. ...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: Casillas, Song and Zaha are among the players who Premier League clubs should snap up on loan in January
The transfer window will soon open and loans will again provide a significant theme and here are the players I would like to get a temporary switch. ...read
JAMIE REDKNAPP: Liverpool were fresh and fast after not playing in Europe and ran rings around hapless Spurs
Liverpool’s football made Spurs look like weightlifters trying to catch pigeons. Every Liverpool player looked comfortable. It’s remarkable that they lost their last away game 3-1 at Hull. ...read
JEFF POWELL ON FRIDAY: Three months ago the mad dogs would have been howling for Wenger's head after defeat in Naples... so, where are they now?
Three months ago, this week’s close call in Naples would have set the hounds of Islington howling. Now those who were screaming for the head of Monsieur Arsene Wenger are nowhere to be heard. ...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
TOP SPIN AT THE TEST: The good, the bad and the ugly from day four in Perth
Lawrence Booth with the best and the worst action from the fourth day of the third Test at the WACA in Perth. ...read
EDGE OF THE BOX: BBC Sports Personality of the Year delivers again on 60th anniversary... but now it's a classy affair instead of a slapstick show
SPOTY had to change, and it had to grow. A joke, even a good one, will start to wear thin after a while. So it still delivers, just not in the way it used to. ...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: How Arsenal can stem the City tide: Deadly duo must be stopped and Gunners have to be braver than they were at Old Trafford
Ahead of the weekend's biggest game, Sportsmail's Martin Keown gives his verdict on how his old team can stop a rampant Manchester City side. ...read
MARTIN KEOWN: Loans are the ultimate form of financial doping! How Lukaku and Co are skilfully placed to cause maximum damage to rivals
The loan system is having such a dramatic impact on the Premier League this season that it raises the question: is this now the ultimate form of financial doping? ...read
MARTIN SAMUEL: Money-mad Aussies have sold their soul by relegating the iconic WACA
The next time an England team play Test cricket in Perth it will be on a drop-in pitch designed to please the suits and keep a 60,000 crowd at the bar for five days. But what is the real cost of losing the WACA? ...read
MARTIN SAMUEL - THE DEBATE: Too many flies and their best band wouldn't even top the bill in Romford... At least the Aussies have a 32-year-old called Mitch (and Kylie)
A different type of debate this week. England are fighting for their lives in Perth and it’s fair to say the locals are getting a little excited. ...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: Pietersen made a mistake but he won't change his style... He's an individual and should play his natural game
Kevin Pietersen looked really up for today. He was first into the nets, so there was no questioning his ethic or his attitude. And his innings had a nice tempo to it. He was even playing Peter Siddle very nicely, leaving the ball well and not getting sucked into anything silly. ...read
Everyone has their favourite stories from the bygone era of standing at football... but now is not the time to turn back the clock
NEIL ASHTON: There was a time when standing on the terraces made you feel like a real football fan. It’s where the hardcore supporters went on match day. ...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: Football must face the truth about its gambling addiction
Another match day, another excuse for the hucksters to infest the ad breaks. Ray Winstone barking his toe-curling spiel, the comic Italian yelping his witless script and that vaguely sinister bookie playing out a nursery sketch with his gawping stooge. ...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
PETER SCUDAMORE: Willie's new job adds to the Twiston-Davies family fortunes as Channon's stable jockey
A brilliant weekend for Nigel Twiston-Davies and his family got even better when his youngest son Willie was announced as the new stable jockey to Mick Channon. ...read
ADAM GEMILI: It's amazing to think my career is running all over the globe... and in the next few years all roads lead to Rio
As an athlete the most important thing is to look after your body. I rely on it to run. If I have one niggle or injury, one tiny bit isn’t right, that will effect my performance. ...read
THE FOOTBALL GRAPEVINE: Young set to leave United and move back to his old Villa, wonderkid Barkley to stick with Toffees... and which Premier League giants will snap up German starlet Draxler?
ROB SHEPHERD: Ashley Young could move back to Aston Villa in January. Young returned to Manchester United’s starting line-up for the first time in six weeks in Tuesday’s win over Shakhtar Donetsk. He may feature against Villa on Sunday but as David Moyes’ plans to regenerate parts of his squad in January, Young is one of the player who is set to leave and Villa would be interested in taking him back . ...read
THE TRANSFER COLUMN: Liverpool lead chase for 'the Egyptian Messi' Salah and Barcelona set sights on United target Gundogan
This is the Transfer Column, where Sportsmail delivers the very latest news, gossip and rumours from around the football world three times a week. In today's column: In-demand Basle winger Mohamed Salah could be on his way to Liverpool after being spotted at Anfield, Barcelona have joined Manchester United and Real Madrid in the chase for Ilkay Gundogen and Yohan Cabaye still has eyes for PSG. ...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 TAYLOR: Kinnear's reputation is unfair, he's a brilliant manager and gets the best out of his players... and he never got my name wrong!
Matt Taylor is the West Ham midfielder who started his career at Luton and went onto play for Portsmouth and Bolton. At 32, Taylor already has one eye on the end of his career and making the transition into coaching by helping out with the Luton Under 15s. In his debut Footballers' Football Column, Taylor looks at his time at Fratton Park during the good times and reveals his good goalscoring record at Bolton against the top teams. ...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: Samantha Bond sings for her supper: Downton's Lady Rosamund signs up for her first West End musical
Samantha Bond, who plays Lady Rosamund in Downton Abbey, has signed up for her first West End musical, writes BAZ BAMIGBOYE. ...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: Why won't me spiteful son let me meet my new grandchild?
More than ten years ago my son broke off all contact with me. Despite my best efforts to mend our relationship, he set about excluding me totally from his life... ...read
Christians - the only people you can insult at Christmas
Merry Christmas? Not for everyone, writes Jan Moir. A Daily Mail reader and devout Catholic from Newcastle was dismayed when walking into Urban Outfitters to be confronted with the message 'Merry F****** Christmas'. ...read
JANET STREET-PORTER: You'd have to be as mad as me to build your own pad
Politicians from all parties agree we are not building enough homes, but differ in how to bolster progress. ...read
LIZ JONES FASHION THERAPY: Fashionable pressies that will delight even someone as fussy as me!
Men get very stressed and sweaty at this time of year. They know they have to buy us something, but never do any research at all and are blind to all our likes and dislikes. ...read
Lorraine Candy: You'd better be good, kids. Santa Cam is watching!
Santa Cam, the imaginary 24-hour camera I tell the kids is recording all their pre-Christmas crimes, has officially been switched on. ...read
Rowan Pelling's sex advice column: My husband hates having sex with me
'At 44, I married a man ten years my senior. I love him, but our sex life makes me unhappy. I am a passionate person and want to make love several times a week.' ...read
Ask the doctor: Why is my nose always so runny and sore?
Dr MARTIN SCURR on chronic rhinitis and the correct dosage of Gaviscon, plus your medical notes aren't private now. ...read
ADAM UREN: State pension rises show why young people need to vote so that they aren't an open goal for austerity
The rising retirement age is sensible but it doesn't make it any less of a downer to millions of young people who have constantly been hit by austerity Britain. ...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: New state pension age will push thousands into an early grave
People with the luxury of choice are making lifestyle decisions for those who have none. So what happened to the golden retirement I was promised? ...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: A pig-headed mess fails us all on savings
It’s a shame the announcement that the state retirement age was being raised was not accompanied by radical plans to encourage employees to save more. ...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: We had to spend £3,000 fixing our boiler and now we're skint - is it too late to cancel Christmas?
We had managed to put aside about £500 for Christmas but our boiler packed up and now we have no money. Should we tell the kids? 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
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: Can you trust your bank? How 20 years of 'customer service' destroyed our faith
Twenty years ago it's likely a bank’s advice would have been held in similar esteem to a doctor or solicitor's. Two decades of 'customer service' put paid to that. ...read
SIMON WATKINS: Stop the farce of 'free' current accounts
You may be able to get a free current account, but behind the scenes the banks have been selling any and every extra product they can to make up for this loss leader. ...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: What has happened to my £12,500 lost in an Indian bank?
I am having great difficulty getting some money returned by ICICI Bank. Can you help me get my money back? ...read
TONY HETHERINGTON: 'Legal firm' Hulsmann & Miller steals award from furious top lawyer
I received a cold call from law firm Hulsmann & Miller, which said they could reclaim my original investment if I would send a refundable deposit of £1,500. Is it a scam? ...read
BLACK DOG: Crick was lucky, brags Barmy Bloom
Ex-UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom gets madder by the day - he thwacked Channel 4 newsman Michael Crick over the head, and now says Crick should be grateful he wasn’t even more violent, writes BLACK DOG ...read
JAMES FORSYTH: Cameron's headless chickens are in for another roasting
The arrival of thousands of Romanians and Bulgarians in January will link Europe and immigration in voters’ minds like never before. ...read
LIZ JONES: Oh yummy! Cheap chicken for tea, with lashings of misery
Bargain food seems to be unimpeachable in these tough times, but why? Meat should be expensive, says LIZ JONES - after all, an animal has died to give it to us. ...read
PETER HITCHENS: A tax break can't rescue marriage: it's been doomed for four decades
Marriage is on its deathbed. A tiny tax allowance won’t save it. Nor will old judges urging young couples to wed before starting a family, writes PETER HITCHENS. ...read
RACHEL JOHNSON: I'll get hate mail for this... Mandela was NOT perfect
'You'll get hate mail,' I was warned by William Nicholson, who wrote the new Mandela movie, after I'd told him what I was going to say here. ...read
Beauty Buzz: Dear Santa, this year I’d love…
The make-up bag that doubles as a party clutch and the gift that will fix your skin from the inside and out ...read
Beauty Bible beauty clinic: Tips to soothe my husband's shaving rash please
Could you please suggest some male grooming products, particularly for after shaving? My partner suffers with a very red-looking and sore rash after each shave. ...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: Don't let this week get you down, Scorpio
Sally Brompton's 7 day astro forecast ...read
Health: In praise of hearing dogs, plus advice on surviving the grieving process
Hearing dog heroes, 3 digestion aids and living with grief ...read
Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your questions
Parents who drink to much and spoil Christmas ...read
Fantasy Friday: Why Everton will be in the top four at the turn of the year... and Moyes' problems at United may start to dissolve
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
Mandela was a giant - but how absurd for the BBC to compare him to Christ
The phenomenon of public charm and private coldness, is a political commonplace, far from unique to Nelson Mandela, writes DOMINIC LAWSON. ...read
Spend! Spend! Spend! Yes, giving gifts is a joy. But a historian argues that our obsession with materialism is destroying communities, friendship and self-discipline
For Britain’s retailers are expecting the busiest day of the year, with biblical tides of humanity descending on the nation’s shopping centres. ...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: Women winning over the critics as Royal Mail's Moya Greene enters the blue-chip index
General Motors has appointed its first female boss, Mary Barra, while the FTSE 100 also gained a new woman leader, the Canadian Moya Greene. ...read
Christmas? It's parents who drive me crackers
SARAH VINE: Early October. The email every parent dreads. Subject line: Christmas Fair Stalls. Like a fool, I signed up. ...read
SIMON HEFFER: The inept and arrogant Sir Humphries of today...
Their joint action was not only rare but timely — for civil service incompetence was given as the reason after the admission that the Government’s new Universal Credit benefit will not reach its 700,000 intended recipients as planned by 2017. ...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
Fig leaves? They are bang on trend, says Eve: 2,000 years of public relations Part III
CRAIG BROWN: 'I’d like to put an end to ill-informed rumours that we have been in any way “expelled” from Paradise,' said Adam. ...read
CHRIS EVANS: How best to test the silky smooth S 350 Merc? Take a ride in the back seat
Let’s hear it for the all-singing-and-dancing S 350 BlueTEC. There’s little this car won’t do if requested. ...read
CRAIG BROWN: 'Now be a good boy and eat your vegetables': The extraordinary letter from a little boy to Nixon
As the eight-year-old wrote to the American President during Watergate... just one letter randomly selected from a brilliantly eclectic collection of correspondence. ...read
DEBORAH ROSS: Kinnear's a killer toff... but oh, that tache!
Rory Kinnear is such a superb actor he brings something to Lucan that is neither depth nor complexity, as Lucan was neither deep nor complex, but something that seems true. ...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: On the thirst day of Christmas: They're the bottles that will guarantee a vintage celebration
On the wine front, there’s still plenty of time to prepare for the festivities – but don’t leave it too late! Stock up now and you can relax. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: I was staggered by Mandela's frankness, but then he was frank about everything
He demanded action on Aids from world leaders, then launched a blistering attack on George Bush and Tony Blair for the ill-fated war on Iraq. ...read
Can Nokia revive its flagging fortunes with the shiny new 2520 tablet? Not likely...
These days, the sight of a Nokia actually in use is a clear sign you’re either around pensioners or in the Third World. ...read
TOM PARKER BOWLES: And let the feasting begin! 'Tis the season of ham, goose, Stilton and giant ribs of beef
The less said about mean-spirited mince pies, sullen puddings and the ocean-going bore that is turkey, the better. ...read
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- She's Pitch Perfect! Anna Kendrick wows singing on stage at Christmas in Washington event in stunning gown Wowed in velvet
- Working hard to look this good! Spandex-wearing Kim Kardashian gets her eyebrows done after intense gym workout with pal Works at it
- She's growing up fast! Jamie Lynn Spears' adorable daughter Maddie, five, steals the show in family Christmas picture Sweet family snap
- 'I have certainly learnt my lesson': Victoria's Secret model Jessica Hart bares her lean abs and talks Taylor Swift diss to Vogue Not model behaviour
- SPOILER ALERT: Risen from the dead! Brian Griffin is resurrected on Family Guy Christmas special after fan outrage After fans grew outraged over the death
- Pec-tacular! Simon Cowell leaves pregnant girlfriend Lauren Silverman in the shade by showing off his pumped chest Has been working out
- Fergie shows off her slender post-baby body as she and Josh Duhamel enjoy a hike in the Los Angeles sunshine Working out hard
- SPOILER ALERT! Brutal, abrupt and heartbreaking... but is Homeland's season three finale the game-changer the series needs?
- Are you going in a romantic direction? Niall Horan and rumoured sweetheart Barbara Palvin leave X Factor wrap party together Are they a couple?
- Take Me Home: Kendall Jenner arrives back in LA after enjoying a London rendezvous with Harry Styles Teen model said to be dating 1D heart-throb
- 'Mom's the best!' Heidi Klum turns to her mother Erna for help in decorating her enormous Christmas tree 40-year-old model
- Is that supposed to be family fun? Kella Ripa and her brood look glum as they bundle up for a stroll in chilly Manhattan Time of year to be warming up indoors
- Get a room! Mary-Kate Olsen, 27, and Olivier Sarkozy, 44, smooch at Knicks game amid engagement rumours Rumoured to be getting engagement.
- Enough with the duck lips! Jessica Simpson unleashes a pout-tastic selfie to prove she's gorgeous make-up free Shared a makeup free snap
- 'What number do we call to vote her off?' Katy Perry lights up X Factor UK final as a winged and caged gold bird... but fails to impress with 'patchy' vocals
- Beyonce's surprise album set to hit number one on Billboard after selling over 430,000 units in less than a day Stunned fans with shock release last week
- Remembering dad: Prince Michael, Paris and Blanket share emotional insights into life with Michael Jackson in new documentary
- Avatar director James Cameron announces he will shoot THREE sequels to hit film in New Zealand First one will come in 2016
- Mama bear! Molly Sims wears furry ensemble during family shopping trip in Beverly Hills with son Brooks Model and mother wore a stylish ensemble
- Yeezus is my friend! Kylie Jenner shows support for Kanye West in his concert T-shirt during shopping trip in LA She's a devoted fan
- What broken jaw? Zac Efron's huge smile shows he has recovered as he helps Indiana Colts fans and players celebrate win Trip to Indiana
- 'Things are gonna be great': Lena Dunham enjoys a little pampering with her face covered in hot towels Girls star showed off her beauty regime
- Sisters in curves! Rebel Wilson and Melissa McCarthy 'make a pact to maintain their weight' in thin-obsessed Hollywood Hollywood successes
- Bottoms up! Chrissy Teigen shows off her toned legs in tiny black shorts for tree trimming Christmas party with pals With her husband
- Harry STYLED: One Direction get grunge make-over for X Factor UK final... and it divides opinion Harry was compared to young Mick Jagger
- Has she ever looked better? Sheryl Crow, 51, dazzles in petal-adorned black satin gown at TNT Christmas In Washington gala Ageless beauty
- Definitely NOT a white Christmas: Naomi Watts wears breezy black as she soaks up the sun with partner Liev Schreiber during festive break in Australia
- Homeland's most hated character Dana Brody and mother Jessica 'won't return as series regulars' in season four All change for show
- The GYM'S Advocate: Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron takes gym class with her mother Gerda Back in LA after Mandela funeral
- No cosmopolitans here! SATC actress Kristin Davis takes daughter Gemma to farmer's market to pet the animals Family time
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug fires up the box office with $73.7 million haul knocking Frozen to second place Took home the most
- Back to the day job! Melanie Griffith embraces the tropics in a summery outfit as she films Hawaii Five-O Starring in remake of '70s classic
- Elizabeth Berkley and Greg Lauren take their toddler to the Farmers Market and bump into Rachel Zoe's husband and son Happy get together
- Ex-waitress files lawsuit against husband of Real Housewives of New Jersey star Caroline Manzo claiming discrimination Claims owed money
- Miley Cyrus fan covers his body with 22 TATTOOS of the singer including portraits, song lyrics and quotes Watches all of her performances
- She doesn't need the green light! Lady Gaga still has her Christmas tree inspired locks in candid photos with boyfriend Taylor Kinney Still got green hair
- Oh baby! Jaime King can't resist rubbing pal Teresa Palmer's growing bump at her baby shower in Los Angeles Firm friends
- What made Mrs O cry AGAIN? Winning mentor Sharon Osbourne leaves X Factor UK wrap party tearful and bleary-eyed A bit worse for wear after her act won
- Christina Applegate dazzles in black gown at Anchorman 2 premiere but Kristen Wiig's dowdy orange and grey dress fails to flatter Sparkly black gown
- Film legend and Lawrence of Arabia star Peter O'Toole dies at the age of 81 The film industry is in mourning after the legend died today
- 'She's mine!' Bindi Irwin's first boyfriend enthusiastically confirms teenage courtship as she shares sweet snaps Daughter of Steve Irwin
- Hail it's cold! Sarah Jessica Parker struggles with the chilly weather as she flags down car in New York Stylish in even the most trying of conditions
- She got the party Sch-tarted: Nicole Scherzinger looks a little worse for wear as she ARRIVES at X Factor UK wrap party In high spirits
- Orange is the new black: Kate Hudson departs Sydney Airport in glowing trousers and tank-top displaying her tanned arms A loud departure
- Yellow swan: Salma Hayek wears chic layered shift dress with black cardigan to the Paris Opera Ballet Went to see The Sleeping Beauty
- What's on your wish list? Ali Larter gets the giggles on Santa's lap as she attends children's charity event with her family Making a wish
- Date night! Kourtney Kardashian has the look of love as she goes make-up free for dinner with Scott Disick Seemingly no problems in her relationship
- Washing that man right out of her hair! Demi Moore gets over divorce by going for pamper session at Hollywood hair salon Bit of 'me time'
- How does she do it? Joanna Krupa tucks into a tray of desserts while showing off her svelte figure in a plunging tangerine gown Known for her figure
- Amir Khan's pregnant American wife Faryal displays the first hint of a baby bump in an elegant Victorian-inspired gown at British TV event
- Big daddy! Kevin Federline enjoys some alone time shopping in LA before baby number six arrives Ventured out alone for the first time
- Spoiler alert! Downton Abbey's cracking Christmas special serves up a hot ticket whodunnit AND a trip to Buckingham Palace Coming to US TV in '14
- Tum to say goodbye! P!nk puts her toned stomach on display as she performs final 2013 tour date in steel studded crop top Performed last show
- Charging up the audience! Laura Prepon dresses up as a battery as she performs at the Scientology Celebrity Centre's star-studded Christmas party
- A cut above: Lea Michele stuns in flesh-baring black frock as she hosts holiday party to help the homeless She faced unimaginable heartbreak this year
- Bolly good news! Jennifer Saunders confirms there WILL be an Absolutely Fabulous movie... but won't start writing until 'after Christmas'
- Yeezus, that's good! Kanye West lets his macho guard down as he savours every mouthful of an ice cream cone Having a moment
- Indulging in horseplay! Selma Blair takes son Arthur for a pony ride and Santa visit at the farmers market Adorable 2 1/2-year-old son Arthur Bleick
- 'It just made him angry... it wasn't for us': Sharon Osbourne reveals she and rocker husband Ozzy GAVE UP on futile therapy sessions
- Thought you put a ring on it? Kelly Rowland steps out with manager-turned-fiancé Tim Witherspoon... but there's no sign of her giant sparkler
- That's my girl! Jennifer Garner treats daughter Violet to a piggyback ride after she scores another trophy at soccer They'll be running out of shelf space
- Looking comfy! Alice Eve and Chris Evans - soon to be starring together in a feature film - dress down for an intimate dinner Saturday in New York
- Up she blows! Penny Lancaster struggles to tame her umbrella as she arrives at Glasgow Airport Rod Stewart's wife not ready for the weather
- Missing home? A sombre Princess Eugenie fidgets through a New York basketball game Sitting next to Michelle Trachtenberg
- Rowan Pelling's sex advice column: My husband hates having sex with me Passionate woman, 44, want to make love several times a week
- Married Game of Thrones star Jason Momoa looks very friendly with 'ex-fiancee Simmone Jade Mackinnon' Married to Lisa Bonet