EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Has the Financial Times declared war on Ukip?
Financial Times editor Lionel Barber, 61, boasts on Twitter that his paper’s weekend features Ukip leader Nigel Farage, adding: ‘Six pints, a bottle of wine and 2 glasses of port.’ ...read
SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Is that really you Demelza? Flame-haired Poldark star goes for low-key look while walking her dog
Eleanor Tomlinson has found a cunning way to keep a low profile off-screen: simply donning a pair of dark-rimmed glasses and a parka jacket allows her walk unnoticed in London. ...read
Liverpool's Alberto Moreno should have been sent off for reckless lunge on Borussia Dortmund's Christian Pulisic
GRAHAM POLL: Liverpool defender Alberto Moreno should have been sent off for his reckless lunge in the second half on Borussia Dortmund's Christian Pulisic. ...read
JAN MOIR: The lunacy of YOU having to pay for a granny's triplets
JAN MOIR: Sharon Cutts, 55, from Boston in Lincolnshire, is the grandmother who has just become Britain’s oldest mother of triplets. But who is going to provide for these miracle children? ...read
TOM UTLEY: Oh dear. Is the fact my wife was a bus driver the final proof I'm stupid?
An item in yesterday’s paper brought back a fond memory of my late mother, one winter evening in our London flat in the early Seventies, writes TOM UTLEY. ...read
I would love to tell you who the celebrity is, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN, but I don't fancy going to prison
Britain gave free speech to the world, but it is being rapidly eroded by unelected, unaccountable judges, egged on by newspaper-hating zealots, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Don't treat us like fools over Europe
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: David Cameron yesterday insisted that he makes ‘no apology’ for spending £9.3million of taxpayers’ money on this leaflet campaign. ...read
BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Tom’s in deep as a bad boy — again!
Tom Burke, who played ‘bad boy’ Dolokhov in BBC TV’s midwinter monster hit War & Peace, will be playing another not-so-dashing lover at the National Theatre this summer. ...read
David Gill has disagreement with National Game chairman Roger Burden over distribution of tickets for FA Cup final
CHARLES SALE: An unseemly spat between the two leading representatives for amateur and professional football broke out at the FA Council meeting over FA Cup final tickets. ...read
Southend goalkeeper Daniel Bentley is an imposing barrier who can organise his defence and is full of assurance
Our secret scout is a top football expert who attends matches each week searching for the next star. This week it's Southend's goalkeeper Daniel Bentley who gets the secret scout treatment. ...read
Anthony Joshua reminds me of Mike Tyson and I back him to stop Charles Martin in six rounds
EDDIE HEARN: The moment of truth is almost here for Anthony Joshua. There is so much anticipation for this fight, so many unanswered questions and so much to gain and lose. ...read
Barclays battles the bears: New boss must trim the international fat to create a world beating global bank, says ALEX BRUMMER
JES Staley is a chief executive in a hurry as he seeks to simplify the Barclays model and restore a languishing share price. ...read
BEL MOONEY: I've lost my job and falt - is my life over before I turn 40?
This week, BEL MOONEY advises a man who feels his life is over before he turns 40 after he had a breakdown at work and then lost his case at an employment tribunal. ...read
Nobody is advocating pay parity for women in club football. But the US women's team are exceptional, so isn't it time for a great leap forward?
MARTIN SAMUEL - THE DEBATE: It has always been argued that women earn less from sport because they do not generate the same money. Here are women who do: what are we waiting for? ...read
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will need to find his aggression again if he is to succeed in the Premier League - TACKLE KEOWN
Sportsmail columnist Martin Keown returned to answer more of your questions ahead of the weekend's Premier League fixtures. It has been a busy week in the Champions League too. ...read
STEPHEN GLOVER: The irony is, Cameron's obduracy on foreign aid proves the Tories are STILL the 'nasty' party
It is disturbing that officials and politicians from Third World countries receiving British aid should be buying up choice houses and flats in the richest parts of London, writes STEPHEN GLOVER. ...read
RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: Fleecing former customers for £5 a month seems a strange way for BT to try to win them back
Former BT customers must pay £5 a month to keep their email address active. There is a way round it though, says BT - signing up again! ...read
CRAIG BROWN: Feeling a bit shady? Pop on a Panama!
For the past decade, Russian president Vladimir Putin has taken his annual summer vacation to Panama, along with a number of other world leaders, reveals CRAIG BROWN. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: Trump and Cruz may both sound equally crazy but the scary thing about Ted is that he actually means it
Ted Cruz is very intelligent with far right principles. Trump is a businessman and I suspect everything he says is negotiable. Ask yourself: who is the more dangerous potential leader f right now? ...read
Holy face-off! Two men in tights and one burning question... Your cape or mine?
At least one thing – whether this is a Batman film or a Superman film – is swiftly resolved. It’s very much a Superman movie, a sequel to the excellent Zach Snyder-directed Man Of Steel. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Has the Financial Times declared war on Ukip?
Financial Times editor Lionel Barber, 61, boasts on Twitter that his paper’s weekend features Ukip leader Nigel Farage, adding: ‘Six pints, a bottle of wine and 2 glasses of port.’ ...read
SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Is that really you Demelza? Flame-haired Poldark star goes for low-key look while walking her dog
Eleanor Tomlinson has found a cunning way to keep a low profile off-screen: simply donning a pair of dark-rimmed glasses and a parka jacket allows her walk unnoticed in London. ...read
TOM UTLEY: Oh dear. Is the fact my wife was a bus driver the final proof I'm stupid?
An item in yesterday’s paper brought back a fond memory of my late mother, one winter evening in our London flat in the early Seventies, writes TOM UTLEY. ...read
I would love to tell you who the celebrity is, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN, but I don't fancy going to prison
Britain gave free speech to the world, but it is being rapidly eroded by unelected, unaccountable judges, egged on by newspaper-hating zealots, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Don't treat us like fools over Europe
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: David Cameron yesterday insisted that he makes ‘no apology’ for spending £9.3million of taxpayers’ money on this leaflet campaign. ...read
Barclays battles the bears: New boss must trim the international fat to create a world beating global bank, says ALEX BRUMMER
JES Staley is a chief executive in a hurry as he seeks to simplify the Barclays model and restore a languishing share price. ...read
STEPHEN GLOVER: The irony is, Cameron's obduracy on foreign aid proves the Tories are STILL the 'nasty' party
It is disturbing that officials and politicians from Third World countries receiving British aid should be buying up choice houses and flats in the richest parts of London, writes STEPHEN GLOVER. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: Trump and Cruz may both sound equally crazy but the scary thing about Ted is that he actually means it
Ted Cruz is very intelligent with far right principles. Trump is a businessman and I suspect everything he says is negotiable. Ask yourself: who is the more dangerous potential leader f right now? ...read
Amy Schumer says there’s nothing wrong with being plus-size but please don’t call her it. Now that’s a chubster who knows how to have her cake and eat it!
It’s pretty confusing to me why being lumped in with strong women like Adele and Melissa McCarthy in a special plus-size edition of Glamour magazine has managed to cause Amy Schumer such offence. ...read
The truth about David Cameron's incredible family wealth – and why, despite his fight against tax avoidance, it will always be his weak spot
The Prime Minister has always been aware that if voters knew the scale of his wealth, they would consider him incapable of relating to their daily struggles, writes ISABEL OAKESHOTT. ...read
MAX HASTINGS: No wonder people who pay tax are so sick of the spivvy elite
The revelations disclosed in the Panama Papers make a mockery of claims of ‘a just society’ and of the countless promises by governments of ‘a crackdown’ on tax avoidance. ...read
ANDREW PIERCE: EU vote means MPs get even MORE time off
By the time Parliament rises for the summer recess in July, MPs will have been at the Westminster coal face for just 147 days of the previous 12 months, writes ANDREW PIERCE. ...read
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: 150,000 reasons why the Government must act
Readers of The Mail on Sunday are quite right to object in their tens of thousands to the ring-fenced billions poured into aid by this country, and to demand a parliamentary debate ion the policy. ...read
Blusterer sagged at first - but was soon biffing back: QUENTIN LETTS watches Bojo demolish the mumbling Europhiles
Brexiteer Boris Johnson was quizzed about EU withdrawal by the Treasury select committee shortly before PMQs in London yesterday and responded rather well, writes QUENTIN LETTS. ...read
That's what you call a bumpy landing! Incredible images from the not-so-golden age of flight prove that our magnificent men in their flying machines weren't always so magnificent, writes ROBERT HARDMAN
These photographs were taken nearly 100 years ago, in the final stages of World War I, and have remained in private hands ever since — until today, when they will come up for auction at a sale in Kent. ...read
Pub quiz kings so brainy they were barred: So what happened when JANE FRYER joined their team for a tournament? Clue: They won't be inviting her back
Neither Nick Mepham, Norman Hughan nor Graham Deaves looks particularly daunting in the woolly-jumpered flesh. But collectively, they are the formidable pub quiz team Storming Norman. ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Oh, Becky, how you've let all your fans down
Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington (pictured) was loved for being ordinary girl. But her divorce after just 18-months of marriage has left us shocked, says AMANDA PLATELL ...read
Stars' designer arrested for fighting back against gang
Fashion designer Toby Mott has become the latest victim of our topsy-turvy legal system. The one-time struggling sculptor who became a millionaire overnight after designing bestselling slogan-bearing T-shirts was arrested after he rang the police to report being attacked near his flat in Notting Hill, West London. ...read
PETER MCKAY: Syria? It's turned into Operation Damp Squib
Remember how we were told a month ago that it was vital for the RAF to bomb Syria? Since MPs voted 397 to 223 in favour, there have been only three strike missions, writes PETER MCKAY. ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: The letter Facebook boss should have sent to his daughter
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has written an open letter to his baby daughter, Max. If he'd been more honest, this is the letter I believe he should have written, according to AMANDA PLATELL. ...read
ANDREW PIERCE: Bungler who thought he could be PM: Shapps thought his key role in Road Trip 2015 would catapult him to party leader
Grant Shapps privately believed his key role in Road Trip 2015 – the campaigning operation aimed at winning votes in marginal seats – would catapult him to party leader. ...read
Sinful? Yes but golly she cheered Britain up: As Cynthia Payne, the suburban brothel keeper who traded girls for Luncheon Vouchers, dies at 82, GEOFFREY LEVY pays tribute
Even for hard-bitten vice officers, the extraordinary scene greeting detectives raiding an austere-looking Edwardian house in the middle of the day came as a shock. ...read
Lecherous. Racist. But my friend Philip Larkin deserves his spot in Poets' Corner, says A.N. WILSON
Philip Larkin, who died 30 years ago this December, is to be commemorated in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey. In spite of all the controversy, he deserves his place, writes A.N. WILSON. ...read
Rise up against the tyranny of the safety Nazis: Persecuted people of Britain! You've had your lives ruined by petty, nonsensical 'safety' rules. Now a brilliant new book explodes the myths
TRACEY BROWN AND MICHAEL HANLON looks at the way in which the seemingly unanswerable interests of ‘safety and security’ are being used and abused. ...read
ANDREW ALEXANDER: Rebels, ploys and a matter of life and death
David Cameron is running out of ploys to make backbench Tories feel part of the Government machine. The whips are very worried — that is to say, those whips who are not already EU sceptics themselves. ...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
Obama jokes Jack Lew's loopy signature could 'debase our currency' as he makes him official pick for Treasury Secretary
‘Jack assures me that he is going to work to make at least one letter legible in order not to debase our currency should he be confirmed as secretary of the Treasury,’ Obama said, naming Lew as the man he wants to succeed Timothy Geithner. ...read
The sharpest tongue in the West: The waspish wit and elegant controversy of Gore Vidal
ROY HATTERSLEY: Gore Vidal was entitled to claim that he was the wittiest and most elegant writer of his time. And claim it he often did. For modesty was not his principal virtue. ...read
In my days as Tory party chairman, donor-gate could never have happened
The most worrying thing about the sorry tale of Peter Cruddas is that it is yet another example of a failure by the Conservative leadership to think things through, or to have any regard for the way in which things were managed in the past. ...read
Who says we get happier with age? I'm grumpier than ever - and proud of it!
Grumbling should never be well-mannered or under control. It should be full-blooded. It should be rampant, writes MICHAEL WINNER. ...read
JOHN KETTLEY: It may have been one of the mildest Novembers on record - but now prepare for snow
By November 24 last year most of the country was already frozen over, with widespread severe frosts, deep snowfall and travel chaos. ...read
Liverpool's Alberto Moreno should have been sent off for reckless lunge on Borussia Dortmund's Christian Pulisic
GRAHAM POLL: Liverpool defender Alberto Moreno should have been sent off for his reckless lunge in the second half on Borussia Dortmund's Christian Pulisic. ...read
David Gill has disagreement with National Game chairman Roger Burden over distribution of tickets for FA Cup final
CHARLES SALE: An unseemly spat between the two leading representatives for amateur and professional football broke out at the FA Council meeting over FA Cup final tickets. ...read
Southend goalkeeper Daniel Bentley is an imposing barrier who can organise his defence and is full of assurance
Our secret scout is a top football expert who attends matches each week searching for the next star. This week it's Southend's goalkeeper Daniel Bentley who gets the secret scout treatment. ...read
Anthony Joshua reminds me of Mike Tyson and I back him to stop Charles Martin in six rounds
EDDIE HEARN: The moment of truth is almost here for Anthony Joshua. There is so much anticipation for this fight, so many unanswered questions and so much to gain and lose. ...read
Nobody is advocating pay parity for women in club football. But the US women's team are exceptional, so isn't it time for a great leap forward?
MARTIN SAMUEL - THE DEBATE: It has always been argued that women earn less from sport because they do not generate the same money. Here are women who do: what are we waiting for? ...read
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will need to find his aggression again if he is to succeed in the Premier League - TACKLE KEOWN
Sportsmail columnist Martin Keown returned to answer more of your questions ahead of the weekend's Premier League fixtures. It has been a busy week in the Champions League too. ...read
Next season has already started at Chelsea and Manchester City but United's lack of ambition means they'll flounder again
MARTIN SAMUEL: Chelsea cannot offer Champions League football, but they can demonstrate a degree of stability. It is the same at Manchester City. And then there is Manchester United... ...read
As Jordan Spieth prepares to get down to business at the Masters, can the 22-year-old tame Augusta again?
DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: Only three players have managed to finish in the top four in all four majors in the same season - Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth ...read
Norwich fans don't need clappers to make a good atmosphere... they have become a bigger issue than half-and-half scarves
ADRIAN DURHAM: I saw Norwich beat Newcastle on Saturday, and what an incredible game it was. The atmosphere was excellent, but was that down to the clappers? I don't think so. ...read
England could go all the way at Euro 2016 by bringing Wayne Rooney off the bench with 20 minutes to go... while Claudio Ranieri deserves serious credit at Leicester
Martin 'Mad Dog' Allen returns with his latest column for Sportsmail. He discusses Wayne Rooney with England at Euro 2016 and reveals his admiration for the manager of Leicester, Claudio Ranieri. ...read
F1 should turn drivers against team-mates in qualifying while the late Alan Henry was given deserved send-off... and documentary about Wolfgang von Trips to be released
JONATHAN McEVOY: Whether it is meant as such or not, Formula One's extraordinary squabbling over qualifying is a PR masterstroke. ...read
England's character is there for all to see despite World Twenty20 final heartbreak
NASSER HUSSAIN IN KOLKATA: Anyone who was here witnessed one of the great T20 matches.The final was won, it was lost, then won, then lost. No side really deserved to lose it. ...read
Wes Morgan sums up fabulous Leicester and his contribution at both ends of the pitch is key
JAMIE REDKNAPP: I’m a big fan of Wes Morgan — he has epitomised the whole story at Leicester. I wonder how many managers have looked at him over the years and decided not to sign him. ...read
Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid in the Champions League Final would be a fitting finish to football's most famous competition
GRAHAM HUNTER - EUROVIEW: The European Cup was 45 years old before two teams from the same nation qualified for the final. Of course, they were Spaniards. ...read
Steve Cram wins the gold medal for self-serving, nauseating sycophancy
OLIVER HOLT: Whatever else comes along in 2016, nothing is going to beat Steve Cram’s doe-eyed, anodyne, unoriginal, buddy-buddy apology for journalism that was his interview with the new IAAF president. ...read
Lionel Messi's 73 goals in 2011-12, Gerd Muller's 67 in 1972-73 and Dixie Dean's 63 in 1927-28 might be safe... but can Luis Suarez join the 60-goal club this season?
KIERAN GILL - THE NUMBERS GAME: Barcelona have not lost this season when Luis Suarez has scored. With 43 goals this campaign Suarez is primed to add to his tally in El Clasico. ...read
Aston Villa's players are a disgrace... you would not sign any of them
JAMIE CARRAGHER: The Derby County side of 2007-08 set the benchmark for the worst we have seen but, with seven games to go, Aston Villa are in danger of wrestling that tag away from them. ...read
T20 cricket is about individual brilliance but it's still a team game... and I found a bar in Delhi that reminds me of Accrington
BUMBLE AT THE WORLD T20: David Lloyd gives Sportsmail his thoughts ahead of England's World T20 final against West Indies at Eden Gardens on Sunday. ...read
ITV's The Snooker Mavericks reminded us of golden age when Alex Higgins and Jimmy White were 'people's champions'
MARK WEBSTER: This engaging little programme did was to remind us of what we’ve been missing in the sport of snooker. It's a much duller place without the likes of Higgins and White. ...read
HOT OR NOT: Virat Kohli isn't far behind Sachin Tendulkar but Memphis Depay put in an utterly dismal display against England
It's Hot or Not time again as IAN LADYMAN reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold. John Terry, Arnold Palmer, Mark Robinson and Martin Demichelis all feature. ...read
New Zealand's all-star production line sees no end as Steve Hansen senses the hunger around him to extend the All Black dynasty
CHRIS FOY - WORLD OF RUGBY: Those who value sport's unpredictable ebb and flow should look away now. The stark fact is that New Zealand are showing no signs at all of relaxing their rugby stranglehold. ...read
Nick Blackwell’s injury will give anti-boxing brigade ammo, but the sport does more good than harm for troubled youngsters
JEFF POWELL'S BOXING COLUMN: The argument comes down to freedom of choice and prize fighter boxers, who are well aware of the risks they take, are as entitled to that as any of us. ...read
Hey, hey it's the (moonlighting) MONKEY! Alex Turner brings his serious talent to The Last Shadow Puppets' second album
It’s getting harder to become a proper rock star. If you were to make a list, there might not be many names under 60. But one place would have to be reserved for a man who is just 30: Alex Turner. ...read
England should not assume that two wins in their final two games will be enough for them to reach the World T20 semi-finals
LAWRENCE BOOTH: Depending on how results fall at the World Twenty20 in India over the next few days, England could be heading for the exit should they not improve their net run-rate. ...read
England have the team and the coach to rule the world after Grand Slam glory
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: The exciting thing is that I am more convinced than ever that England have the players, and now the coach, to become world-beaters again. ...read
England Grand Slam victory feels so sweet after World Cup debacle as Eddie Jones' side are made to dig deep by France
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: History has always told us that no matter how good a team you are, Grand Slams rarely come easy and we saw that again in Paris on Saturday night with this England team. ...read
Cheltenham-bound Victoria Pendleton is racing's own version of Jamie Vardy
PETER SCUDAMORE: Alan Hill, husband of trainer Lawney Hill, has been tutoring Victoria Pendleton since her switch to racing. He says... nearest thing to her story is Jamie Vardy. ...read
LIAM RIDGEWELL: Walking onto the pitch with Kaka was a real privilege but I'm not sure he understood me
Portland Timbers defender Liam Ridgewell writes his second column for Sportsmail with the 2015 Major League Soccer season well under way in the United States. ...read
MICHAEL BISPING: Anderson Silva was very condescending at the open workout, but he’ll soon find out I’m not messing around next week
We had our open workouts in Los Angeles last week when I came face to face with Anderson Silva. I was walking by and said hello and wished him luck for London but he was very condescending. ...read
Lynsey Hipgrave right to confront abusers after BT Sport presenter received shocking sexist abuse on Twitter
NEIL ASHTON: Perhaps the most worrying aspect of Lynsey Hipgrave’s brush with Twitter this week is that she should have regrets about highlighting the sexist abuse on her timeline. ...read
Johanna Konta must focus on Anqelique Kerber's weak serve and not her own bid to make history to reach Australian Open final
BRAD GILBERT: The attention on Jo Konta will only multiply if she takes what I think is a realistic opportunity to beat Angelique Kerber and make the Australian Open final. ...read
Swansea City make £7.8million move for Chievo forward Alberto Paloschi
TRANSFER COLUMN: Swansea have made an offer for Chievo forward Alberto Paloschi. He has scored eight goals this season and has been monitored by Swansea over recent months. ...read
Chris Mears ramps up the hard work for biggest year of his life at Rio 2016 Olympics
CHRIS MEARS - ROAD TO RIO: I’ve not made any New Year’s resolutions, I feel pretty on top of everything at the moment so I’m just going to carry on what I’m doing because I think I’m on to a winner. ...read
Jimmy Hill was a player, activist, manager, chairman, referee and pundit, but above all an innovator... he transformed the game and that's how he should be remembered
PATRICK COLLINS: When his massive contribution has been adequately assessed, Jimmy Hill will be seen as one of the most significant figures in the modern history of British football. ...read
SAM BURGESS: I couldn't do anything right. I was fighting a losing battle playing rugby union in England... my heart just isn't in it
EXCLUSIVE: My decision to leave Bath and move back to Australia was for personal reasons, but it was also because I wanted to spend the rest of my career playing the game that’s in my heart. ...read
Paul Nicholls: If I had a bag of carrots I would save the last for Kauto Star
I have trained some wonderful horses but Kauto Star was extra special – probably the most important horse in my life. He was also a mate. ...read
I'm sorry Mo Farah, there are no excuses for missing two drugs tests
DALEY THOMPSON: Who misses two drugs tests? Two? I know it must be a real pain to have to give your whereabouts for an hour every day but it’s your job. It’s simple: it’s your life, your career. Everything. ...read
Royal Ascot Day Five Tips: Brazen Beau worth a peep to fly Aussie flag in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes
The Aussie cricketers have arrived on our shores to defend the Ashes and fellow antipodeans BRAZEN BEAU (Ascot, 4.20) and Wandjina will be bidding to knock their rivals for six. ...read
Manchester United set to make £30m bid for Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema after Gareth Bale declares he's staying in Spain
ROB SHEPHERD'S FOOTBALL GRAPEVINE: Rafa Benitez would want to keep Karim Benzema in his squad but it seems the club are ready to cash in on the Frenchman to bolster their transfer funds. ...read
Andrew Strauss says Kevin Pietersen and ECB lack trust... but still the cricketing world has to read between the lines as we are denied a full, proper explanation
PAUL NEWMAN: The wait goes on. Still the public are denied a full, proper explanation as to why the leading runscorer in England's history in Kevin Pietersen will never play international cricket again. ...read
John Carver might be a true Geordie but he is out of his depth in the Newcastle job
MARTIN KEOWN: John Carver would have us believe he’s the best coach in the Barclays Premier League. Right now he is showing none of the qualities associated with being a top coach. ...read
I have never voted for Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho as Premier League Manager of the Month - and it's a compliment to him
LAURA WILLIAMSON: I have never voted for Jose Mourinho as Barclays Manager of the Month. His sides are very, very good, so the bar is set very high for an 'exceptional' sequence of results. ...read
Ticking off his bucket list is AP McCoy's next hurdle...but it won't include a ringside seat to Mayweather versus Pacquiao
MARCUS TOWNEND: It was a simple slip of the tongue, instantly corrected minutes after his last ever ride at Sandown on Saturday. It was also the moment he realised he was an ex-jockey. ...read
Stoke are playing better football under Mark Hughes and are being ignored, they deserve more credit and exposure for their results
MICHAEL DUBERRY: Stoke were hated under Tony Pulis, but having improved in all areas under mark Hughes they are being overlooked ...read
Super Bowl puts on a stunning show for the fans even if they don't like the game... it engulfs an entire city and we must try and do this back home for the FA Cup final
VERNON KAY: The way that the NFL builds a city around an American football event is phenomenal. Imagine if we could make a bigger spectacle out of the FA Cup final. ...read
SEBASTIEN BASSONG: It was hard falling out of favour at Norwich but I've found my touch again at Watford... and Cameroon's World Cup was an 'embarrassment'
In his second appearance in the Footballers’ Football Column, Sebastien Bassong talks about last season at Norwich, Cameroon’s terrible World Cup and his hopes for the future. ...read
GEORGE NORTH: I can't wait to face the New Zealand haka... if players can't handle it, they're in the wrong sport
The Northampton wing and Sportsmail columnist gives his views on Wales' showdown with 'the world's best team' New Zealand at the Millenium Stadium on Saturday. ...read
NICO ROSBERG COLUMN: I need some help from Lewis Hamilton in Abu Dhabi to win the F1 title… and I am going to push him as hard as I can
Lewis Hamilton has been making some mistakes recently, he spun in Brazil for instance, so maybe there is a chance that he will help me out and that is what I am looking for. ...read
Steven Gerrard is the real deal and Liverpool HAVE to give the best player in their history a new contract
During the summer, it was intimated Steven Gerrard signing a new deal was a formality but, two and a half months on, there is an element of uncertainty starting to swirl around. ...read
STEVEN GERRARD: Wayne Rooney's passion and talent make him perfect to lead England
Wayne Rooney is a natural leader. Aside from being a top player, Wayne is passionate about representing his country and won’t be fazed by the responsibility. ...read
Everton striker Chris Long could force his way into Roberto Martinez's plans as Spaniard gives youth a chance
Roberto Martinez has been left scratching his head by Everton's pre-season form but one shining ray of light has been the emergence of 19-year-old striker Chris Long. ...read
Tom Daley believes English divers such as Matt Dixon have a great future
Tom Daley has backed the next generation of English divers to follow in his golden wake, picking out ‘mini me’ Matt Dixon as a special talent to keep an eye on. ...read
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says he's finished his summer spending as he vows to let the youngsters have their chance
After signing Cesc Fabregas, Diego Costa and Felipe Luis Jose Mourinho says there will be no more additions this summer as he insists he will give his U-21 stars a chance to get into the team and develop. ...read
James Rodriguez to sign for Real Madrid in £60m deal with World Cup Golden Boot winner's arrival sparking Premier League rush for La Liga giant's stars
The star of the 2014 World Cup, James Rodriguez, will sign for Real Madrid this Wednesday for £60million in a transfer that will push several players towards the Premier League. ...read
Gus Poyet confident of signing Fabio Borini for £14million, with Sunderland boss willing to fly Liverpool forward back from America
Sunderland manager Gus Poyet is still confident he will land Fabio Borini in a £14million deal, despite the striker boarding the flight to Liverpool's tour to the States. ...read
James Rodriguez's volley, Arturo Vidal's crazy hair and Danny Murphy's jumper... it's time for Rio Ferdinand's World Cup awards!
James Rodriguez's superb volley, Arturo Vidal's crazy hair and Danny Murphy's jumper have been just a few of the stand-out moments of the 2014 World Cup, but what else? ...read
Germany 1-0 France PLAYER RATINGS: Veterans Bastian Schweinsteiger and Philipp Lahm prove solid as Joachim Low's men earn place in World Cup semi-final
Germany saw off France in a dramatic World Cup quarter-final to book their place in the final four. ...read
Susie Wolff 'massively disappointed' after lasting only four laps on full F1 debut
Susie Wolff has expressed her disappointment at completing only four laps on her full Formula One debut. ...read
Andy Murray is moving in one direction as Wimbledon hero feeds off his star treatment
MIKE DICKSON: Andy Murray knew things had changed a week ago when he walked out on Centre Court to the kind of pop star reception not witnessed since the exceptional days of the London 2012 tennis event. ...read
Richard Schaefer leaves Golden Boy promotions after 14 years as CEO
MARTIN DOMIN: Richard Schaefer has announced his decision to leave the world’s biggest boxing promotional company, Golden Boy. ...read
JOHNNY NELSON: George Groves and Carl Froch are like two lovers... all they can think about is the other - they consume each other's lives
I’ve never really given George Groves the credit he deserves. I didn’t before he fought James DeGale and when you look at the development of both fighters since then, Groves has come on tenfold in terms of his confidence and self-belief. When he boxed Carl Froch last year, I thought he had no chance but he shocked everybody. ...read
Ben Kay's big moments from the game: Care's stunning start blew Wales away, Gatland's men couldn't catch up
Danny Care showed confidence and cheek to get the first try, catching Wales off guard when back pedalling in defence. His buzz is infectious. Long may it last. ...read
GARY NEVILLE: City remind me of United's title winners... watching them beat Tottenham gave me a sinking feeling in my stomach
At the end of last season, many people in English football were talking about the potential of Spanish and German clubs to dominate the Champions League in the future. On the back of a poor season for English clubs in that tournament, the dominance of Bayern Munich and the impact of Borussia Dortmund, it might have seemed as though the Premier League was being left behind. ...read
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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
JAMES ANDERSON: We let our captain down, now none of us knows if we'll play for England again
I am not privy to the plans of England’s management, coaches and selectors but to me, our 5-0 defeat in Australia feels like the end of one era and the beginning of a new one. ...read
Australia 7-0 England: Morgan scores a century but Cook's tourists STILL can't win as Aussies sniff 13-0 tour annihilation - England are absolutely... 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 - AGAIN - to be handed the dubious honour... ...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
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
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
DES KELLY: Well, nothing lasts forever... it's been a blast! Sportsmail's brilliant columnist bows out after almost a decade at the top
It's time to bid you a fond farewell. This is my final column for Sportsmail. It has been an absolute privilege and an honour to be allowed to sound off on this page without compromise. ...read
Andy Townsend: It's a nerve-wracking experience being behind to a minnow, but that's where you see real character
I know exactly how those Aston Villa boys will be feeling as they line up in the tunnel before tonight’s game. Nervous, excited... it might have been almost two decades ago, but the situation I faced in 1994 was uncannily similar. And the feelings of the players won’t have changed. ...read
EXCLUSIVE: After being criticised in these pages by Martin Samuel, the QPR manager responds in his own words... 'I'm angry, the whole club's angry, so now WE MUST WIN
MARK HUGHES: Make no mistake, Saturday's game with Southampton is massive for both sides and a potential launch pad for us in the Premier League. ...read
THE INSIDER: Carroll holds up Liverpool bid for Llorente as Sunderland eye loan move for Rose
Simon Jones is Sportsmail's man on the inside of all the major transfer moves this summer. Don't miss your daily Insider instalment here for Thursday, August 30. ...read
Clinton McKenzie: A pay day, but no pride for Britain as Haye's downfall is complete
In 2010, David Haye was heralded as the ‘Lord of the Ring’ by Sky Sports. It seemed he was the answer to all the ills of British boxing. So how has it come to this? ...read
BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Tom’s in deep as a bad boy — again!
Tom Burke, who played ‘bad boy’ Dolokhov in BBC TV’s midwinter monster hit War & Peace, will be playing another not-so-dashing lover at the National Theatre this summer. ...read
A love that's survived little dalliances - by him AND her: ALISON BOSHOFF examines how Edward Fox was persuaded there is no point hoping for a faithful happy ever after
Edward Fox, 78, is a bohemian eccentric who holds a selection of rather startling views, particularly when it comes to relations between the sexes, writes ALISON BOSHOFF. ...read
JACI STEPHEN: My wedding of the week? Tom and Rob, of course!
Hosted by comedian and actor Rob Brydon, One Big Night was a 90-minute treat of sublime vocal talent and sharp wit – a bit like The X Factor used to be before it tore out its own innards. ...read
Sorry it's only me! William apologies to Malta as Kate forced to stay at home
He may be a future king but he’s certainly not as glamorous as his wife – and yesterday Prince William clearly felt the need to apologise on a visit to Malta. ...read
JAN MOIR: The lunacy of YOU having to pay for a granny's triplets
JAN MOIR: Sharon Cutts, 55, from Boston in Lincolnshire, is the grandmother who has just become Britain’s oldest mother of triplets. But who is going to provide for these miracle children? ...read
BEL MOONEY: I've lost my job and falt - is my life over before I turn 40?
This week, BEL MOONEY advises a man who feels his life is over before he turns 40 after he had a breakdown at work and then lost his case at an employment tribunal. ...read
LIZ JONES: Loathe Uggs? You should have seen my brown velvet hot pants
Liz Jones, inspired by an outpouring of hatred for Uggs, has written about some of her fashion faux-pas over the years. ...read
Why do jobsworths just love to pick on frazzled mums? Lorraine Candy meets two unhelpful officials who refuse to give parents a break
Lorraine was irritated by an unhelpful parking attendant. She was having a stressful day with her poorly four-year-old. She asks why officials have to make life difficult for busy parents. ...read
My husband’s faking passion in bed: Rowan Pelling advises on a sexual dilemma
This lady's husband told her he never wants to have sex again. She is disappointed, and was shocked when he told her. Rowan advises talking sensitively to him - and being honest. ...read
I'm so lucky to be here. But there'll always be anger that the doctors missed my cancer: As he's rushed back to hospital, dying cancer boy whose appeal raised £3.2m reveals the blunders that haunt him
Stephen Sutton (pictured and with his mother Jane inset) doesn’t believe in miracles. Or at least, he didn’t. ‘I am so lucky and so fortunate to be here,' he tells REBECCA HARDY. ...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
ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Why I'm mad about the midi skirt
Demure but sexy, grown-up yet on-trend, the midi is a style to suit all women. ...read
ASK THE DOCTOR: Why is my dad suddenly sleepy during the day?
Dr Scurr says this may be because older people don't sleep as well at night as they used to, but it can also be an effect of medications prescribed. ...read
DR ELLIE CANNON: Stone me! Do I need a gall bladder at 82?
The Mail on Sunday's GP discusses gallstones, itchy scalps, Prunella Scales and Timothy West opening up about dementia - and Chloe Madeley's punishing fitness regime in this week's column. ...read
Jane Clarke on braces: Blend in well for easy eating
Every Tuesday, Britain's leading nutritionist explains how to eat your way to health. This week Jane tackles braces and malted brown bread. ...read
RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: Fleecing former customers for £5 a month seems a strange way for BT to try to win them back
Former BT customers must pay £5 a month to keep their email address active. There is a way round it though, says BT - signing up again! ...read
ASK TONY: Debenhams ruined my £750 handbag and now they won't pay me enough to replace it
On December 3, an assistant in my local Debenhams dropped a large bottle of foundation, which smashed, damaging two bags I had with me. ...read
DAN HYDE: Beware the state pension lottery... it could take some time before the real winners and losers emerge
It's been five years in the making, but the wait is over: Britain has a new state pension. It marks the biggest change in a generation to the way this country looks after older people. ...read
'I'm a nurse in the 40% tax bracket - am I getting too little pension tax relief?': Our retirement Agony Uncle Steve Webb answers your questions
This week, our retirement Agony Uncle Steve Webb answers a nurse who is already drawing an NHS pension, but has returned to work part time and started paying into a new pension fund. ...read
SIMON WATKINS: It's time to show our mettle on steel as Chinese imports create a British crisis
British politicians cannot argue that Port Talbot must be allowed to close because it is the ‘free-market’ thing to do. ...read
SALLY HAMILTON: It's a crime against savers as 4,200 rate cuts are made since 2012 - perhaps Inspector Maigret should investigate...
The skills required in finding the best home for savings are worthy of Maigret, the fictional Parisian police inspector famed for his meticulous detective work. ...read
TONY HETHERINGTON: Blunders by the HMRC cost me £10 a day in fines
When I submitted a self-assessment tax return for the first time, I made the genuine mistake of declaring that I had a police pension, but not the amount. ...read
SIMON LAMBERT: Hurry, you only have days to get a 0.25% rate... the best you can hope for this year is the least worst Isa
If you thought last year’s Isa season was bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet. This year’s cash Isas are almost beyond parody. ...read
JON REES: The Chancellor has been horribly constrained by restrictions of his own making
MPs approved the Budget last week only after George Osborne was forced to shelve planned cuts to disability benefits. Osborne's original Budget led to the resignation of Iain Duncan Smith. ...read
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: The Met Chief is out of line for suggesting that customers, NOT BANKS!, should take the rap for online fraud
Sir Bernard’s remark that the current banking system ‘rewards bad behaviour’ is so far off the mark, his dart doesn’t even hit the board. It is the UK’s banks that need to make internet banking safe and secure. ...read
Biography: Richard Browning, This is Money
Richard Browning is This is Money's Development Editor and author of How to Survive the Credit Crunch. ...read
REBECCA RUTT: 80% of us don't claim when our train is delayed - but I've got a simple solution
If I had a pound for every time I’ve been delayed on a train across the UK I would be a very rich woman. The same can't be said for the times I’ve actually claimed for said delayed trains. ...read
Why politicians and bosses are terrified of YOU: A final Last Word from Money Mail's departing editor JAMES CONEY
In his final column as the newspaper's Money Mail editor, James Coney reveals why he believes it is readers who hold the key to keeping our financial giants and authorities in check. ...read
MARC SHOFFMAN: Should we be worried about the 'institutionalisation' of crowdfunding and peer-to-peer?
Small businesses and individuals are flocking to the crowd to get projects or enterprises funded. But now big financial companies are muscling in. Is it all about to get too corporate? ...read
LEE BOYCE: Huge losses from fraud continue to plague current account customers – treat all e-mails, phonecalls and texts from banks with caution
More of us are using technology to bank - and fraud is surging. This week, we reported on a case where Santander won't refund one victim £22,700. ...read
LAURA WHITCOMBE: I didn't find inner peace doing my tax return before 31 Jan - HMRC gave me the wrong advice and I nearly overpaid my student loan
Inner peace. That's what HMRC is promising if you complete your tax return and by January 31. Well guess what? I just completed mine and have I found inner peace? Fat chance. ...read
Bringing the Miami heat! Bethenny Frankel, 45, shows off her fit figure in strapless bikini as she enjoys her Florida beach vacation
The 45-year-old reality star looked to be in the best shape of her life as she walked on the beach. The Real Housewives Of New York vet had on a strapless bikini ...read
DOGBERRY: Barclays boss Jes Staley calls £200m loss on Italian bank branches a 're-shaping' of company
Constable Dogberry in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing mangles every word he utters - and so do many business leaders. We put the worst offenders in the dock. ...read
How to avoid a banking nightmare: Your rights, fraud and how to complain when things go wrong
Bank accounts are something most of us rely on every day but what happens when things go wrong? This is Money looks at your rights, fraud and how to complain. ...read
SAM DUNN: Leasehold is a lucrative way to stop people owning their home outright - it's time for a crackdown
There simply isn’t enough protection in place for leaseholders, despite the sterling work of the Leasehold Advisory Service. ...read
Don't miss out on FREE money... £4.5bn in loyalty points that could be spent on flights, holidays or days out lies unclaimed
Billions of pounds worth of retail loyalty points that could be spent on flights, holidays, days out or groceries are sitting idle on forgotten cards in wallets and purses. ...read
SMALL BUSINESS BLOG: George Osborne side-stepped the elephant in the room for small retailers in his Budget - business rates, says Financial Mail's Vicki Owen
Amid the excitement and apprehension over George Osborne’s Budget last week, one barrier to the growth potential of businesses in Britain was overlooked: our antiquated business rates system. ...read
ED MONK: Do landlords really have a tax advantage? Yes and no - Will it be removed? No chance
Not everyone agrees there is a true advantage for landlords. That's because in another important way landlords pay more than the rest of us. ...read
ALISON KENNEDY INTERVIEW: Standard Life Investment's quiet Scot making a big noise over pay
Alison Kennedy caused a stir when she stood up at Barclays' annual general meeting in April and announced Standard Life would vote to reject its pay policy. ...read
MARKET REPORT: Halfords punctured by broker downgrade for European retailers
After a recent strong run helped by interest in the Tour de France’s visit to Britain, some cautious broker comment caused the chain to come off for bicycle and car parts retailer Halfords. ...read
Can this trick really give you an extra £1,600-a-year of pension? Workers on brink of retirement could boost pots by putting off state pension
Spending your whole pension pot in the space of a few years while deferring your state pension could help people squeeze an extra £1,600-a-year out of your retirement pot. ...read
Customers due compensation for mis-sold card protection must act now as they have two weeks left to file claims averaging £188
Seven million people targeted with these policies were sent compensation claims forms in February by their bank or credit card company. But many have yet to respond. ...read
Savers handed new tax-efficient way to get at their pension pots as officials flesh out upcoming retirement freedoms
People in work pensions are to be given a new tax-efficient option to take lump sums out of their savings pots when they wish as they approach retirement. ...read
Money Morals: Is a Lidl store's ten minute free parking with a £90 fine if you overstay and don't buy anything fair?
Anyone who doesn't buy something in the shop gets hit with a £90 fine if they stray over. Is this fair? Have your say in out latest Money Moral. ...read
Blow to drivers as AA warns whiplash law will push up the price of insurance premiums
Insurers started to cut prices after the Government unveiled measures to reduce fraudulent whiplash claims but premium falls may rise again unless tougher measures are brought in. ...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
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
DAN ATKINSON: Downturns may have prevented bust
Gordon Brown was committed to ending the cycle of ‘boom and bust’. Perhaps one or two small downturns may have saved us from the very large one that started in 2008. ...read
LISA BUCKINGHAM: Time to take a long hard look at the predatory payday loan gang
The OFT is about to write to the 50 largest payday lenders to point out where it thinks they may be falling short, but such moves are not enough. ...read
A final farewell: Three million readers helped us build up a website that's making a difference
Much has changed since I was made Editor of This is Money seven years ago. These seismic financial times help to explain a rise in readership from 300,000 to 3m. ...read
Barclays carries on regardless
Barclays' rewards appear all the more farcical because it was ex-boss John Varley who spearheaded the much-trumpeted Merlin deal, writes Lucy Farndon ...read
BLACK DOG: New BBC star is Edstone twerp
The BBC’s favourite new Leftie economic pundit, Torsten Henricson-Bell of the Resolution Foundation think-tank is the twerp who dreamed up Ed Miliband’s daft ‘Edstone’. ...read
RACHEL JOHNSON: Don't ditch Vernon for something so silly as sexting, Tess - or we'll all have to get divorced!
I’m not condoning or excusing what Kay did. It was an act of emotional betrayal and a humiliation of his wife. And it could have gone even further. But I understand it, writes RACHEL JOHNSON. ...read
PETER HITCHENS: Privatisation! Free trade! Shares for all! The great con that ruined Britain
I am so sorry now that I fell for the great Thatcher-Reagan promise. I believed all that stuff about privatisation and free trade and the unrestrained market, writes PETER HITCHENS. ...read
LIZ JONES: Like JK, I've survived rejection... even on my wedding night
When writing under the pen name Robert Galbraith, J. K. Rowling received letters suggesting she enrol on a writing course, . She published the rejection letters on Twitter. ...read
JAMES FORSYTH: It's Dave's summer barbecue - with Labour on the grill
The Opposition are in the middle of the most disastrous leadership contest . Tories can barely contain their glee that the shock new frontrunner is Jeremy Corbyn, writes JAMES FORSYTH. ...read
BEAUTY CLINIC: First aid for super sensitive complexion
I am in my early 20s and have super sensitive skin on my face, which gets very dry and prone to flake. I never wear make-up so do I need to use a cleanser or would water and moisturiser be OK? ...read
LIZ JONES'S DIARY: In which the argument with his ex continues…
I really am fed up with people thinking I’m a bad person. I am not. I’ve never taken a penny from a man, or asked a man for help. I love the way these women abuse me online and sleep with my husband. ...read
HEALTH: Waist-whittling wisdom
‘Menopause is not friendly to the waistline,' according to gynaecologist Dr Rebecca Booth, author of The Venus Week, which advises on managing hormonal shifts. ...read
HOROSCOPES: Aries, don't just wait for it to happen
The New Moon in your sign promises a new start but that doesn’t mean you should just sit back and let it happen. ...read
ASK ZELDA: Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your questions
Over the years I have barely mentioned her affair but when I have she still refuses to talk about it. Now, I think about it nearly every day and am desperate to know who the other man was. ...read
BEAUTY BUZZ: Curl power
James Galvin has designed a Cuts for Curls menu with options for ringlets, bouncy waves and more choppy styles. ...read
Mimi Spencer's fabulous 5:2 beach diet: Super-simple fridge gazpacho
As fine a summer soup as you could imagine. It matters that the tomatoes are ripe and flavourful. It matters that you eat this fresh from the fridge. After that, nothing else matters at all. ...read
Abandon ship! Moyes and his men are sinking without trace so don't let them take you down too... and prepare for 'aerial playmaker' Carroll's return
FANTASY FRIDAY: Welcome to Sportsmail's weekly Fantasy Football column which will try to help you get the edge on your friends, family and Jamie Redknapp. ...read
Want a snapshot of our latest pet fear? Watch a Hollywood blockbuster...
We are once again dogged by existential problems the like of which we haven’t experienced since the postwar nuclear age, writes CHRIS DEERIN. ...read
SARAH VINE: Proof our trendy elite will NEVER understand real families
Two years ago, with much fanfare, Nick Clegg announced his flagship policy of shared parental leave but just one per cent of fathers have taken up Mr Clegg's idea in its first year, writes SARAH VINE. ...read
Edible bonsai trees, quince jelly watering cans, and a military construction made of chocolate girders replaced the Birds Eye custard on Bake Off Crème De La Crème, by JIM SHELLEY
As for the main dish the contestants were tasked with creating, to paraphrase Mr. Spock it was trifle but not as we know it. ...read
DOMINIC LAWSON: Dave's PR campaign to make Tories look caring is causing untold misery
There are two sorts of politician. Those who want to do the right thing — and those who want to be seen to be doing the right thing. In the modern era, image has become more vital to politicians than anything. ...read
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Why I can now herd sheep across London Bridge and walk around with a sword drawn
For the likes of Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher and Benjamin Disraeli, becoming an Honorary Freeman was a way for the Square Mile to pay its highest possible tribute. ...read
MICHAEL BURLEIGH: The EU’s migrant €6bn deal with Turkey’s despot isn’t just shabby – it’s terrifying
Fifty-six thousand migrants have arrived in Greece so far this year, courtesy of Turkish smugglers, and corrupt police who collude with them, writes MICHAEL BURLEIGH. ...read
Boss who's an old hand at the dark arts of PR: Like her heroine Elizabeth I, British business chief possesses striking copper hair and a deft political touch
Once asked to name her favourite historical figure, British Chambers of Commerce president Nora Senior named Elizabeth I, describing her as ‘a most able politician, passionate about her people.’ ...read
Why children born now have less chance of bettering their lives than those born in 1946: That's the irrefutable - and devastating - conclusion of a 70-year study that shames our political elite
No survey has ever cast a more unsparing light on the realities of class and health in Britain, or had a profound impact on the way we live now, than a study of British babies conducted in 1946. ...read
Is Osborne just a Labour Chancellor in disguise? Top economist says George is hammering the middle classes on pensions, buy-to-lets and stamp duty
Under this particular ‘Conservative’ Chancellor, such things are easier said than done, writes MARK LITTLEWOOD, who says George Osborne may be the least Tory Chancellor for generations. ...read
How Labour has turned London into a foreign city: Fewer than half our capital's population are white British, gangsters from Somalia terrorise the suburbs and even the tramps are immigrants
Fewer than half our capital's population are white British, gangsters from Somalia terrorise the suburbs and even the tramps are immigrants, writes HARRIET SERGEANT. ...read
UK does more than rest of EU put together: JAMES SLACK's analysis of the millions Britain gives in aid
David Cameron’s critics overlook one ineluctable fact: Britain is providing more aid to Syrians in crisis than most other countries in Europe combined, writes JAMES SLACK. ...read
Why does Dave revere brassy women? The PM loves making glamorous women tsars to fix everything from trade to teaching. But why do they have to be so brash?
We are told that 43-year-old Michelle Mone will travel the country looking into the barriers that disadvantaged young people face in setting up their own companies, writes MELISSA KITE. ...read
Goodbye to the man who could never admit he got it all wrong: SIMON HEFFER on how Ed Balls never shed his reputation for slipperiness and political thuggery
He was one of the architects of Labour’s economic policy that helped engineer the worst crash since 1931, with public debt doubling and the stock market plunging, writes SIMON HEFFER. ...read
PICTURED: Horrific moment a car is written off trapping the driver inside after smashing into the back of an ambulance on the way to a call-out and pushing it into a tree
The sedan driver, who pushed the ambulance off the road and into a tree in Alice Springs, had to be cut out of his car over several hours before he could be rushed to hospital for treatment. ...read
Tamara Ecclestone's ex-lover arrested over claim he stole her gems and tried to sell them
Businessman Omar Khyami, 40, whose two-and-a-half year relationship with the socialite ended in acrimony in 2012, was detained after theft allegations were made to police this week. ...read
I’ll stand against Salmond in the Scottish Parliament over NHS 'lies' says Gordon Brown
The former PM said: ‘If he continues to peddle this deception then I will want to join Johann Lamont in fighting him and securing the return of a Labour Government as quickly as possible.’ ...read
Greece, glorious Greece: Finding family holiday heaven on Halkidiki's 'middle finger'
Sithonia, the so-called middle finger of the peninsulas which hang down from the northern Greek mainland, is an ideal place for a family break, as Jack Doyle discovers. ...read
The pretty perfection of Palm Springs: Charlize, Sinatra and the timeless sophistication of California's desert classic
It is the corner of California that has long lured the stars - from aces of the tennis court to cinematic greats. Glenys Roberts finds a car and goes east to Palm Springs. ...read
Ministers reject food banks' 20million meals figure: Charities in row with Government after it emerges half of meals are handed out to good causes such as lunch clubs
Sources close to Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith have disputed the charities’ figures, which claim 500,000 children are not receiving an acceptable diet. ...read
A living bereavement: When ESTHER RANTZEN spoke up for couples denied access to their grandchildren, she triggered a flood of heart rending stories revealing the agony of family breakdown's forgotten victims
Being told she could never her toddler grandson again, would leave Esther heartbroken. Yet Jane and Mark Jackson (pictured) have not seen their granddaughter for seven years. ...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
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
'Gordon the Gopher could've done a better job!' Phil and Holly's funeral coverage falls flat for ITV and Sky's man gets a handbagging
Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby were out of their depth while covering Baroness Thatcher's funeral, says PAUL CONNOLLY - but Sky News's Tom Parmenter fared even worse. ...read
On the 20th anniversary of the first mobile phone text message... How texting made history but ruined our language- and plenty of marriages!
DAVID THOMAS: The average Briton now sends around 50 texts a week and is more likely to text friends and family than talk to them. Here are some of the most outrageous, newsworthy, moving and shocking texts from the past two decades. ...read
Wake up, America! Justice must be done for Trayvon Martin
LINDSAY JOHNS: Every American should be incensed and repulsed by the shocking case of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed teenager slain by a neighbourhood watchman. ...read
The tragedy of children condemned with drug addict parents
ANNA SMITH: We cannot begin to imagine the final hours of little Declan Hainey. How many more have to die before the policy is changed not to give drug addict parents their children? ...read
The Liberal Democrats, with or without Dr Cable at the helm, would steer us onto the rocks
DR ROBERT LEFEVER: Dr Cable should resign from his Cabinet post, standing for the leadership and then returning to the position that he occupied before ...read
Damian Green is dragging the dysfunctional student visa system into the daylight. About time too.
JANICE ATKINSON-SMALL: Listening to the BBC's grilling of Damian Green, one would think HE was the one here on an illegal visa. ...read
Keeping debt problems secret won't cure them. We need to strip away the shame around financial struggles
DOMINIQUE JACKSON: The longer people struggle on alone with unmanageable debt, the more unmanageable it is bound to become ...read
The Paralympics celebrate the strength of disabled people – as do all the protests that accompany them
SONIA POULTON: Let us remember that away from the splendour of the Olympic Stadium, our disabled people have been treated as anything but heroes. ...read
Dumas: 'Without euro exit, Germany will soon be in big trouble'
M E SYNON: A new analysis by the totally excellent economist Charles Dumas of Lombard Street Research suggests Germany should not, perhaps cannot, afford the euro. ...read
Paul Ryan's rousing speech in Tampa has cemented Medicare as the big issue splitting voters
DIANA FURCHTGOTT-ROTH: Ryan's attack on President Obama and his defence of Republican principles has the Democrats wishing that Hurricane Isaac had hit Tampa instead of New Orleans. ...read
Is there life on Planet Clegg? Yes, but it cannot add up
NICK WOOD: The so-called Deputy Prime Minister has today come out with another bucket of moonshine. Only a few months after signing off a cut in top rate income tax, he now wants a new wealth tax, intended to get the rich to cough up billions. ...read
America's middle class is shrinking. So who is to blame?
BRIAN DARLING: Some partisans will try to blame President George W. Bush. Some others will try to blame Obama. Yet the answer is much more complicated than putting the blame on one party, or one president. ...read
Patients missing appointments - maybe they never needed them?
JULIA MANNING: The figures for the number of people not turning up for NHS appointments were revealed over the bank holiday weekend – one in ten people don’t attend an appointment. ...read
Brace yourselves: Argentina's president Cristina Kirchner is on the political attack
DAVID HARDING: As her popularity falls even lower, Argentinian president Cristina Kirchner is looking to exploit anti-British feeling. This may not be her proudest moment... ...read
Don't look now Dave and Damian - but your crew is mutinying
NIGEL JONES: The Titanic is an apt metaphor for where the Tories are heading under Captain Cameron's leadership. His maiden voyage, the Coalition, is steering straight for the iceberg. ...read
Romney/Ryan turn back the magical thinking of Obama
JAMES LUCIER: Romney/Ryan have taken the line of common sense, the line of reality-based thinking, as opposed to magical thinking. This is a line which says, "I am, therefore I think." ...read
Why won't the BBC come clean over its bias against Israel - a moral country that deserves our support?
ALEX SINGLETON: Almost the entire Left-wing establishment in this country, including the BBC, has an warped and profoundly wrong view of the Middle East. ...read
Greece moves closer to the Eurozone’s exit door
RUTH LEA: Over the next few years the Eurozone could shrink to a “core” of rich nations or it could break up altogether. The dream of European unity would then lie in tatters. ...read
The Syrian uprising is an opportunity for the Israeli Air Force
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Am I the only person who thinks Pussy Riot should have been jailed?
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The Government must keep fighting the Big Brother state - starting with a review of the last decade's surveillance orgy
MATTHEW ELLIOTT: The Coalition parties made surveillance a key issue before the election. Now they are running out of time to finish the reforming work they have started - and protect our privacy. ...read
The Tories need renewal not reshuffle
SIMON RICHARDS: With the Coalition floundering, there's no doubt that a reshuffle is long overdue, but, of course, the heads which ought to roll will emerge unscathed from the rearrangement. ...read
Many a man needs killing and many a lie needs to be exposed, but killers and tale-bearers do not necessarily deserve respect
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Over the next few years, George Osborne might not be Mr Popular, but he may be Mr Right
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CHRIS MONCRIEFF: If the Prime Minister wants to reshuffle his Cabinet, he should do it his way and not allow himself to be influenced by stubborn colleagues, however venerable and illustrious. ...read
Lord Morris’s Disability Act stands as an exceptional example of political compassion and humanity
ABHIJIT PANDYA: One of the first duties of man, beyond himself and his family, is to the welfare and improvement of common humanity. Lord Morris’ legislation was one of the finest examples of this. ...read
Tony Nicklinson is paying a high but necessary price for a civilised society that protects its most vulnerable
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Whatever your views on gay marriage, the debate should be dignified and sensitive
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Cameron ditches House of Lords reform, and it's going to play havoc with the Coalition
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Wrong questions, Mr Hammond. You are asking the wrong questions
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People will happily borrow to pay for the trappings of the modern wedding, but all you really need is a pledge of love
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Soon all sex offenders leaving jail will have to take a lie-detector test. How long until someone cries 'human rights'?
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The state makes for a bad parent. The number of children it brings up should be kept to a minimum
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This summer of patriotic fervour suggests a change in the tone of British culture
PETER WHITTLE: With the Jubilee celebrations behind us and the Olympics round the corner, what is this summer of celebration telling us about the state of British patriotism? ...read
Ireland has now passed the point where it can honestly be deemed an independent country
A sober-minded observer of Irish history is unable to watch Ireland’s elective slouch into Euro-mediocrity without profound dismay. Ireland’s ‘Yes’ to the fiscal compact is its ‘No’ to the more strenuous but more honourable path of recovering the responsibilities of self-government. ...read
Ignore reports that say otherwise, Mitt Romney is winning big after Super Tuesday
CHARLIE WOLF: Where has this perception - myth even come from? The perception that Mitt Romney hasn't sealed the deal. Yes, he may have won the all important Ohio Primary by just 1 percentage point, but a win is a win. ...read
PHILIP NORMAN: What IS Sooty doing in The King's Speech?
Like almost every ‘period’ film nowadays, and certainly every British one, Philip Norman argues that the King's Speech is riddled with preposterous historical distortions, over-simplifications and out-of-period anachronisms. ...read
CRAIG BROWN: Feeling a bit shady? Pop on a Panama!
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Sleep, the final frontier: Astronauts suffer serious insomnia while in space - and it could be putting their lives in danger
The Harvard study found that around 75 per cent of astronauts resorted to sleeping pills during spaceflight, raising concerns about the effect the drugs may be having on their performance. ...read
MARKET WATCH: The student fees hike is bursting a rental bubble
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Brendon McCullum: Steve Smith will live to regret Ben Stokes dismissal... he missed chance to strike blow for spirit of cricket
BRENDON MCCULLUM: It’s probably too early in Steve Smith’s captaincy career to appreciate this but one day he’ll look back at the Ben Stokes dismissal at Lord's on Saturday. ...read
PAULO COELHO: The wisdom of the old
An old blackbird found a piece of bread and flew off with it. When they saw this, the younger birds pursued him in order to attack. Confronted by imminent battle, the blackbird dropped the piece. ...read
Holy face-off! Two men in tights and one burning question... Your cape or mine?
At least one thing – whether this is a Batman film or a Superman film – is swiftly resolved. It’s very much a Superman movie, a sequel to the excellent Zach Snyder-directed Man Of Steel. ...read
DEBORAH ROSS: Scooby Dooby Hugh! Now that’s an ending...
The Night Manager was too fascinating, and too seductive, with production values so glossily high it was less like a TV series, more like six gorgeous films strung together. ...read
Any old Irons? No, he's utterly compelling: Long Day's Journey Into Night starring Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville packs a profound physical and emotional punch
The walls and ceiling of the Tyrone family’s Connecticut beach house look as if they have been painted with wood varnish (doubtless James Tyrone senior, the old skinflint, got it cheap). ...read
Worth hunting down (and not too dear): Sony celebrates the guitarist John Williams's 80th birthday with an outstanding 58 CD box set
One of the outstanding classical guitarists of our time, John Williams (not to be confused with the film composer, John Towner Williams) is 80 this month. And Sony is celebrating in style. ...read
TOM PARKER BOWLES: Indian stunners: A chilli day in Manchester, succulent street food... and wait till you taste the goat butty!
I’m told that the chefs at the Indian Tiffin Room have worked at Zaika and Gymkhana before settling up here. It shows. Especially in the goat keema pav, or ‘goat butty’, a Bombay classic. ...read
CHRIS EVANS: For my 50th? A private jet on four wheels? Chocks away!
The problem with the Senzati Jet Class is that it looked like whoever ordered it ran out of money halfway through the spec-ing process. The four rear seats looked too small for the space they were in. ...read
OLLY SMITH: Put the port on ice: Portugal’s finest isn’t just a cosy Christmas concoction – it’s really cool to drink in the heat of the summer, too
Port is fortified and powerful with a high booze content, which I admit feels like personal underfloor heating in the winter months. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: Sofa-gate? Nobody gave this silly non-issue a moment’s thought until misguided feminists started crying misogyny
‘Susanna Reid could face backwards on Good Morning Britain and she’d still outshine Piers Morgan,' wrote Daily Mail columnist Amanda Platell. ...read
CRAIG BROWN: The Poisonous Wives' Club: What was it about Clavering in Essex that made it the poison capital of Victorian Britain?
The Times calculated that between 400 and 500 Britons a year died of accidental or wilful poison, but many more poisonings must have passed unnoticed, or been diagnosed as cholera. ...read
The great outdoors is all very well – but what if your mobile goes flat? Fear not. Just pop this portable powerhouse in your rucksack and carry on camping
The BRV-Pro offers a power bank with enough juice to charge an iPhone up to full a couple of times, plus a light on the top just to broadcast your technological superiority to other nearby campers. ...read
Moscow Muse: new National Portrait Gallery exhibition of Russian portraits is very absorbing
In 1856 Pavel Tretyakov, a philanthropist, founded an art collection in Moscow, hoping to sponsor a new movement in Russian painting – portraits of notable national figures by the best artists. ...read
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- Chris Martin looks typically chirpy in a lightning bolt jumper and beanie as he celebrates son Moses's birthday in Peru Family time
- 'There's no more babies, we're done': Holly Willoughby and Fearne Cotton reveal they don't want to have any more children Happy with their lot
- Laura Hamilton shows off her toned abs in strapless black bikini as she enjoys play time on the beach with her two children during family break in Mallorca
- 'What an utterly false comparison!' Viewers blast The One Show's burkini versus bikini debate as models parade around shopping centre in swimwear
- Topless Stephanie Davis straddles boyfriend Jeremy McConnell as he holds her in a steamy clinch in intimate Instagram snap Talk about PDA
- Can't get better than this! Selena Gomez stands out in bold yellow raincoat at WE Day California event in LA before sizzling performance on stage
- PICTURE EXCLUSIVE Heidi Klum, 42, puts on a steamy display with boyfriend Vito Schnabel, 29, as she shows off her supermodel figure in sexy bikini on the beach
- Star Wars Rogue One trailer premieres giving fans first look at franchise's new female rebel hero and the return of Darth Vader Thrilled fans
- Don't whip your hair with this look! Jaden Smith is pictured wearing $5,000 worth of Cartier Love rings in his DREADLOCKS Fashion statement
- Ooh la la! Jaden Smith's model girlfriend Sarah Snyder strips down to 'bondage-y' lace lingerie as she steals the show during Calvin Klein presentation
- Shop like Beyonce! As the superstar admits she is crazy in love with Topshop, FEMAIL rounds up the label's chicest pieces High street fan
- Scarlett Johansson sizzles in sexy fashions for Cosmo as she talks equal pay for women and a former love she hit 'rock bottom' for Didn't hold back
- 'I hate my big boobs!' Kendra Wilkinson talks 'downsizing' after calling the revealing jumpsuit she wore at her reality show premiere a fashion fail Curvaceous figure
- Make-up free Eva Longoria, 41, shows off her ageless complexion as she goes low-key while jetting out of Puerto Rico Natural beauty
- 'Sleepy heads': Ricky Martin cuddles with his twin sons Matteo and Valentino as they relax on the couch watching TV Doting dad
- One's had an upgrade! Social media-savvy Queen launches her revamped royal website with a page for each member of the family (including Charlotte)
- TOWIE's Danielle Armstrong is stressed out as Chloe Sims reveals former flame James Lock admits he still has feelings for her Yet more drama
- Danielle Armstrong brushes off her relationship woes as she flaunts her curves ahead of de-stressing Bikram yoga class with Chloe and Georgia
- Hat's off to her! Sarah-Jane Crawford shows off her toned abs in monochrome bralet during leisurely beach day in Hollywood Taking things easy
- Flying fur-st class! Helen Mirren cuts a chic figure in a glamorous grey stole and skinny jeans as she jets into Heathrow airport Celebrating her 71st birthday in July
- Enjoying some me time! Nicole Murphy dresses down in gym gear as she goes to get a mani-pedi Mother-of-five
- Not quite The Little Mermaid! Wetsuit-clad Ariel Winter looks a little nervous as she swims with dolphins in the Bahamas Not a fan of flipper?
- 'Ne-Yo said he would get a vasectomy!' Monyetta Shaw reveals regret at getting her tubes tied... as her ex celebrates birth of son with new wife
- 'This guy brings so much joy to life': Vicki Gunvalson takes comfort in a cuddle from her grandson as she recovers from crash Family time
- Make-up free Wendy Williams totes large Louis Vuitton bag while apartment hunting in NYC Designer arm candy
- Prince Harry enjoys a curry as he chats with soldiers and veterans at Lord Mayor's lunch event with 'unlimited' beer and wine At London's Guildhall
- 'Skis on, shirts off': Kate Hudson flaunts her incredible abs as she cheekily lifts up her top while larking around on the slopes during ski break
- Geordie Shore wild child Chloe Ferry flaunts her sizable assets in a plunging leotard... after engaging in explicit sex act with Charlotte Crosby
- Paris Jackson shows off SECOND tattoo since turning 18 Sunday... amid controversy over her boyfriend's Confederate flag ink Edgy new look
- Drummer boyfriend, 26, of Paris Jackson sparks race row over 'Confederate flag' tattoo but claims: 'I wouldn't be dating a black girl if I were a racist'
- Leggy Stacey Solomon has a spring in her step as she sports thigh-grazing floral playsuit after TV appearance The bubbly star looked fresh and colourful
- Melissa George wows in figure-hugging dress with a spare pair of Louboutin heels as she takes five-month-old son Solal Blanc on tour for Heartbeat
- Make-up free Katie Price cosies up to daughter Princess in sweet snap... before trying out bizarre new beauty treatment Maintaining her look
- Alessandra Ambrosio smoulders in sizzling swimsuit shoot... as she admits posing in lingerie 'felt weirder' after motherhood Quite a look
- An accident waiting to happen? Geordie Shore's Kyle Christie and Holly Hagan take their relationship on the road in new reality show Car Crash Couples
- Barefaced beauty Nina Agdal shows off her envy-inducing abs and generous cleavage in a multicoloured crochet bikini Shared saucy selfie
- Charlize Theron gets pampered at Mêche Salon in Beverly Hills... after lamenting the lack of roles for 'pretty people' Off camera leisure
- Emily Ratajkowski shows off her VERY svelte physique in crop top and baggy pants as she picks up sunflowers on sunny walk with boyfriend Jeff Magid
- Kate Bosworth gets back to city style in flare jeans and trench coat while out in NY after vacation in Hawaiian paradise Back from holiday
- Mini yogis! Chris Hemsworth's wife Elsa Pataky flaunts trim figure in a bikini as she shows two-year-old twin sons Tristan and Sasha yoga poses
- Perky Popey! Former TOWIE star Lauren Pope draws attention to her ample assets in a nude vest top and chic duster coat Nipping out
- 'I'm a man in his mid-30s who's essentially retired': Macaulay Culkin admits he has no plans to return to film or television No comeback plans
- Gigi Hadid flaunts her stunning supermodel pins in skintight leather trousers worn with a pink hoodie as she heads to work in NYC Tickled pink
- Miranda Kerr keeps it chic in tuxedo jacket and skinny jeans as she parties with Lily Aldridge and the rest of the Victoria's Secret clan at star-studded bash
- Rosie Huntington-Whiteley shows off her long lithe legs in skin-tight jeans as she joins handsome fiance Jason Statham for healthy food shop
- Braless rapper Eve suffers unfortunate wardrobe malfunction as she spills out of her plunging pastel pink trouser suit Not such a good look
- Ashley Roberts cringes as she reveals she once had a sexual dream about 'baby child' Harry Styles during Celebrity Juice appearance
- 'It would make me uncomfortable ': BGT star Alesha Dixon reveals she would never join X Factor panel because the judges are 'against one another'
- EXCLUSIVE 'He's been a s**tbag': Megan McKenna blasts former fiance Jordan Davies for proposing during Ex On The Beach before LYING about the ring's price
- 'That is hard to say with those teeth': Ruth Langsford mocks Rylan's veneers on This Morning after he struggles to get his words out
- Bikini babes unite! Charlotte Crosby flashes her sideboob in low-cut swimsuit as she shares sexy throwback snap of her stunning pals on holiday
- Cashing in: Chris Hemsworth and wife Elsa Pataky reportedly make $3.49m PROFIT selling two LA homes after moving their family back to Australia
- 'What the f*** do you guys do?': Khloé Kardashian describes her family's early career knock backs on Kocktails With Khloe Left people baffled
- Brent is back! Ricky Gervais reprises his iconic role as regional manager David in new teaser trailer for The Office spin-off Life On The Road
- Mad Men beauty January Jones strips to her underwear and a vest as she flashes pert derriere in a tongue in cheek belfie Showed off pert behind
- Why even skinny women should wear spanx, says KATE GARRAWAY who accidentally flashed hers to millions on TV Secret to looking good
- 'His favourite body part is his widgey': Matthew Wolfenden is mortified by his son's embarrassing answer on Big Star's Little Star - but he wins over fans
- Young love: Jaden Smith packs on the PDA with pretty girlfriend Sarah Snyder as they enjoy a day out in NYC The 17-year-old is head over heels
- Shirtless Justin Bieber distracts from his new dreadlocks as he pulls his shorts down to reveal his toned abs and Calvins in Instagram snap
- 'Why am I selfish?' Defiant Tina Malone, 53, says she has no regrets about becoming a mother at fifty and says she would 'do it all again tomorrow'
- Tom Hardy takes a trip back in time as the hunk is seen peeping from beneath a tall top hat while filming explosive scenes for Georgian drama Taboo in Kent
- Tyga 'not backing down' from custody battle with Blac Chyna over their son... despite supporting her engagement to Rob Kardashian
- California dreaming: Kimberley Garner displays her slim figure in a sexy coral bikini as she soaks up the sun in LA Perfect model for her line
- 'I'm not bitter, I feel blessed': Caroline Flack hits back at claims she is not speaking to Olly Murs after being axed from The X Factor Denies feud with singer
- Donna Air cosies up to mystery male companion as she leaves the Chiltern Firehouse... amid 'relationship sabbatical' from James Middleton
- Paris Hilton shows off her toned stomach in a skimpy floral bra as she strips to her lingerie in sizzling video She's never been shy of flaunting her body
- Yellow-haired Rita Ora ditches the bra as she shows of plenty of skin in backless orange bodysuit Didn't leave much to the imagination
- Davina McCall, 48, displays her incredibly toned figure and cleavage in a sporty bikini while taking a dip in the pool on holiday Sight for sore eyes
- He's Never Gonna Give It Up: 80s icon Rick Astley releases comeback single 23 YEARS after retiring from music because he 'fell out of love with it'
- Amanda Holden dazzles in a leggy party dress for Michael McIntyre's star-studded birthday bash... as she turns a blind eye to Botox furore
- CBB star Angelique 'Frenchy' Morgan and girlfriend Gabi Grecko reveal their ample cleavage in pink bedazzled bras as they don matching outfits
- Bowling with the Kardashians! Kim shows off bra in see-through top as she and sisters Kourtney and Khloe enjoy night out on the lanes
- 'They're awesome entrepreneurs': Lena Dunham says Kim and Co. are great role models... as she slams mag for labelling Amy Schumer 'plus-size'
- 'I'm sorry I didn't fit into my dress as well as people want me to': Hollyoaks' Sarah George slams body shamers who claimed she looked 'pregnant'
- Star Wars Rogue One teaser reveals menacing black Stormtrooper... as Lucasfilm offers sneak peek of upcoming film hours before full trailer
- Sofia Richie flashes a hint of her toned tummy as she steps out to run some errands in a casually chic ensemble Cut a casually stylish figure
- Love the way you fly! Rihanna makes a stylish arrival ahead of her ANTI tour gig in Canada as she steps off her private jet in an oversized jacket