Wu Ching-kuo's decision to let professionals compete at Rio could be deadly... there is genuine danger
Doctor Wu sounds like a villain in a James Bond movie and it is a pity there is no real-life 007 around to stop him blowing amateur boxing to smithereens in his bid to take over the world. ...read
Nigel was unpredictable, busy... but rather liberating: QUENTIN LETTS on the Brexit battle bus with Farage
Reactions to Nigel Farage’s Brexit bus as it chugged into Leeds blasting out the theme tune to The Great Escape yesterday were mixed, writes QUENTIN LETTS. ...read
STEPHEN GLOVER: It would be a travesty of justice if the police, not the IRA, were in the dock over pub bombs
The so-called Northern Irish ‘peace process’ has seen the release from prison of hundreds of terrorists, while countless others have been given an amnesty, writes STEPHEN GLOVER. ...read
Ooh la-la: Steamy sex, violent torture, royal politics, even its own 'imp'... Versailles was a French Game Of Thrones, writes JIM SHELLEY
The story of Louis XIV, Versailles was an irresistibly flamboyant, glossy, cross between historical costume dramas and today’s soft porn channels like Babestation. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Corbyn not expected to attend Labour great hope Chuka Umunna's wedding
Labour's great hope as a future leader, the sensitive Chuka Umunna, 37, is to marry his lawyer girlfriend Alice Sullivan next month, writes EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE. ...read
Sooty? He's a puppet of the Brexiteers! CRAIG BROWN imagines the coming weeks of the referendum debate (part II)
CRAIG BROWN looks forward to the weeks leading up to the referendum calling up the Institute of Like Incoherent and Irrational Sort of Debate and Argument Thingy, and Sooty. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: National identity is central to the EU vote
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: What is certain is that if nothing is done to curb illegal migration, Britain will cease to be recognisably British even sooner than officially recorded trends suggest. ...read
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho interested in Port Vale job as he recommends Portuguese coach for role
CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Jose Mourinho remarkably spent time on his first day as Manchester United manager trying to influence who becomes the next boss of Port Vale. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: It's only money-grabbing advisers and self-aggrandising executives keeping this absurd LSE deal alive
It may well be, as the meteorological start of summer and for the advisers collecting fat fees, but there is nothing else about the proposed LSE-DB deal worthy of such hyperbole. ...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
KATIE HOPKINS: Turkey's president says family planning is un-Islamic. So if demographics is destiny, we are doomed
Men are encouraged to mate with multiple wives and Turkish women are reminded their first role is popping out eggs like a battery hen serviced by a shared cock, writes KATIE HOPKINS. ...read
TOM UTLEY: Why every pupil needs oddball teachers like my opera-singing maths master
TOM UTLEY: The lion's share of the blame for killing off oddball teachers must surely lie with successive governments and their increasingly bureaucratic demands of the profession. ...read
Can I turn a £120-a-month pension into cash to help pay off my mortgage? Agony Uncle Steve Webb answers your questions
Former Pensions Minister Steve Webb is This Is Money's Agony Uncle. This week, he tackles a question from a reader who wants to swap a small pension for cash to help repay their mortgage. ...read
DAN HYDE: Cut the spin. Just tell us truth on the impact of EU rules on pensions
Of all the cynical Brexit scare stories pumped out by politicians over the past few months, the attempt to terrify pensioners must rank among the most questionable. ...read
ASK TONY: HMRC owes me £800 - so why has it only sent a cheque for £1?
I have been trying to get a tax rebate from HMRC for the past year and feel I am being either fobbed off or totally ignored. On August 24, I received a reply with a cheque for £1 - which I have framed! ...read
SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Versailles 'pornographer' is Helen's naughty nephew - co-writer reveals his aunt was 'overwhelmed' by the series
Racy BBC drama Versailles, which begins tonight, has won over Dame Helen Mirren whose nephew Simon co-wrote the series, writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE. ...read
Alastair Cook is as mentally strong as any cricketer England has ever produced... he's about substance over style and a true great
NASSER HUSSAIN: Alastair Cook never wants to think ‘what if?’ He wants to end his career knowing he has made the absolute most of the cricketing ability he has been given. ...read
RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: I always thought young people were the most political - so why aren't they voting? They're paying a heavy price for it...
Throughout history students have so often been behind major political change, still imbued with the idealism that can be eroded over time. So did young people suddenly stop voting? ...read
WILLIAM HANSON: 'Kate and William, stop trying to be like us!' Etiquette expert says the VERY normal young royals are destroying the future of the monarchy
William Hanson says the younger royals need to start being more stately after the Duchess of Cambridge reportedly called Prince William 'babe' at the Chelsea Flower Show last week. ...read
TOM PARKER BOWLES: This Shed really delivers the goods ...so, yes, it’s another four-star review – for local dining at its best in the heart of Kent
I look for the good rather than target the bad. Hence the profusion of four-star reviews, places I really like. Places such as the Goods Shed, a mere hop, skip and a jump from Canterbury West station. ...read
Nigel was unpredictable, busy... but rather liberating: QUENTIN LETTS on the Brexit battle bus with Farage
Reactions to Nigel Farage’s Brexit bus as it chugged into Leeds blasting out the theme tune to The Great Escape yesterday were mixed, writes QUENTIN LETTS. ...read
STEPHEN GLOVER: It would be a travesty of justice if the police, not the IRA, were in the dock over pub bombs
The so-called Northern Irish ‘peace process’ has seen the release from prison of hundreds of terrorists, while countless others have been given an amnesty, writes STEPHEN GLOVER. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Corbyn not expected to attend Labour great hope Chuka Umunna's wedding
Labour's great hope as a future leader, the sensitive Chuka Umunna, 37, is to marry his lawyer girlfriend Alice Sullivan next month, writes EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: National identity is central to the EU vote
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: What is certain is that if nothing is done to curb illegal migration, Britain will cease to be recognisably British even sooner than officially recorded trends suggest. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: It's only money-grabbing advisers and self-aggrandising executives keeping this absurd LSE deal alive
It may well be, as the meteorological start of summer and for the advisers collecting fat fees, but there is nothing else about the proposed LSE-DB deal worthy of such hyperbole. ...read
KATIE HOPKINS: Turkey's president says family planning is un-Islamic. So if demographics is destiny, we are doomed
Men are encouraged to mate with multiple wives and Turkish women are reminded their first role is popping out eggs like a battery hen serviced by a shared cock, writes KATIE HOPKINS. ...read
TOM UTLEY: Why every pupil needs oddball teachers like my opera-singing maths master
TOM UTLEY: The lion's share of the blame for killing off oddball teachers must surely lie with successive governments and their increasingly bureaucratic demands of the profession. ...read
SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Versailles 'pornographer' is Helen's naughty nephew - co-writer reveals his aunt was 'overwhelmed' by the series
Racy BBC drama Versailles, which begins tonight, has won over Dame Helen Mirren whose nephew Simon co-wrote the series, writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE. ...read
Fisher, Dogger, German Bight... there's Klingons on the starboard bow! RICHARD LITTLEJOHN imagines the shipping forecast after the Channel was dubbed the 'New Mediterranean'
After 18 Albanians were picked up trying to enter Britain in a dinghy, the Channel has been dubbed the ‘New Mediterranean’. How long before we are waking up to this, asks RICHARD LITTLEJOHN. ...read
ANDREW PIERCE: Will Corbyn punish MP for a 'racist' jibe?
Jeremy Corbyn should be looking at the conduct of Barry Sheerman who made what appeared to be an overtly racist comment during an ITV debate last week, writes ANDREW PIERCE. ...read
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Questions the Brexiteers must answer
In the midst of the claims and counter-claims of EU referendum battlefield there are still interesting and cogent voices including Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg and , Sir John Major. ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Sian and why no woman wants to show she's vulnerable
For more than a decade, Sian Williams’s smiling face was the one that we turned to every morning on BBC Breakfast, writes Amanda Platell. But then she was diagnosed with breast cancer. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: You’re 52-years-old, Johnny and it’s time to start acting like it - before you turn into a fat old lonely weirdo like your hero Brando
It’s time for an intervention as your latest marriage ends. The problem with being a movie star of such magnitude is that it’s easy to disappear up inside the self-adulatory bowels of one’s own ‘genius’. ...read
MAX HASTINGS: It's an unholy mess - but here's why I'm voting to stay in the EU
MAX HASTINGS: Having known Boris for years, I cannot bring myself to cast a vote which could trigger his advance to Downing Street. He shares with Trump an absolute lack of equilibrium or stability. ...read
They just lied to us say locals: ROBERT HARDMAN on the landmark decision to grant fracking in North Yorkshire
Councillors representing one of the most stunning parts of the UK yesterday elected to make the area the frontline of Britain’s fracking industry, writes ROBERT HARDMAN. ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Why wives of cheating men often end up far HAPPIER
My heart goes out to the two wives whose marriages have collapsed after their Scottish MP husbands both had affairs with political scribe Serena Cowdy, writes AMANDA PLATELL. ...read
ISABEL OAKESHOTT: My lost babies, and why the midwife boss who wants abortion at ANY time must be fired
ISABEL OAKESHOTT: What the blazes has got into the Royal College of Midwives? ...read
So, Steve 'interesting' Davis. Did you really have a torrid SEVEN times a night affair? That's what one lover claimed. JANE FRYER asks the famously dull snooker ace: could it be true?
Less than a month after he announced his retirement from professional snooker, Steve Davis is ready to discuss his extremely exciting plans for the future. ...read
What made Shakespeare a genius? Being a grammar school boy! He died 400 years ago today - and snobs still sneer at his humble origins. But they're completely missing the point
He was a grammar school boy who learnt Latin and possibly Greek, and was given a solid grounding in the great classical works of Ovid, Horace, Virgil, Cicero and Seneca, explains A N Wilson. ...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
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
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
Wu Ching-kuo's decision to let professionals compete at Rio could be deadly... there is genuine danger
Doctor Wu sounds like a villain in a James Bond movie and it is a pity there is no real-life 007 around to stop him blowing amateur boxing to smithereens in his bid to take over the world. ...read
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho interested in Port Vale job as he recommends Portuguese coach for role
CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Jose Mourinho remarkably spent time on his first day as Manchester United manager trying to influence who becomes the next boss of Port Vale. ...read
Alastair Cook is as mentally strong as any cricketer England has ever produced... he's about substance over style and a true great
NASSER HUSSAIN: Alastair Cook never wants to think ‘what if?’ He wants to end his career knowing he has made the absolute most of the cricketing ability he has been given. ...read
Team GB captain Jamie Spence targets golden lining amid gloom of Rio Olympics
DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: Jamie Spence, Team GB’s Olympic golf captain, on what he makes of all the negative headlines recently regarding Rio this summer. ...read
Sunday night in Durham was like the Wild West... one chap kicked a car for no reason and two young ladies had a fight!
BUMBLE AT THE TEST: David Lloyd reviews the final day of action of the second Test of the series between England and Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street. ...read
Joe Launchbury is back to his best for England but George Ford has lost all form
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: These end-of-season games can be a bit hit and miss but Sunday’s match against Wales proved very useful for England and could have a big influence on selection for Australia. ...read
Wayne Rooney has been eclipsed by England's young stars to such an extent that some fools would not even have him in the team... but he's still a match-winner
OLIVER HOLT: Harry Kane is widely recognised as our leading forward. Marcus Rashford is the Michael Owen of our time, the new wonderkid making a late run for glory. Jamie Vardy is the Footballer of the Year. ...read
Paul Simon's just made what may be the boldest album ever by a star in his 70s. Stranger To Stranger is more proof that he's still crazily good after all these years
What are you supposed to do as a rock star in old age? That is the question now faced by several all-time greats including Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and now Paul Simon. ...read
Jamie Redknapp captained England the last time they won the Toulon Tournament 22 years ago... here's how the boys of '94 fared
JAMIE REDKNAPP: I went to the Toulon Tournament a boy and came back a man. After lifting the trophy as captain in 1994, I went back to Liverpool feeling I was ready for anything. ...read
HOT OR NOT: The FA made the sensible choice to scrap quarter-final replays but David Haye is wasting everybody's time
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, with the FA, Haye, Rafa Benitez and Danny Willett all making this week's list. ...read
JAMIE CARRAGHER: Pep Guardiola SHOULD be worried... no way Jose Mourinho will change!
Whether you are a fan of his ways or not, you cannot deny that Mourinho is box office and will get United challenging for silverware straight away. The man is a serial winner. ...read
Bristol have earned a return to the Aviva Premiership but unfair play-offs have no place in the Championship
CHRIS FOY - WORLD OF RUGBY: It was a magnificent, pulsating occasion – and it should never happen again. If there's any sporting justice, this year’s play-off final will be the last. ...read
Moeen Ali's demise with the bat has been like watching the slow death of a beautiful flower, but the move up to No 7 may just be the comfort blanket he needs
LAWRENCE BOOTH – TOP SPIN: For Moeen Ali, talk of an identity crisis is no longer a cliche, but a fact of life. It is why his ascent, by a single place, to No 7 may prove more significant than it looks. ...read
Rovers is less about the football and rather the lives, loves and undying commitment of Redbridge Rovers' motley crew of fans... it is this that can turn it into a gem of a series
MARK WEBSTER – EDGE OF THE BOX: Football, you might have thought, would be an ideal situation to exploit. And yet it has never really consistently provided the backdrop for a show. ...read
Referees will share my delight as England gets set to welcome video technology
GRAHAM POLL: I am delighted to hear that English football might be part of next season's experimental law change with video technology. ...read
British boxing is in its best ever era... Ricky Burns and Tony Bellew can add to that on the kind of weekend we all live for
EDDIE HEARN: I don't believe there has ever been a better era for British boxing and this weekend Britain has the opportunity to add two more world champions to its stunning roster. ...read
England must embrace the dark arts if they want to win the European Championship
ADRIAN DURHAM: Cheating isn’t great, diving isn’t a positive for the game, but it happens, and so it puzzles me why people bang on and on about Jamie Vardy ‘winning’ penalties. ...read
Chris Gayle is no role model... West Indies batsman is just a sexist fool after latest creepy interview
MARTIN SAMUEL: During the course of a recent interview, Chris Gayle asked a female journalist if she’d had a threesome and how many black men she had slept with. ...read
Monchi is the master behind the scenes as Sevilla go for yet more glory
GRAHAM HUNTER – EUROVIEW: Sevilla’s sporting director is the only link between monstrously successful, European-dominant football factory and the humble second division club in Spain. ...read
Luis Suarez broke the duopoly of Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo on the Pichichi and ended with La Liga's most assists… next up is the Ballon d'Or
THE NUMBERS GAME - KIERAN GILL: Luis Suarez started the season as he ended it – by being the difference for Barcelona in a 3-0 win over Granada, courtesy of a hat-trick from the Uruguayan. ...read
Marcus Rashford could run riot in the FA Cup final but Yannick Bolasie and Wilfried Zaha will give him a run for his money
MARTIN KEOWN'S BIG MATCH GUIDE: Manchester United and Crystal Palace are but 90 minutes away from FA Cup glory, as they prepare to walk out at Wembley on Saturday evening. ...read
QPR midfielder Michael Doughty has the football brain and quality but needs the confidence to attract the ball more
Our secret scout is a top football expert who attends matches each week searching for the next star. This week it's QPR midfielder Michael Doughty under the microscope.. ...read
Manchester United target Joao Mario holds talks with Sporting Lisbon as he is keen on England move while Liverpool plan to make more checks on Leicester's Ben Chilwell
SIMON JONES - TRANSFER COLUMN: Manchester United target Joao Mario hopes to have a clearer idea about his future after his club Sporting Lisbon hold talks with his father. ...read
MARTIN SAMUEL: Louis van Gaal is being kept in a job by players he inherited... Manchester United's biggest disappointments are ones he signed
THE DEBATE: Anthony Martial has done well, and I like Daley Blind, but take the players that Louis van Gaal inherited out and Manchester United would have finished considerably lower than fifth. ...read
West Brom manager Tony Pulis turned our season around at Barnet... while Leicester City must not get complacent next season
Martin 'Mad Dog' Allen returns with his latest column for Sportsmail. This week, he discusses how West Brom manager Tony Pulis turned around Barnet's season. ...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 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
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
FOOTBALL 9-5: Follow all the news with Sportsmail's live rolling service
Join Sportsmail's Football 9-5 service, where we bring you the latest news as it happens throughout the day with all the best pictures and hard-hitting opinion. ...read
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: Excitement brews for former tea girl Celia Imrie
Once upon a time, Celia Imrie was a teagirl for Glenda Jackson. And now, 40 years later, she will take on the role of the Oscar-winning star’s daughter, playing Goneril in King Lear. ...read
She's beautiful, talented and married to an Old Etonian banking heir. So why is TV's hottest rising star Britain's angriest (and most right-on) actress?
The actress Romola Garai describes herself as ‘a ticking grenade of gender anger’ — and it would be a brave person who dared to question her sincerity, 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
WILLIAM HANSON: 'Kate and William, stop trying to be like us!' Etiquette expert says the VERY normal young royals are destroying the future of the monarchy
William Hanson says the younger royals need to start being more stately after the Duchess of Cambridge reportedly called Prince William 'babe' at the Chelsea Flower Show last week. ...read
LIZ JONES: It's hate, Nina (but I loathe your employer even more)
Nina is based on the book by Nina Stibbe, a collection of letters she wrote to her sister in the 1980s about working for Mary-Kay Wilmers, editor of the London Review of Books. ...read
JAN MOIR: What next for White Dee? How about a proper job
Here White Dee is, another nobody heading straight back to nobodydom- a perfect example that those who agree to appear on reality shows do so at their peril writes JAN MOIR. ...read
BEL MOONEY: My ex's grubby secret is wrecking my family
This week, BEL MOONEY advises a woman whose former husband was arrested at the age of 72 and convicted for having more than 2,000 indecent images and videos of children on his computer. ...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: My heart beats slowly - should I be worried?
A reader's heart rate went down to 36 recently, then crept back up to 52 before exercising. Dr Scurr advises. ...read
DR ELLIE CANNON: Was Mum at risk having her ears syringed?
The Mail on Sunday's brilliant GP answers your questions on blood pressure medication and ear problems as well discussing celebrity diets and the dangers of back-pain medication. ...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
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
Can I turn a £120-a-month pension into cash to help pay off my mortgage? Agony Uncle Steve Webb answers your questions
Former Pensions Minister Steve Webb is This Is Money's Agony Uncle. This week, he tackles a question from a reader who wants to swap a small pension for cash to help repay their mortgage. ...read
DAN HYDE: Cut the spin. Just tell us truth on the impact of EU rules on pensions
Of all the cynical Brexit scare stories pumped out by politicians over the past few months, the attempt to terrify pensioners must rank among the most questionable. ...read
ASK TONY: HMRC owes me £800 - so why has it only sent a cheque for £1?
I have been trying to get a tax rebate from HMRC for the past year and feel I am being either fobbed off or totally ignored. On August 24, I received a reply with a cheque for £1 - which I have framed! ...read
RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: I always thought young people were the most political - so why aren't they voting? They're paying a heavy price for it...
Throughout history students have so often been behind major political change, still imbued with the idealism that can be eroded over time. So did young people suddenly stop voting? ...read
SALLY HAMILTON: There's never been a better time to give your pension a health check
Millions of people with final salary pension schemes had better steel themselves. Plans are afoot that could seriously damage their retirement incomes. ...read
TONY HETHERINGTON: PPI claims firm made 2.5m cold calls... and one got you to part with £238
In August last year I received a call from claims firm Falcon & Pointer Limited. It assured me it could get me money back from my bank because my bank had missold PPI. ...read
SIMON WATKINS: There's a pensions crisis looming and the proposed Tata Steel deal is a quick fix that will do more harm
Millions of us are not saving enough for our retirement despite every government for the past 20 years introducing laws which they argue will make pension saving more attractive. ...read
Is it still worth paying off your mortgage as soon as you can? SIMON LAMBERT wonders if super-low interest rates threaten this wisdom
Pay off your mortgage as soon as you can. That tip has stood for years as a cornerstone of financial wisdom. But it's coming under attack from lenders and low rates, so is it still wise? ...read
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Does rise in popularity of low-cost funds run by computers spell beginning of the end for bloated fees?
The percentage of these so-called index trackers will increase as investors (and financial advisers) opt for low cost and reliability over higher cost and unpredictability. ...read
First-time buyers will rush to get one of Barclays' new 100% mortgages - but MYRA BUTTERWORTH reckons some will be getting in too deep (again)
Barclays' new 100% mortgage will undoubtedly be popular - especially among first-time buyers. But should alarm bells be ringing, asks MYRA BUTTERWORTH ...read
JON REES: Philip Green still deserves a fair hearing over BHS
He said he is ‘horrified’ that Labour MP Frank Field has said he would recommend stripping him of his knighthood if the retail tycoon did not stump up £571m to close the BHS pension deficit. ...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 ordered a Warren Evans bed but only three-quarters of it turned up, so why was I told I'd have to wait ten days for the rest?
I spent last weekend frantically decorating my spare room ahead of the delivery of a new bed. Sadly - and frustratingly - things didn't to go to plan. ...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
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
RACHEL JOHNSON: Think smacking's a crime? What if it was YOUR wellies I'd filled with water?
I do wish sometimes that the United Nations would butt out of our private British business, and do something useful for once, writes Rachel Johnson, after a call to make smacking illegal. ...read
PETER HITCHENS: Nutrition 'experts' are stuffing us full of low-cal baloney
Whenever I see a ‘low-fat muffin’ in a coffee shop, I control an urge to shout rude words, because almost everything shops tell people about food is completely wrong, writes PETER HITCHENS. ...read
BLACK DOG: Mum's the word for Naughty Nick who begs newsman not to relay an offensive word to readers
A newsman asked Sir Nicholas Soames about a previous tirade and was shocked by him begging him not to relay one particularly offensive word to readers because 'my mother doesn't like it'. ...read
LIZ JONES: Retro lipstick and bacon...it's a sickening recipe, girls
It is extraordinary, the chasm between what we see on the plethora of TV cookery shows, and read about in cookery books and restaurant reviews, and the reality of food anywhere north of Watford. ...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: A revolution in the world of fringes
Together with Katie Allan, Creative Manager at the eponymous CW salons, Charles has created a new technique of cutting called Flip Cutting, which is ‘going to change the life of your hair, quite literally’. ...read
BEAUTY BUZZ: Get ahead with a headscarf
This week we're... revisiting the nonchalant headscarf in the manner of Dolce & Gabbana S/S 16. Perfect for hiding untidy or unwashed hair – simply pair with a pretty pink lip. ...read
HOROSCOPES: Composure and staying power are what you need, Gemini
There is no speedy solution to the problems you are facing at home or at work. ...read
ASK ZELDA: Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your questions
My partner and I are in our late 40s and have been together for more than ten years. We seem like the perfect couple, apart from one thing – she will not give up her four ex-lovers. ...read
LIZ JONES'S DIARY: In which I have to call the emergency vet
Hilda was weighed, given painkiller, something to protect her gut and placed on a drip. It was just an hour since she had started bleeding. As we placed her in a cage, she fell asleep. ...read
HEALTH: Time to treat your feet
Podiatrists despair that many of us take aching, callused feet for granted – although foot pain can affect the way we feel, how we look and how freely we move. ...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
CHRIS DEERIN: Win the war only to lose the peace - is this the fate of Cameron's myopic pro-EU campaign?
It’s as if we’re a nation of goldfish; as if the key moments in recent British history – Iraq and Afghanistan and the Scottish independence vote – had never happened. ...read
Ooh la-la: Steamy sex, violent torture, royal politics, even its own 'imp'... Versailles was a French Game Of Thrones, writes JIM SHELLEY
The story of Louis XIV, Versailles was an irresistibly flamboyant, glossy, cross between historical costume dramas and today’s soft porn channels like Babestation. ...read
DOMINIC LAWSON: The sick joke is Dave called the referendum to help party unity!
My personal insight into the way the EU referendum has introduced acid into the bloodstream of the Conservative Party came at a drinks event last week, writes DOMINIC LAWSON. ...read
MICHAEL BURLEIGH: Why I despise conman Blair's grubby attempt to spin away Chilcot truths
Chilcot will be a defining moment in our recent history, and not just because 179 British service personnel and thousands of Iraqis were killed in the ensuing anarchy. ...read
Why DO so many fawn over this grubby trollop? SARAH VINE says Kim Kardashian makes Jeremy Kyle look classy
Few things make me feel as if I’m living on the wrong planet quite as much as the horror show that is Kim Kardashian, writes SARAH VINE. ...read
DOMINIC SANDBROOK: When the cynical scares turn out to be bunkum we'll despise the elite more than ever
Ludicrously apocalyptic warnings of this kind have become ten a penny since the EU referendum campaign began in earnest, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK. ...read
JAMES SLACK: If this was a 'good night', then the Left's in a very dark place
Jeremy Corbyn’s (pictured) own rather desperate analysis of the election results was that Labour ‘hung on’. This is just about true, writes JAMES SLACK. ...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
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
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
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
ALLAN MALLINSON: With the Assad regime imploding, Syria's air defences could be seriously degraded, and Southern Syria may well now be the IAF’s most feasible route into Iran via Iraq. ...read
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
MITCH FEIERSTEIN: In February 2010, twenty economists published a letter in the Sunday Times calling on George Osborne to begin spending cuts a year earlier than planned. ...read
The Cabinet needs a reshuffle: It's time for the PM to stand up to Ken Clarke
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
Last night RUPERT MYERS saw the Catholic journalist Milo Yiannopoulos argue bravely and honestly for a number of things, including against gay marriage. ...read
Cameron ditches House of Lords reform, and it's going to play havoc with the Coalition
KIRSTY WALKER: At a time when the country is gripped with Olympic fever, few ordinary people will be interested in the latest developments on House of Lords reform and boundary commission changes. ...read
Wrong questions, Mr Hammond. You are asking the wrong questions
WILLIAM FORBES: Mr Hammond is reported as saying that he "would rather fire soldiers than go to war with poor equipment" – but that is not the choice. ...read
People will happily borrow to pay for the trappings of the modern wedding, but all you really need is a pledge of love
FRANCESCA PREECE: Getting married is not about paying for a lavish ceremony. Maybe McCartney was right all along... Can’t Buy Me Love, everybody tells me so. ...read
Soon all sex offenders leaving jail will have to take a lie-detector test. How long until someone cries 'human rights'?
STEPHEN LEVINSON: The Government believes the law is bomb-proof, but unless great care is taken it could wind up facing claims of privacy infringement. ...read
The state makes for a bad parent. The number of children it brings up should be kept to a minimum
HARRY PHIBBS: As children leaving care are more likely to end up in prison than university the Government has rightly confirmed its determination to reduce the number of children in care. ...read
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
Sooty? He's a puppet of the Brexiteers! CRAIG BROWN imagines the coming weeks of the referendum debate (part II)
CRAIG BROWN looks forward to the weeks leading up to the referendum calling up the Institute of Like Incoherent and Irrational Sort of Debate and Argument Thingy, and Sooty. ...read
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
The great university bubble is deflating fast as one in ten A-level students say higher tuition fees next year have put them off the whole idea. ...read
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
TOM PARKER BOWLES: This Shed really delivers the goods ...so, yes, it’s another four-star review – for local dining at its best in the heart of Kent
I look for the good rather than target the bad. Hence the profusion of four-star reviews, places I really like. Places such as the Goods Shed, a mere hop, skip and a jump from Canterbury West station. ...read
CHRIS EVANS: 2016... A pace Odyssey: Off-road in Africa – and in my own Bermuda Triangle – Jaguar’s first SUV passes the ultimate test...
By the time this wonderfully lean, mean machine landed on my drive late last week I had already driven one of its sister cars more than 1,000 miles across South Africa. ...read
Adventures in blunderland: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter are back but purists will be driven mad as the Hatter by this sequel
It could be described as a travesty. Just a handful of characters and the fact that it arrives in cinemas six years later link this Alice Through The Looking Glass with Lewis Carroll. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: ‘Right Sugar,’ I said, ‘let’s settle this. Me and you. On the table. Naked.’An uncomfortable silence descended on the room
Had an ultrasound on my vital organs today and to my astonishment they were all perfectly healthy. A fact I announced proudly on Twitter. ...read
Unlock the shed or instruct a courier from your phone
Master Lock’s Bluetooth padlock is unlocked via Bluetooth from your phone, so you can use it, for instance, to lock up a shed or a case, and is unlockable by punching in a code on screen. ...read
A long overdue visit to the Barber: Rossini's comedy is just one in a magical range of operas at this year's Glyndebourne Festival
There hasn’t been a Barber at Glyndebourne since 1982, but this new one is worth the wait, mostly because it introduces a potentially superb new baritone in the young Björn Bürger. ...read
DEBORAH ROSS: As cliched as Death In Paradise. On a bad day!
There have been nine Wallander television films to date and, after this one, there are two more to go until Kenneth Branagh calls it a day in the starring role, and no wonder. ...read
An elephant I'll never forget - the new theatre production of Michael Morpurgo's Running Wild has irresistible animal magic
Into the theatre floats an elephant, exquisitely realised with flapping sack-cloth ears. Its skin is grey with pink spots and its busily undulating trunk resembles a sliced baguette. ...read
OLLY SMITH: Cue the barbie booze: From sizzling Zinfandels to red-hot rosés, the sunshine wines that will light up any barbecue
My speciality is my barbecued goose every year on Advent Sunday in December, usually under a brolly, wearing gloves and a scarf. ...read
CRAIG BROWN: Genius - or sick joke? The great BritArt debate
Pickled sharks, unmade beds... OMG how those YBA stars shocked us! At least, that’s what this art historian would have you believe. But were Hirst and co anything more than a money-spinning joke? ...read
Double vision: The complex and fascinating story of the relationship between photography and painting is the subject of new Tate Britain exhibition
This is a wonderfully absorbing exhibition at London's Tate Britain, with some splendid oddities as well as some extraordinary masterpieces in both art forms. ...read
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