Beyond our Ken

This is possibly the most offensive thing Ken Livingstone has said in years, yet who wants to bet that the Standards Board afficionados don’t make a complaint about it? “In the same way that Trafalgar Square has had an interesting history, not always a peaceful one, there’s a very clear parallel. “We’ve had some interesting… Continue reading Beyond our Ken

We’re all snobs now?

I’ve occasionally wondered if John Harris is in fact Johann Hari in a strawberry blonde wig – the two names are virtually identical. Now, it seems, he has taken to quoting from his own articles – Johann wrote an almost identical piece, albeit with more brevity, a few months ago. All this tut-tutting though, to… Continue reading We’re all snobs now?

Guess the columnist

One of the fun things about reading the early edition of the Guardian online, is that when you click on “comment” you get a list of headlines, but with no indication of who wrote what. So you can play a guessing game. Anyone care to guess, for instance, who wrote an article with this title,… Continue reading Guess the columnist