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Morning Call: The best from Gibraltar
A selection of the best articles about politics, business and life on the Rock from the last seven days. Is 8th January too late to wish readers a Happy New Year? It’s our first Friday back so we...
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Best of CES 2016: the annual “why is this a product?” tech show
Which products were on show at the annual tech extravaganza in Las Vegas? The annual CES show in Las Vegas never fails to demonstrate the many ways humans use their precious brain power. Technology...
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Star Wars, queer representation and the mainstreaming of slash
Suddenly, the media has woken up to something that fans have known for a long time: there is a whole world of explicit and implicit relationships beyond what we see on screen. A few days before...
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Finding comfort in the BBC’s The Age of Loneliness film
“You can’t see it, you can’t smell it, you can’t touch it. You can only feel it when you’ve got it.”*/ “I am lonely. I am lonely. I am lonely.” That was Barbara in BBC 1’s documentary film The Age of...
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Does the BBC have questions to answer about Stephen Doughty's resignation?
Left-wing critics of the Corporation should be careful: they may get exactly what they ask for. Earlier this week, I appeared on the BBC to say positive things about the reshuffle (mostly)....
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What Osborne's speech was really about
The Chancellor is brewing a cocktail of tricks. What is going on with the Chancellor of the Exchequer? One minute it's the sunny uplands and he's got £27bn of spare cash to play about with, the next...
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Against the “pipeline problem”: Elissa Shevinsky on getting women and...
Shevinsky hopes to give recruitment a rehaul with her new project, “Hiring Goggles”. Elissa Shevinsky is pissed off. Shortly before we speak over the phone about her new project to encourage gender...
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What does the Scots language have to do with Scottish identity?
The pro-independence National newspaper has published an edition partly in Scots. Why? It can sometimes seem like hardly a day passes by in Scottish politics without a social media storm. Yet the...
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George Osborne's legacy: an economy just as fragile as it ever was
The British economy is even more vulnerable than it was in 2007. On Thursday the Chancellor George Osborne used a speech in Cardiff to warn about the global and domestic economic headwinds that have...
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Women’s pension rights have been trampled in favour of the government’s...
For 1950s women, retirement has become a little like chasing a mirage – you can see but you can’t touch. In 2013 my life began to eat itself. In 2012 I’d taken voluntary redundancy from a demanding...
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Barbed wire? It's a punishment for pre-criminals
It’s oft remarked that Britain is the most CCTV surveilled country in the world but I wonder if we may be the most repulsive one as well. Why else all the pigeon barbs? I well remember the 2011 riots....
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The BNP is no longer a registered political party
The Electoral Commission has removed the BNP from its register. The British National Party no longer exists as an official political party. The Electoral Commission has removed the far-right...
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The death of the headphone jack
In a move worthy of Steve Jobs himself, it's rumoured that Apple will remove the headphone jack from the iPhone 7. Tech lore has it that Steve Jobs' mission was neatly encapsulated in his desire to...
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The Kill Fee
A new short story by Ian Rankin. Seven words. That was all it took to change her world. She stood on the stage, mouth dry, sweat tingling the roots of her hair, her dress tight yet flimsy, legs all...
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Behind Saudi Arabia’s bluster is a country that feels under grave threat
A letter from Bahrain. Everybody suddenly seems to have an opinion about Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, until his execution on Saturday an obscure Saudi Shia cleric. Once his death was announced, the airwaves...
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How to make the most of winter walking
A good winter walk can be found almost anywhere, and the rules are few - but worth observing. One of the foremost pleasures of moving to a new place is the search for a good winter walk. Oddly, this...
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Liz and I begged around for condoms and headed into the darkened room
“Would a glove do?” I asked Liz. “Maybe,” she said. “But they aren’t usually stretchy enough.” I was in the middle of a tutorial with my registrar when a knock came at the door. One of the other GPs,...
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Why Labour won't back down in its row with the BBC
The leadership feels the Corporation overstepped its remit as a public service broadcaster. Labour has been widely criticised following its decision to launch a official complaint against the BBC’s...
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Exclusive: Owen Smith: I am interested in being Labour leader
Shadow work and pensions secretary says it would be "an incredible honour and privilege" to do the job. Owen Smith has become the first shadow cabinet member to state his interest in standing for the...
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Owen Smith interview: It would be "an incredible honour and privilege" to be...
The shadow work and pensions secretary reveals he'd like to lead his party in the future but says Jeremy Corbyn will still be in place in 2020. No sooner has my interview with Owen Smith begun than...
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