Clegg's conditions

David Blackburn

Nick Clegg is the rage of the papers this morning lists the four demands that would be his initial negotiating tests for backing a minority government. What to make of the quartet? There is much that is sensible, much that is not, and still more that is unworkable.

It’s time we bank customers started talking to each other in the queue

‘I went into the war as a student and came out as an artist’

A woman of substance

�Why not do something special for your mother today, kids? Like � piss off!�

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Newsnight education debate shows the potency of parent power

James Forsyth

The winner of the education debate on Newsnight was a woman called Lesley from Yorkshire. Her local school is being closed and so she, along with other parents, want to

Buy Mahsaney, join Mossad!

David Blackburn

This is scarcely credible. An Israeli supermarket chain, Mahsaney Kimat Hinam, has launched a singularly original new campaign. Inspired by the CCTV footage of the alleged Mossad Dubai assassins

The slow creep of the suburban south-east

Rod Liddle

There’s a lot to commend in the Lord Adonis proposal for a high speed rail link between London and Birmingham. Trains, it is said, will cover the distance in 49

A cosmic comedy

Sam Leith

Not long ago I had an email from a friend, wondering if I’d yet read the new Ian McEwan. ‘Talk about a bolt from the blue,’ she said. ‘McEwan does

A woman of substance

Mary Wakefield

From the moment Mrs Warren bustles in halfway through Act I of Mrs Warren’s Profession, she’s clearly an excellent sort. ‘A genial and presentable old blackguard of a woman,’ says

Rudolf for Dinner

Nicola Daley

Reindeer is a staple food for the Samí, the indigenous people of Lapland. The meat tastes deliciously, distinctively

‘I went into the war as a student and came out as an artist’

Harry Mount

High in the mountains of Provence, in a low-ceilinged studio at the top of his teetering tower house, Ronald Searle is showing me the simple child’s pen he uses. As