Columnists

Richard Keeble

While it might be difficult to identify precisely the impact of the spooks (variously represented in the press as “intelligence”, “security”, “Whitehall” or “Home Office” sources) on mainstream politics and media, from the limited evidence it looks to be enormous.

George Galloway MP

By the time you read this, I will be in Iran. I've never been there before, never met an Iranian leader - I don't even like the present Iranian leadership - so remember all that, because it might become important.

Marc Wadsworth

Brainy Britons do not think that multi-culturalism is an ideal to which it is worth aspiring. That was the finding of a readers survey conducted by a politically independent organisation whose members include leading academics, architects, charity bosses and engineers.

Statue of Kim Il-sungWhen I get lost on the internet I read all manner of beautiful things. Through the magic of this frequent occurrence for me, I learned a little more about everybody’s favourite crazy dictatorship the other day.

Matt Gardner - Online Columnist

I love watching adverts now - it's the best showcase of television. Why? Because the fickle nature of the human being is perfectly reflected in their ever changing ways. They mirror the products consumers wish they had until we buy them and they are upgraded so that we want to purchase the same thing again.

Thomas L. Blair - Sociology Professor

It took rebellious Black youth in France to force national attention to their jobs, housing and health needs. But still simmering in their emerging Black consciousness, the cultural longings of France’s African and Caribbean minorities were neglected. Distinguished academics can remedy this glaring oversight when they meet in Paris next week to pay tribute to Aimé Césaire, the legendary poet activist of “negritude” or Black consciousness who has died.

Phil Simms

As drunken Chelsea soccer fans were rioting on Fulham Broadway, following the London side’s defeat in the Champions League Final in Moscow, the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, faced accusations of betrayal in her clash with police over pay.