The Irish Times

When Anthony Clare met ‘calculating, disturbing’ Jimmy Savile

Late psychiatrist felt a deep sense of foreboding when interviewing sexual predator

Sun Oct 25 2020 - 06:00

Brexit Day bloc party in Westminster descends into a warped Eurovision

Patrick Freyne: Nigel Farage and a cabaret artiste help usher the UK into its new era

Sat Feb 01 2020 - 01:15

Patrick Freyne in Parliament Square: Brexiteers make hay at final fling

London revellers call for sovereignty and 'controlled' migration as they celebrate

Fri Jan 31 2020 - 22:16

Britain is leaving the EU not with a bang but with a whimper

Years of rancour over UK’s exit from the bloc may not have been about Europe after all

Fri Jan 31 2020 - 01:01

Miriam Lord: Air Miles Murphy's EU efforts fall back to Earth

This week saw high-spirited dispatches from Gerry Adams and another twist in swing-gate

Sat Dec 07 2019 - 05:00

Denis Staunton’s UK election diary - Can Johnson be stopped?

Tories have been buoyed by a better-than-expected reception in Scotland

Mon Nov 25 2019 - 08:41

Paul Merton: Boris Johnson stopped being funny when he became prime minister

Have I Got News For You star on a career in comedy, Boris Johnson and his Irish revolutionary grandfather

Sat Nov 16 2019 - 06:00

John Bercow’s long journey from hard right to Labour darling

Son of taxi driver known for theatrical calls for ‘order’ has put down obstacles to Brexit

Mon Sept 09 2019 - 20:15

Ann Widdecombe likens Brexit to emancipation of slaves

Brexit Party MEP cites ‘history of oppressed people turning on their oppressors’

Thu Jul 04 2019 - 16:02

Brexit Party MEPs turn backs on EU anthem on parliament’s first day

British MEPs take seats in Strasbourg more than three months after UK was to leave EU

Tue Jul 02 2019 - 11:04

Ian Hislop and Paul Merton criticised for women host remarks

Have I Got News For You captains said women were too modest to present the BBC show

Tue Apr 03 2018 - 22:56

Brexit-barmy Brits know a class Act when they see it

Ann Widdecombe’s iron fist fails to hit home with ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ viewers

Sat Feb 10 2018 - 05:00

Celebrity Big Brother and the toxic masculinity stink bomb

Reality TV: The arrival of Dapper Laughs – aka Daniel O’Reilly – has signalled the death knell to the relative peace in this year’s Celebrity Big Brother house

Sun Jan 21 2018 - 05:00

Caveat: Who’s afraid of the big, bad lobbyist?

Not all causes are worthy but most lobbyists are average joes rather than ‘scaly serpents’

Fri Sept 29 2017 - 08:01

Ann Widdecombe: ‘I’m a feminist in the 1970s sense. Now it’s a big whinge’

The former Conservative minister left politics in 2010, but has not lost her merciless directness. She talks about being single, Cameron’s ‘obsession’ with image and trying to get Patsy Kensit to Mass

Mon Jun 23 2014 - 01:00