Bill Clinton christened himself “the comeback kid”, but it is his former vice-president, Al Gore, who is earning the tag For he has recently gone from zero to hero. I was genuinely surprised by the news that nine million adult males in the UK out of a possible 22 million have accessed porn sites on [...]

“I took it on the chin, came back in pre-season, got myself fit and back into the side.”The manager even brought me into his office and told me how well I was doing and how he wanted me to keep it going. I have three years left on my contract and if I want to [...]

Michael Owen has hailed Steven Gerrard as “the perfect footballer” as England conclude their countdown to the World Cup finals with this week’s friendly internationals against Hungary and Jamaica at Old Trafford. Red-top interest in what passes these days for a footballer’s private life seems to have diminished; Arsenal have come close to becoming champions [...]

In the 1970s, it even seemed as if cinema would die the death so often predicted for it. King said: “Do you notice something?” Higham said, “What?” And King said, “Every time she appears there’s something glowing at the back of her head.” Higham wondered if King “thought this was something spiritual that had crept [...]

Most concerned 37-year-old Shahbaz Chaudhry, whose dysfunctional mental state led to his leaving the Big Brother house last week after threatening to kill himself on air.. Record numbers of viewers have complained about the latest series of Big Brother. The Law Lords’ judgments giving Melissa Miller a divorce settlement of £5m and Julia McFarlane £250,000 [...]

The water retreated – up to 150km from the former southern port of Muynak – leaving hundreds of fishing boats apparently beached in the middle of a desert.It happened because the two great rivers died – or rather were murdered. Since April the level of the sea has risen by more than 3m, flooding over [...]

In the 20 business days preceding 25 January, Burns Night, Macsween’s ships more than five tonnes of haggises every day.Early in January 1984 Tessa Ransford asked John Macsween to sponsor the opening of the Scottish Poetry Library, at a Burns Night dinner, by providing the haggis – which he was happy to do for a [...]

If you work at Kew, you might move up from being a trainee to eventually being in charge of one of the display houses.For more information on higher education and training at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, go to www.rbgkew .uk/education. For more information on careers and training in horticulture, go to Lantra, the Sector [...]

That has provoked a humanitarian crisis and given the authorities a massive administrative problem.Spain has struggled to shelter and process the newcomers and requested help in May. Four boats and two aircraft have been promised but have yet to arrive.The European Commission also proposed setting up a database to register all third-country nationals entering or [...]

For others however, including a significant number of the under-30s in tonight’s audience, the American’s legendary one-liners are unbeatable. Old favourites like, “What are those things that stick to you? [Pause.] “Allegations of sexual molestation,” are revisited in the set, as is a classic from his last UK set, five years ago, about an ex-wife [...]