Martin In The Margins

What's a national art gallery for? Is its function simply to stage exhibitions that attract big crowds - or does it have a responsibilit...

On second thoughts , perhaps every campaign can tolerate a little bit of kitsch. Let's hope this does the trick in Texas: ( Via )

I need to take a deep breath before writing this but (gulp) David Cameron has actually said something sensible. Speaking at a debate hosted...

"Can we change the metropolitan borough of Wirral? Yes, we can!" Jonathan Freedland imagines transplanting the American model of ...

Levi Bellfield was convicted yesterday of murdering two female students he stalked at bus stops in London. He was also found guilty of the ...

Obama-phobics look away now. I know, I'm a sucker for this kind of thing, but what the heck. Once again via Andrew Sullivan, here are ...

As regular readers of this blog will know, despite my youthful flirtation with Catholicism and continuing love-hate relationship with religi...