Martin In The Margins

Barbara Ellen got all worked up in yesterday's Observer about Paul McCartney's gig in Tel Aviv: 'What on earth was he up to......

Staying with the US election:  After Sarah Palin's trainwreck of an interview with Katie Couric (hilariously sent up by Tina Fey and Am...

In the first US presidential debate on Friday evening, moderator Jim Lehrer struggled to get the two candidates to take advantage of the agr...

Via Butterflies and Wheels I've just discovered Austin Dacey's blog, T he Secular Conscience  (strapline: 'Conscience first, be...

Voice coach Luan de Burgh wonders what's happened to David Miliband's voice: At this year's Labour conference he sounds like Ro...

A fictional president gives Barack Obama some advice: GET ANGRIER! Call them liars, because that’s what they are. Sarah Palin didn’t say “t...

I'm reading Hillary's Turn , Michael Tomasky's account of Mrs. C's campaign for the Senate in 2000. It's a real page-tu...