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Tipping’s becoming just gratuitous

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:45:00 GMT

THE Aussies don’t do it. The Americans do it in spades. The English? We cough and splutter and wonder what percentage of the bill should be passed over as a tip.

Press whistleblowers deserve to be protected

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:41:00 GMT

IT IS no secret that the provincial press is battling for survival, trapped between the devil and the deep blue sea, the devil being the economic slump and the deep blue sea the internet revolution.

Karren Brady: Protect press whistleblowers

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

IT IS no secret that the provincial press is battling for survival, trapped between the devil and the deep blue sea, the devil being the economic slump and the deep blue sea the internet revolution.

Horsey hat etiquette driving me mad

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:49:00 GMT

EVERY so often, for weddings usually, I’m confronted by the need to buy a hat or fascinator. No fan of hats, it’s the one time I find shopping a pain in the basket.

My flight phobia just won’t go away

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:46:00 GMT

IF YOU are anything like me, you heard of the Air France airbus A330 disaster and had a quiet rush of panic.

Fiddling us left, right and centre

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:46:00 GMT

At least the MPs’ allowances scandal has stopped us yawning at the prospect of the European elections on Thursday.

Only a sea battle will clean up Gulf’s piracy

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 26 May 2009 09:56:00 GMT

IN the end, there will be a good deal of bloodshed off the coast and in the humble seaside villages of Somalia.

Britney’s crusade to save the world economy

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 19 May 2009 08:23:00 GMT

WHAT is a girl to do? There’s £900,000 still left of the £7.6m she made this year and she doesn’t know how to spend it.

PM can't hide cracks with a bit of make-up, says Karren Brady

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:00:00 GMT

AS IF things aren’t bad enough for Gordon Brown, a London cabbie found in his vehicle a file of the Prime Minister’s make-up routine to be used before television appearances, should he have to do it himself.

Swine flu and other tales of doom

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:14:00 GMT

The story so far: swine flu has come knocking at the door, carrying nasty viruses in a big bladder before entering and spilling them all over us, making most of us very ill or worse.

We shouldn’t accept bullying in school

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:41:00 GMT

TOM Daley is the most talented diver from this country in generations.

Our resorts should rise to the challenge

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:57:00 GMT

TRAVEL the quieter roads of England at the moment and rejoice. In a green blaze, the countryside has burst into life and under a blue sky the passing snapshots of beautiful scenery are matchless.

Sunbed tan does not come without a cost

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:30:00 GMT

The trouble with three minutes each side on the sun bed is that, if it doesn’t show, you try another six minutes and, if that does a little, then there can be no harm in another six. Doesn’t work like that.

Compensation door’s on its hinges

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:55:00 GMT

ALEXANDER Darg kept his left hand well and truly in his pocket as he walked out of the High Court in London £400,000 the richer.

Compensation door is hanging from its hinges

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:00:00 GMT

ALEXANDER Darg kept his left hand well and truly in his pocket as he walked out of the High Court in London £400,000 the richer.

Troop withdrawal from a job well done

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:34:00 GMT

THE end of the long, long leaving of Iraq is in sight.

Expenses excuse not good enough

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:13:00 GMT

TWO MPs were caught at the weekend metaphorically with their trousers down, one in the House of Commons, the other after a distinctly smelly expenses claim.

It’s time to give housewives their due

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:45:00 GMT

WOMEN and equal pay, it seems, are getting nowhere fast; rather, we are in retreat.

No set of values for gym-slip mums

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:09:00 GMT

One bitter truth of the welfare state is that it attracts cheats and wastrels as well as fulfilling its design as a safety net for unfortunate and disadvantaged people.

Gail is setting a new standard

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:56:00 GMT

IT BOTHERS me a little that Gail Trimble, the Oxford graduate with a billion-dollar memory, should have come in for the kind of personal comments usually reserved for coke-sniffing starlets or politicians who don’t know how to smile at themselves.