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Aid worker Gayle Williams was murdered by prejudice

IT’S impossible to look at the now-famous photograph of Gayle Williams without despairing at the utter senselessness of her murder.Read

Social care funding should be like NHS

LAST month I wrote about the injustice of how social care is funded in this country . . . and not for the first time.Read

Guy and Madonna split saves day

MAY I be the first to offer my congratulations to Madonna and Guy Ritchie on their impending divorce. I’m delighted for both of them.Read

Who made you a Starr?

MEMO to Ringo Starr, Hey there superstar! Peace and love, brother, peace and love. Just thought I’d mention how incredibly obnoxious and self-absorbed you sounded on that silly little video clip you posted on your website.Read

Big Brother is costing you

THERE’S been a huge outcry about the Government’s latest plan to expand its Big Brother powers by setting up a huge communications database.Read

Back Brown’s bail-out

IT’S often said that you can’t solve a problem by throwing money at it. I guess no one told Gordon Brown.Read

Verdict on Todd just seems odd

APPARENTLY Michael Todd — the philandering police chief who froze to death on Mount Snowdon — did not commit suicide.Read

Let’s face the facts

SHE looks like an extra from Dawn of the Dead and has the dubious honour of having once been voted third in a “World’s Worst Teeth” contest.Read

Paying debt at last

FOR men of a certain age, Joanna Lumley is top tottie... the thinking man’s crumpet no less. So it was good to see her on TV the other day flashing those piano-key gnashers of hers and getting all emotional about Britain’s Gurkha heroes.Read

Lots in a name

AN internet website that allows you to find anagrams of the rich and famous throws up some interesting results, some funny, others surprisingly fitting.Read

Tony the Tiger facing extinction

LOOKS like Tony the Tiger is every bit as endangered as his real life jungle buddies. And Snap, Crackle and Pop could soon become gnomeless!Read

Fingers crossed for £7m winner

I’D hate it if my 18-year-old son scooped millions on the Lottery.Read

End disgrace of elderly care costs

THINK of all the injustices society has had to grapple with over the years and you will find they share one similarity . . . opposition.Read

Bat stunt is just Blaine boring

ILLUSIONIST David Blaine has made a career out of pushing his body to the limits of human endurance.Read

Sad decline for Paul Gascoigne

IN 1990, a young Paul Gascoigne became a global phenomenon when his brilliance helped England to the semi-finals of the World Cup.Read

Cheers for Britney Spears

FORGET the Hollywood Walk of Fame or Madam Tussaud’s, Britney Spears has been immortalised in a far more fitting way.Read

Mad hair day

DO you remember where you were when you first set eyes on it? Of course you do, how could you fail to be anything other than awestruck by such a momentous event?Read

If ucn rd ths wots the pt?

THERE’S been yet more talk this week of examiners going easy on students who make fundamental spelling errors in exams.Read

New movie is a ticket to learning

YOU would expect the director of a new film to recommend it to as wide an audience as possible. But I think Mark Herman has honourable intentions beyond boosting his own bank balance when he says he believes parents should encourage their children to see The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, released on Friday.Read

Theo and Mel are not the new Posh and Becks

SINCE his stunning hat-trick against Croatia, young Theo Walcott has been dubbed the new David Beckham . . . and his girlfriend Melanie Slade the new Posh.Read