Ross & Brand’s sadist humour isn't public service broadcasting
The cruel humour of the banana skin and pratfall should not be legitimised, least of all by the BBCFirst Posted November 4, 2008
Peregrine Worsthorne
was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge and Magdalen, Oxford. He saw active service during the Second World War. He was a leader writer and foreign correspondent on The Times 1948-53, The Daily Telegraph 1953-1961 and from 1961-1985 on the The Sunday Telegraph; and was editor of The Sunday Telegraph 1985-1991. He is the author of The Socialist Myth, 1972, Tricks of Memory, 1993 and Democracy needs Aristocracy, 2004. He was given a Knighthood in 1991 on the recommendation of Mrs Thatcher.
Our Afghan army heroes are playing to an empty gallery
The British public’s appreciation of war and glowing passion for a fight has gone, says Peregrine WorsthorneFirst Posted October 29, 2008
Why Winston Churchill is not really a war hero
Britain’s wartime PM would have been a truly great leader if he had atoned for his warmongeringFirst Posted October 22, 2008
Why did financial journalists fail to predict the credit crunch?
Financial journalists should take some blame for the economic turmoil after failing to hold fat cats to accountFirst Posted October 17, 2008
Forget experience: only cheerfulness can save us now
Barack Obama is the only great orator of our day with a smile as radiant as FDR's, who might work a miracleFirst Posted October 8, 2008
A time for pragmatism, not principles
So far during the financial crisis we have avoided JM Keynes's 'two disastrous pessimisms'First Posted October 1, 2008
In praise of the financial meltdown
A bit of belt tightening after years of over indulgence will do us all some goodFirst Posted September 24, 2008
McCain and Palin should learn from Petraeus
America must avoid triumphalism in the war on terror if it wants peaceFirst Posted September 17, 2008
