April 2006

  • Maccarone’s Middlesbrough miracle

    Lightning does strike twice. Middlesborough became the second English club this week to reach a European…

  • NatWest’s swastika surprise

    You don’t expect to see a swastika when you pop into your local bank. But that’s…

  • Hardly responsible?

    Charles Clarke has taken responsibility for the fact that over 1,000 criminals – including murderers, rapists…

  • Death of an honourable man

    The independent MP and AM Peter Law has died from cancer just 12 months after achieving…

  • Young Gunners go for it

    They reached their first European Cup final in glorious fashion: mesmerising, one-touch football. I’m sorry, I’ll…

  • Up for the Cup

    We’ve been spared a Chelsea v Middlesbrough FA Cup final in Cardiff next month. Liverpool cheered…

  • Britain’s decimal place

    "What’s that in old money?" You’ve got to be on the wrong side of 40 to…

  • Hold the front page

    The world was very different in April 1955. Winston Churchill’s resignation as Prime Minister was completely…

  • The Chelsea Retirees

    Curious thing, language. Words that have served their purpose for decades suddenly seem a tad –…

  • 1-0 to the Arsenal…

    1-0 to the Arsenal is the oldest of chants. Part reportage, part satire. But that famous…