John Humphrys

The Reporter: Rupert Jones takes a sideways look at the news

Web wonders Forgive us for blowing our own trumpet, but the Guardian team has been celebrating after our online operation guardian.co.uk/money was this week named personal finance website of the year at a prestigious awards...

With all due respect... these nightmare phrases are literally driving me mad, 24/7

'At the end of the day'' it was a "defining moment'', a "very historic'' day. After working "24/7'', and almost certainly "singing from the same hymn sheet'', language experts at Oxford University have come up with a list of...

Tom Clark: The Tories' claim their tax plans won't unbalance fiscal policy. But can they really...

If Groucho Marx thought military intelligence were a contradiction in terms, God knows what he would have made of this morning's proposal from the Conservatives for a "fully-funded, fiscally-neutral" tax giveaway. David Cameron...

Goodbye, little brother: John Humphrys comes to terms with life without his brother

When you are eight years old and the baby of the family, just about the worst thing that can ever happen to you is the arrival of another baby. The last time that had happened, he had come to tell my parents that my baby...

Revealed: The most annoying phrases

by JO STEELE - Thursday, November 6, 2008 Sunset: the only time you are actually allowed to use the phrase 'at the end of the day' It's not rocket science - some cliches and expressions are so annoying they are literally a...

Going the extra mile for Sunderland

There aren't many university chancellors who can say their specialist subject is the local football team. But last year Steve Cram did just that. Appearing on Celebrity Mastermind, the former 1500m world record holder and chief...

Going the Extra Mile for Sunderland

Steve Cram is taking his responsibilities as chancellor of Sunderland University very seriously indeed There aren't many university chancellors who can say their specialist subject is the local football team. Appearing on...

Will Self: Miliband postures in the heart of Congo’s darkness

The Foreign Secretary’s African trip is an act of hypocrisy that illustrates the moral bankruptcy of British foreign policy It seems to me that while he's been rustling up cash in the Gulf, and shaking hands with Al Qaeda...

Harry Phibbs: London's sewage down the pan

Thames Water is proposing a massive new scheme called the Thames tunnel. When we have heavy rain the system overloads and sewage pours into the river Thames. This all sounds reasonable enough, although Thames Water customers...

Marcus du Sautoy gives lessons in science

The Emperor Scrumptious was born in 35 BC, and died on his birthday in AD 35. What was his age when he died? This is a trick question, from a dizzying new book called Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities...

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