Jonathan Ross

Papers gripped by US elections

The US Presidential election gets a great deal of coverage in the Sunday newspapers. The Independent on Sunday is just one of the papers offering an extensive guide to election night - and highlights the key states to watch....

AMANDA PLATELL: A girl who typifies the new female vulgarians

Georgina Baillie: She readily admits to having sex with Russell Brand While I feel not a shred of sympathy for Jonathan Ross, Russell Brand or the BBC executives who have been brought low by this week's events, there is one...

Anatomy of a Car Crash, Radio 4

When the Plymouth Argyle goalkeeper Luke McCormick recently turned up to face charges of causing death by dangerous driving, having killed a father and his two young sons on the M6 after a night of drinking, there was a...

Sarah Sands: Pursue fame, Sienna, and the paps will pursue you

Sienna Miller has gone to court seeking damages for a "campaign of harassment" by photographers. She has been chased while walking her dogs, jostled and shouted at, and trapped in car chases. Beautiful, troubled blondes caught...

Teresa Hunter: No laughing matter as families fear for their future

Published Date: 02 November 2008 WHERE would we be without gallows humour? As John Kenneth Galbraith wrote in his classic The Great Crash 1929: "Men have been swindled by other men on many occasions. The Government must also...

Columnists: Brand loyalty misplaced

Nov 2 2008 by Nathan Bevan, Wales On Sunday ALL this furore over Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross’ crank calls this week reminded me of an old joke. “I tell you, you have sex with one sheep....” And I’d imagine that, after a...

Ian Robson: No money struggles for super rich

Nov 2 2008 by Ian Robson, Sunday Sun THERE may be a credit crunch but money still makes the world go round for the filthy rich. Jonathan Ross is suspended for 12 weeks without pay. That will cost the presenter £1.3m in lost...

Michael Gove: flabby Kirk needs to regain its moral might

Published Date: 02 November 2008 ONE of the terrible things about getting old is discovering how often you find yourself agreeing with Dr John Reid. Because the anti-Catholic bile which gives the famine song its dark energy...

Banks now in a scary state

By Nick Webb Sunday November 02 2008 IT'S going to make Nightmare on Elm Street look like an episode of the Tweenies. AIB, once the State's largest bank and now the size of a small orange, is set to give the market a hint about...

Intoxicating cult of Bertology

No one has really questioned the generally accepted cause and effect of Bertie's retirement. The standard line is that Bertie's timing was perfect -- he got out just as things were really turning sour, just as we were about to...