Stephen Newton's diary of sorts

Following Massive Attack vs Adam Curtis with The Old Woman gives one the impression that this year’s Manchester International Festival has a Soviet feel about it, although the latter is based on the Daniil Kharms 1939 novella and so predate...

Massive Attack fans were warned in advance that this would be no greatest hits gig and as soon as the battle commenced it was clear that Massive Attack vs Adam Curtis had been won by the documentary maker. But then it was always clear that Massive A...

This lunchtime I found myself smirking at James Caan’s advice that parents shouldn’t help their kids find jobs. There is little doubt that the family in which you’re born is the most significant determiner of your life, although not...

@stellduffy @ChrispLOL funeral is Tory attempt to show we're all Thatcherites now and support #welfarecuts. That must be challenged. — Stephen Newton (@stephennewton) April 15, 2013 All being well, my train should be pulling in to London Eu...

Margaret Thatcher is dead. While this day has been long expected, Thatcher’s death remains one of those events about which you don’t know how you’ll feel until it happens. Now is a time to brace oneself for the endless media coverag...

Liam Fox supporters keen to rehabilitate the former defence secretary, like poor old Louise Mensch, suffered a set back today when former ministerial standards watchdog Sir Philip Mawer belated ‘mauled the prime minister’ at a select committee he...

Tory MP Louise Mensch, née Bagshawe’s, performance on Have I Got News for You this weekend, will probably be best remembered for assertion that protesters occupying the City of London who have bought coffee from Starbucks should not be listen...