5 JANUARY 2008, page 36

Reasons To Be Cheerful

Marcus Berkmann I am an idiot. Last month, in this space, I proffered the usual random selection of favourite albums of the year, not a single one of which had actually been......

Amid The Mudflats

Kate Chisholm I f you’ve been waking up at 3 a.m. after yet another nightmare about climate change, there’s been a well-timed antidote on Radio Four this week. On The Estuary......

Lies And Humiliation

Simon Hoggart W e said goodbye to Michael Parkinson and Andy Millman over Christmas. Andy Millman was the hero of Extras , whose finale went out on BBC1 on 27 December. This was......