Matthew Parris

Was there any way not to traduce Cliff Richard?

23 June 2016 2:00 am

Sir Cliff Richard will not be charged with historic sex offences, say the police and Crown Prosecution Service. There is…

If I were in charge of Leave, here’s what I’d say…

28 May 2016 9:00 am

It may be too late. But with only about three weeks before our referendum on EU membership I am itching…

If I were in charge of Leave, here’s what I’d say…

26 May 2016 1:00 pm

It may be too late. But with only about three weeks before our referendum on EU membership I am itching…

RIP Gussie, my plainspoken llama

14 May 2016 9:00 am

Gussie is the name of a grumpy and ill-natured llama, her coat largely white and somewhat unkempt, and much given…

RIP Gussie, my plainspoken llama

12 May 2016 1:00 pm

Gussie is the name of a grumpy and ill-natured llama, her coat largely white and somewhat unkempt, and much given…

Brexit Tories are feeling disrespected. How awful

30 April 2016 9:00 am

There are moments when one wonders whether one is seeing and hearing the same things as others. For me such…

Brexit Tories are feeling disrespected. How awful

28 April 2016 1:00 pm

There are moments when one wonders whether one is seeing and hearing the same things as others. For me such…

The wisdom of pitchfork-wielding crowds

16 April 2016 9:00 am

In a way the headline to my fellow columnist Dominic Lawson’s Sunday Times commentary on 12 April said it all.…

The wisdom of pitchfork-wielding crowds

14 April 2016 1:00 pm

In a way the headline to my fellow columnist Dominic Lawson’s Sunday Times commentary on 12 April said it all.…

The winged rabbit who made me a Tory

2 April 2016 9:00 am

His father’s dental cast, writes Graham Greene near the beginning of The Power and the Glory ‘had been [Trench’s] favourite…

The winged rabbit who made me a Tory

31 March 2016 2:00 pm

His father’s dental cast, writes Graham Greene near the beginning of The Power and the Glory ‘had been [Trench’s] favourite…

It’s the Labour moderates who need to get real

19 March 2016 9:00 am

It has become commonplace to remark that there exists in Britain a mainstream political grouping that seems to be dwelling…

It’s the Labour moderates who need to get real

17 March 2016 3:00 pm

It has become commonplace to remark that there exists in Britain a mainstream political grouping that seems to be dwelling…

Are we ready for virtual-reality news?

5 March 2016 9:00 am

John Humphrys staggering around in a piece of ‘virtual reality’ headgear that looked like binoculars and made him feel sick…

Are we ready for virtual-reality news?

3 March 2016 3:00 pm

John Humphrys staggering around in a piece of ‘virtual reality’ headgear that looked like binoculars and made him feel sick…

From Rhexit to Brexit

20 February 2016 9:00 am

We are all of us to some degree prisoners of our own experience. Experience may teach, of course — may…

From Rhexit to Brexit

18 February 2016 3:00 pm

We are all of us to some degree prisoners of our own experience. Experience may teach, of course — may…

Why I now believe in positive discrimination

6 February 2016 9:00 am

The Prime Minister no doubt knew he would be fanning the flames when he waded into the argument about the…

Why I now believe in positive discrimination

4 February 2016 3:00 pm

The Prime Minister no doubt knew he would be fanning the flames when he waded into the argument about the…

Rhodes’s statue should remain, on one condition

23 January 2016 9:00 am

Lobengula was the second king of the Matabele people in what is now Zimbabwe. He was also the last. Cecil…

Rhodes’s statue should remain, on one condition

21 January 2016 3:00 pm

Lobengula was the second king of the Matabele people in what is now Zimbabwe. He was also the last. Cecil…

Our leaders’ suicidal urge to sex it up

9 January 2016 9:00 am

It has been over a month since Parliament voted to bomb Isis in Syria, yet in that time there have…

Our leaders’ suicidal urge to sex it up

7 January 2016 3:00 pm

It has been over a month since Parliament voted to bomb Isis in Syria, yet in that time there have…

The question Christianity fails to answer: ‘Who is my neighbour?’

12 December 2015 9:00 am

‘Fine old Christmas,’ wrote George Eliot, ‘with the snowy hair and ruddy face, had done his duty that year in…

The question Christianity fails to answer: ‘Who is my neighbour?’

10 December 2015 3:00 pm

‘Fine old Christmas,’ wrote George Eliot, ‘with the snowy hair and ruddy face, had done his duty that year in…