Album: Groove Armada, Black Light (Cooking Vinyl)

Is this really a Groove Armada record? It kicks off with clanging guitars and then features the strangulated yelps of Nick Littlemore (Empire of the Sun) on four tracks. This might not be to everyone's tastes, but it dispels Tom Findlay and Andy Cato's image as purveyors of easy-listening mush. Black Light is dominated by future-pop with the roug...- 21/02/2010, Reviews

Andrew Grice at PMQs: Tony Blair's upward mobility

A light-hearted knockabout at Prime Minister's Questions today. here to read the article - 27/01/2010, UK Politics

John Rentoul: Blair, Waugh and Britton

Paul Waugh is only doing it to disrupt my real work. Now he decides to take issue with something I wrote before Tony Blair's appearance on the Fern Britton programme. the article - 22/01/2010, John Rentoul

Hoon and Straw to give Iraq evidence

Jack Straw and Geoff Hoon are to be the first members of Tony Blair's Cabinet to give evidence to the Iraq Inquiry, it was announced today. Mr Hoon, who was defence secretary at the time of the invasion in 2003, will appear next week for two three-hour sessions on Tuesday 19 January. He will then be followed on Thursday 21 January by Mr Straw - th...- 11/01/2010, UK Politics

Man charged with having gun near Blair home

A 56-year-old man has been charged with possession of a firearm after being arrested outside the home of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, police said last night. Kutjim Nurka, of Danes Court, Wembley, north London, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court yesterday. He was remanded in custody to appear at Southwark Crown Court on 12 February ...- 10/12/2009, Crime

Jane Merrick: The more money Blair makes, the cheaper he becomes

Listening to Tony Blair, as prime minister, making a speech was often a moving experience. His labour conference address of 2001, days after the 9/11 attacks; the short and staccato signing off in the Commons as he left office. the article - 07/12/2009, UK Politics

IoS graphic: Where stands Tony Blair’s case for war now?

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Amol Rajan: In defence of Tony Blair getting very rich

, I wanted to flag up a piece by Edward Heathcoat-Amory in last Saturday's Mail. It's entitled 'Inside Blair Inc'. It's what we in the industry call a cuts job. - 05/11/2009, UK Politics

John Rentoul: Iraq, the false prospectus

Someone's got to do it, and not just to keep Hopi Sen happy. Not so much making the case for Tony Blair to be President of the European Council, but trying to ensure that, if the decision goes against him, it will not be because of untrue propaganda put about by the haters. the article - 27/10/2009, John Rentoul

John Rentoul: Dirty work

It is hard work defending Tony Blair and thankless. But there are some things that just have to be done. - 15/10/2009, John Rentoul

Jane Merrick: Boris should stick his fiver on Lipponen

Boris Johnson writes today that Tony Blair will not become EU president because he is too much of an Atlanticist and a defender of the Anglo-Saxon market economy. He's willing to bet any reader £5 that he's right. - 05/10/2009, Commentators

John Rentoul: 'Chop it off and put it on a spike'

Stephen Frears, the director, was at it again yesterday. One joke about executing Tony Blair could perhaps be brushed off as a lapse of taste, but now he has said this to Sueddeutsche Zeitung: - 26/08/2009, John Rentoul

John Rentoul: Ban Blair baiting

My previous two posts pose the question: Why is Tony Blair so hated in some quarters? - 25/08/2009, John Rentoul

John Rentoul: Bring back hanging

Stephen Frears, director of The Deal and The Queen, has said he would enjoy watching the execution of Tony Blair "with great pleasure". He gave an interview to the German version of the entertainment website Monsters and Critics last week in which he was asked: - 25/08/2009, John Rentoul

John Rentoul: Worst Question Award

This is a strong contender for this year's Worst Interview Question award, a competition that I have just instituted. Here is Graydon Carter, editor of Vanity Fair, "in conversation with" Tony Blair last month (photo by Justin Bishop), asking about his memoirs: - 22/07/2009, John Rentoul