Former Chairman of the Conservative party Norman Tebbit has sent shockwaves through the world of hip-hop this week with his outspoken comments about the dangers of having "a queen who is a lesbian".

Ostensibly a warning about the possible consequences of legalizing same-sex marriage, Tebbit's remarks have...

The Conservative MP for Aldershot, Sir Gerald Howarth, caused outrage during Monday's Commons debate on the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Bill, when he warned that "there are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community" who perceive the bill as "but a stepping stone to something even further".

A spokesperson...

In the wake of the horse meat scandal, more and more of us are turning to vegetables. To celebrate this sudden and unexpected shift in the cultural zeitgeist, the British Film Society is launching the first ever Vegan & Vegetarian Film Festival in our nation's capital.

Festival highlights include...

According to Catherine Pepinster, A.C. Grayling's new book The God Argument is a "stern, unrelenting and unforgiving" attack on faith, a "vilification of theists" written in the style of "an angry Old Testament prophet". Grayling, we are told, is guilty of "railing at religionists" such as...

It's Wednesday lunchtime at the Groucho Club in Soho and I'm determined to buy Richard O'Brien a drink. He won't have it.

"No, no, you can't," he says. "You're not a member". It's his way of insisting that he buys the round, so I decide not to press the...

Thanks to our friends at Findus, horsemeat is now more popular than ever. What better way to say "I love you" than to cook this delicious heart-shaped meaty treat for that special someone in your life?

For this recipe you will need a heart-shaped oven...

Towards the end of the ninth century, Pope Stephen VI had the body of his predecessor Formosus exhumed, dressed in its sacerdotal attire, and propped up in the council chamber to face trial for trumped-up charges of perjury and usurping the bishopric of Rome. During the "prosecution", Stephen hurled abuse...

The internet is a realm of idiocy unchecked. You needn't look any further than the comment threads beneath any YouTube clip to realise that ignorance is no guarantee of humility. Undeterred by illiteracy they forge ahead, virus-like; attaching, penetrating and replicating their way through the infinite fabric of...

Atheists are angry, twitching creatures. When faced with the godly they foam at the mouth, wailing and gnashing their teeth. Their sense of moral and intellectual superiority is a fragile thing, easily bruised. They deserve our pity, not our scorn.

This, at least, is the way in which prominent...

Like many of my distant ancestors I am spending this month performing in a cave. Such is the fate of the stand-up comic that for one month every year we revert to a Cro-Magnon existence. We tell jokes in subterranean oubliettes whilst condensation creeps down walls freshly adorned with electricity...

Starbucks cares about me. I know this because they've recently started asking my name when I order my coffee. Yes, there's something a little Kafkaesque about that sort of thing, but you can have fun with it. Try using a pseudonym that the barista is unlikely to be able to...