Simon Lincoln Reader

On Tuesday 23 September 2008, Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang convened a press conference. She looked buggered, hungover and depressed. She didn’t break out into

Three weeks ago I met US Senator Bernie Sanders in London. He was on publicity rounds for his new book, meeting with a few crusty

In July 2023 England hosted the Australian cricket team at Lords, and a moment of curious sportsmanship on the field led to a confrontation off

I have rules I apply whenever I see an “eminent persons list”. I take the names and assess whether any of them would either lead

You can’t keep complaining about the policing of expression without acknowledging victories, however far or under-emphasised. On the weekend in Los Angeles, Ricky Gervais was

Last week the BBC was more animated than at any time I can remember. Not just BBC News Africa, but home base too – actually

Every story is actually the same story: another weekend, another scandal, another former prominent Conservative MP. A decade ago I lost the capacity to be startled

Some years ago, I came up with the design for a badge: “Afrikaner Ally”. But it didn’t matter if its reference was to Pierneef or

There’s a lively story circulating Westminster involving groups allegedly attached to the Liberal Democrats, the UK’s third-largest political party. In some Home Counties there are

I wasn’t thinking clearly when I asked News24’s in-house doxxer Kyle Cowan earlier this week if he’d seduced the African man his ex-partner accused him