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1. 1. Paul Taylor: Sole mission of Duchess of York is to provide car-crash moments

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 15 June 2011 The Duchess of York is at it again. A US reality TV show, Finding Sarah, sees Fergie metaphorically disembowling herself for the entertainment of the American public, then allowing a posse of experts to rake through the entrails.

2. 2. Opinion: Diane Cooke

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 01 June 2010 As the nation gears itself up for a week of Britain’s Got Talent, or not as the case may be, looking at Saturday’s finalists – a pig that didn’t sing to Michael Jackson and an old bloke chopping firewood – someone has finally spoken out about the exploitative aspect of this otherwise good television entertainment programme.

3. 3. Andrew Grimes: Darling would be the power to face the coalition

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 27 January 2012 It isn’t working. No matter what fiscal constraints this desperate and increasingly uneasy government imposes on the underpaid, the economy continues to dive and dive into the deepest doldrums. There has been no measurable shrinkage of the recession since the western banking system collapsed three years ago.

4. 4. Paul Taylor: True happiness is seeing your glass half empty

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 21 December 2011 Nestling in the metaphorical Christmas stocking of 200 of the world’s leaders will be a tome called The World Book of Happiness.

5. 5. Angela Epstein: Are mothers-in-law really all that bad?

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 05 July 2011 Ever pressed the send button on an email and then instantly wished you could claw it back? I wonder if Carolyn Bourne had any such regrets when she dispatched a stinging rebuke to her future daughter-in-law about her allegedly poor behaviour.

6. 6. Deanna Delamotta: Tourists are Black mark on a British seaside gem

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 28 July 2011 Blackpool would be great if it weren’t for its population – the visitor population.

7. 7. Andrew Grimes: Gunning for an injury in Libya

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 26 August 2011 When it rains in most parts of Libya today, it won’t rain pennies from heaven but red hot lead. I am talking about the rifle bullets that the jubilant rebels are firing into the sky in celebration of their seeming defeat of Muammar Gaddafi.

8. 8. Comment: Festival more than pays its own way

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 13 October 2011 We say the Manchester International Festival is one of the things which makes our city great.  But there will continue to be those who begrudge every penny of public money spent on it.

9. 9. Paul Taylor: Should we still be putting the clocks back?

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 27 October 2010 As regular as the first cuckoo of spring comes the hardy annual argument over whether we should still be putting the clocks back.

10. 10. Paul Taylor: Eat it and weep ... we're the world's hottest nation

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 23 February 2011 I find myself quite illogically excited by the news that the world’s hottest chili has been produced in Grantham, Lincolnshire.

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