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Snap-happy Cameron has got it all wrong

MOST political pundits predict that David Cameron will lead the Tories to victory in the next general election, much to the delight of the boys in Grangetown Conservative Club, where a visit from Maggie once made them all weak at the knees. So there you go: if they’re right we’ll see the triumph of publicity over politics, of style over substance. We’ll get our first truly PR-PM. Read

My team would win gold medals all round in the sofa gymnastics

THE living room has been transformed into an Olympic gym. Sofa cushions are carefully positioned as crash mats around the floor and an ominous string line operates as a beam. Read

Worth seeing next at the Olympics: faffing, dawdling and lazing around

DO YOU faff about? The Learning and Skills Council claims that eight out of 10 of us spend 2.65 hours a day wasting time. Read

Homeless sorting us out

SHAMIL SHAKAROV is an illegal immigrant. He’s not in need of asylum, or at risk, but he doesn’t want to go home. Read

Hannah: Diary of a Diet

Trinny and Susannah think they have the solution to the fat "problem". Hannah thinks they're deluded. Read

Rin: Talking WM Sense

THERE’S nothing more irritating to me than someone telling me they’re bored. Read

Making sport out of officials’ errors would get team GB plenty of gold

IN any normal summer you might think the epidemic of red-faced people littering the pages of the popular prints was due to a little too much sun. Read

Society up a gear to cut pollution

A PURITAN spirit beats at the heart of the environmental movement and chimes with something deep in the British and Celtic soul. Read

When Glamorgan at last hit cricket world for six...

SO what would Glamorgan fans give today to see our county offering a repeat of that season 60 years ago when... Read

Handy hints to help AMs curb their expensive habits

WITH all the guides on how to survive the credit crunch doing the rounds at the moment you think someone would have written one for our struggling Assembly Members. Read

Sofa not so good!

INEVITABLY, when the media launches attacks on the political elite for their expense claims, some smart-alec politician will demand, “Ah, but why don’t you journalists publish your expenses?” Read

Chiles play for Nicole

I HOPE the smug, pug- faced Adrian Chiles has had the grace to grovel to the Olympic village with a huge bottle of champagne and an apology to Nicole Cooke, after her amazing win in Beijing’s road race. Read

Misery – it’s a funny thing

I HAVE a face that gets me into trouble. It’s never ever my fault, it’s always my face. Honest. Read

The First Word

I am making a TV documentary. Read

Women’s Own: Lynne Barrett-Lee

The whole ethos of no-frills, of course, is that everyone is equal. That you pay one price – a low one – and get what you pay for. No extras. No fripperies Read

Mind matters: Tryst Williams

While we can happily provide communal facilities for our very youngest, the simple fact is there are still not enough places for our teens to hang out and meet Read

The Insider: Peter Finch

WHERE does Wales begin? Or more interestingly, where does it end? Follow the coast west and you’ll find yourself in a place where paths fall into the sea, cliffs erode and there are rumoured lost territories off shore. Read