David Randall

David Randall is a British journalist and author of The Universal Journalist, a textbook on journalism.

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On guard: A North Korean soldier at the Unha 3 rocket site in April

North Korea raises tension with rocket

02 December 2012 12:00 AM

Not even China is happy with Pyongyang's test launch later this month

The Emperor's New Clothes (02/12/12)

02 December 2012 12:00 AM

We like to sneer at Christmas round robins, but David Randall is proud to be writing (a short) one today

The press: To legislate or not to legislate?

02 December 2012 12:00 AM

Any statutory regulation would ignore a fundamental problem with our prurient society
After a neighbour was killed, antivirus founder John McAffee disappeared

Fugitive! McAfee on run in Belize

18 November 2012 12:00 AM

There's a murder, and anti-virus founder taunts police from a hideaway

David Petraeus with his wife, Holly

General alert: The fall of David Petraeus

18 November 2012 12:00 AM

Infidelity brought an abrupt end to his career and the saga has had its very own domino effect

Betrayal: David Petraeus

FBI security fears over 'harassing' emails led to CIA chief David Petraeus's resignation

11 November 2012 01:30 AM

Suspicious messages by lover caused his downfall

Of the modern children of the White House, none has met tragedy, save for John F Kennedy Jr, the toddler famously pictured crawling under his father's Oval Office desk

Growing up in the White House: Trials, tribulations and triumphs

11 November 2012 12:00 AM

As Malia and Sasha Obama prepare for four more years at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, David Randall investigates the differing destinies of presidential children, and discovers some high jinks along the way

The Emperor's New Clothes (04/11/12)

04 November 2012 12:00 AM

Man's best friend! He's only playing! He loves children! Come off it, says David Randall – some dogs are dangerous, and that's deliberate
New Jersey destruction

Damaged cities get ready for election

04 November 2012 12:00 AM

Five days after Superstorm Sandy struck America's east coast, an extraordinary joint effort by federal and state organisations and private industry was straining to get the region back into a fit condition to hold an election.

The Emperor's New Clothes (28/10/12)

28 October 2012 12:00 AM

Surely you can't halt the onward march of the big business? Yes you can, says David Randall, if you follow the lead of the townsfolk of Totnes in Devon
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National archives: Edward VIII’s phone calls - and how MI5 bugged them

Edward VIII’s phone calls - and how MI5 bugged them

Newly unearthed papers reveal a shocking extra dimension to the constitutional crisis over monarch’s abdication
Sent down at the Old Bailey: A tour of the world's most famous court

Sent down at the Old Bailey

A tour of the world's most famous court
Hollywood's random acts of red-carpet kindness

Hollywood's random acts of red-carpet kindness

The Hangover actor Zach Galifianakis’s date for his movie premieres isn’t arm candy  – it’s his 87-year-old friend who he saved from homelessness
British football scores an own goal

British football scores an own goal

Many managers barely survive a year in post. Martin Baker talks to experts who make a case for clubs using forensic business skills to find the best staff
James Lawton: Sergio Garcia cracks as major fault line opens up again

James Lawton

Sergio Garcia cracks as major fault line opens up again
Dylan Hartley: Northampton have spent the season proving all our critics wrong

Dylan Hartley talks tough

Northampton have spent the season proving all our critics wrong
Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group

Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group

A meeting of global power brokers in a Hertfordshire hotel is exciting conspiracy theorists, but what are they really about?
'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system': Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console

'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system'

Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console
Plenty of Fish dating site founder pulls 'Intimate Encounters' option to ward off sleazy men

Plenty of sleaze

Dating website pulls intimate 'hook-up' section to curb harassment
Inferno author Dan Brown 'honoured' to be invited to join the Freemasons

The Freemasons’ Code

Dan Brown reveals the message that told him door to the lodge is open
Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last

Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last

Nick Buckles survived the Olympics débâcle and a £5bn bid fiasco but a profit warning finally triggered his downfall
How to say ‘I’m a sellout’: Tumblr’s David Karp’s message of reassurance to his staff sounded very familiar

How to say ‘I’m a sellout’

Tumblr’s David Karp’s message of reassurance to his staff sounded very familiar
Why clubs are keen to take a stand

Why clubs are keen to take a stand

There's a real desire around the grounds for safe standing. But will the authorities listen?
In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City

In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City

Disillusion with a siege mentality and negative playing style made change inevitable
James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie

James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie

British driver was fascinating man whose epic duel with Niki Lauda in 1976 was typical of an era of glamour and glory – but also the ever-present threat of death