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Simon Kelner

Simon Kelner was Editor of The Independent between 1998 and 2011. He writes a daily column for i.

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The days of journalists having big, boozy lunches are gone

17 February 2013 02:17 PM

Today's journalist is more likely to go jogging at lunchtime than to have a couple of bottles of red

Theresa May, weight loss, and what to do for Lent when you've nothing left to give up

14 February 2013 02:49 PM

Keith Vaz invited charges of sexism commenting on the Home Secretary's weight

Bar the odd grounding, these enormous technological advances help us take flight

13 February 2013 01:19 PM

America hasn't had a fatal crash on a commercial airline for four years

Spare a thought for the comedians as the Pope gets on his horse

12 February 2013 02:05 PM

The moment news breaks Twitter has thousands of jokes in 140 characters

Baftas, Grammys, Oscars - all these awards are meaningless. Unless, of course, you win one

11 February 2013 04:29 PM

As a nominee for Beard of the Year in 2010, I've had my fair share of award show disappointments

BBC Three's new series People Like Us will remind you of Shameless. Only, this time it's real

10 February 2013 03:07 PM

The "characters" might feel shameless, but what about the TV viewers participating this act of voyeurism from the safety of their living rooms?

Vicky Pryce, Chris Huhne and how an old number plate prompted me to change my mind

07 February 2013 03:42 PM

I wrote to express sympathy for the disgraced former MP, but having seen a picture of his old BMW, I'm inclined to reconsider

Question Time is just one example of the sliding standards in our public discourse

06 February 2013 02:37 PM

Twitter has turned anyone with an opinion into a columnist

Chris Huhne: Whatever you think of his past, these texts between a father and son are heart-breaking

05 February 2013 02:11 PM

Putting Huhne's catalogue of deceit to the side, we can still feel empathy for a man who had such personal opprobrium heaped on him, and then had it seen by the public

Paul Gascoigne, who used to be the toast of a nation, needs a counsellor more than a dentist

04 February 2013 04:16 PM

Oh how we chuckled indulgently at this great footballer's high jinks years ago. Now he desperately needs expert help if his story isn't to have a terrible ending

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