Commentators

Partly Sunny with Showers 13° London Hi 12°C / Lo 7°C

Mark Steel

Mark Steel

Commentator and stand-up comedian Mark Steel has presented several radio and television programmes, and appeared on Have I Got News for You and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In 2006 he published Vive La Revolution: A Stand-up History of the French Revolution, and in 2000 stood as a candidate in the London Assembly elections.

Things can happen when you travel on a Virgin train

Mark Steel: It seems that it is being run by philosophers from the 13th century

Recently by Mark Steel

Come rain or revolution, it's money they all want

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Mark Steel: In 1989 capitalism bought all communism's best players

Brown can't even stick to his own Afghanistan nonsense

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Mark Steel: As with Iraq, the reasons for staying are sliding slowly into gibberish

Mark Steel: You almost have to feel sorry for Gordon Brown

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

If she isn't careful the 'Sun' will tie Mrs Janes in a deal like a record company

Mark Steel: Why should I be pressured into wearing a poppy?

Wednesday, 4 November 2009

The plan must be to honour the dead of past wars by starting new ones

Mark Steel: Just when you thought it was safe to come out again

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

This is what Blair does: he wrecks a place, then gets the job of uniting it

Royal Mail is to blame for broken society (obviously)

Wednesday, 21 October 2009

Mark Steel: We can already see the 'modernisation' the Government wants from posties.

Mark Steel: We're all in this together (except when times are good)

Wednesday, 14 October 2009

The idea of shared responsibility only seems to apply during a recession

Learning lessons of 1352

Wednesday, 7 October 2009

Mark Steel: Will you ever be able to opt out of paying for war you don't like?

Mark Steel: Iranian missiles and a PR triumph

Wednesday, 30 September 2009

Ahmadinejad uses these tests to look powerful to his own population

Mark Steel: Cut this nonsense about whose cuts are most 'savage'

Thursday, 24 September 2009

Suddenly, no party thinks it can be serious unless it pledges to cut

More mark steel:


Loading...


feedsportal dynamic RSS feed


Columnist Comments

john_rentoul

John Rentoul: Brown is safe, but not home and dry

PM had a good week, but murmuring of leadership challengers is always audible.

alan_watkins

Alan Watkins: Tax tweaks nudge the Tories to No 10

The playing fields of Eton decided the battle of Waterloo, but inheritance tax pulls more punches now.

sarah_sands

Sarah Sands: Why diversity works – switch on your set

The BBC ends the year with two dramas of towering intent and execution.

Loading...


Most popular in Opinion

The daily news cartoon

By Tim Sanders

Article Archive

Day In a Page

Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat

Select date
 
sponsored links: