Fresh notes on a scandal: BBC4's adaptation of Women in Love has a distinctly female focus

A spot of word-association. What springs to mind when you read the following: DH Lawrence, Women in Love and Lady Chatterley's Lover? It wouldn't be the wildest guesswork to suggest that Women in Love might be twinned with naked wrestling, Alan Bates and Ollie Reed grappling by the fireside in Ken Russell's 1969 movie, or Lady Chatterley with that 1960 obscenity trial. As for Lawrence himself, he has become almost totally synonymous with sex – an earthy, unrestrained, would-you-let-your-servants-read-it kind of sex, that is against the sniggering Carry On tradition of the British psyche. No wonder the French seem to appreciate him more than we do.

Election `97: I simply don't believe the Conservatives

Monday 28 April 1997

HOW I WILL VOTE: RICHARD WILSON

Election 1997: What Hampstead & Highgate really, really wants: Glenda, Patsy, Elizabeth, Bridget or Monique

Sunday 20 April 1997

It's the men who are on the sidelines this time.

Election '97: Jackson Five top the poll on green streets

Monday 07 April 1997

Women candidates reverse trend as they outnumber single male

Cards reveal the naked truth about MPs

Thursday 27 March 1997

Sir James Goldsmith has been shocked into silence. Mary Whitehouse has already been on the blower to New Scotland Yard. If nothing else, the publication of the 1997 election playing cards next week will leave Britain's political figures looking more than usually exposed.

THE AFTERLIFE OF GLENDA JACKSON

Sunday 16 February 1997

Hollywood is just a distant memory for the Member for Hampstead and Highgate. But why did Glenda Jackson swap the glamorous life for the fine detail of Labour's transport policy?

Letter: Why London may regret Labour

Tuesday 28 January 1997

Sir: The combination of Gordon Brown's recent statements and Glenda Jackson's articles has proved devastating for Londoners.

A tale of too many men about the House

Tuesday 14 January 1997

"Grrrr!" I said to the man next to me in the Press gallery, as he cordially wished me a Happy New Year. Happy New Year indeed! Welcome back to the Gothic fairyland of Lady Olga Maitland, environment questions with Frank Dobson versus John Gummer, and adjournment debates on Anglo- Maltese relationships.

Ex-Soviet ships bail out the Royal Navy

Sunday 03 November 1996

Britain's merchant navy fleet is so run down that the Ministry of Defence has been forced to hire vessels from the former Soviet Union for use during Nato exercises, it emerged yesterday. Other ships are rented from land-locked countries and "flag of convenience" nations in the Third World.

Bridget Jones's Diary

Wednesday 02 October 1996

I'm going to Jaeger - to escape being reminded of my lost youth by the fashion-buying generation

Cautionary tale for those who love to show off

Sunday 25 August 1996

Michael Howard has come unstuck after a week of heady self-promotion, reports Paul Routledge

Leading Article: Fighting on the beaches

Friday 16 August 1996

What lengths a woman will go for one red rose. Glenda Jackson has gone all they way to Benidorm - which, let's face it, is a long way from her Hampstead constituency - pursuing suncream-lathered young voters.

Letter: Gravy train is bad business

Sunday 11 August 1996

Glenda Jackson says that "Tories and their friends are riding the gravy train first-class while the rest of us are stuck in the guard's van". If only.

Rawlins bullish about his return to the City

Thursday 08 August 1996

City Diary

Blair reshuffle rewards loyal mainstreamers

Friday 02 August 1996

Tony Blair put the finishing touches to Labour's election team last night as his election campaign came under early fire for confusing the voters by using ever more "elaborate and obscure" language. New Labour should start speaking the language of the people, according to Joy Johnson, Labour's former campaigns and media chief.