Most of these accompanied opinion columns by journalists and occasional guest celebs. The subject-matter varied wildly, which, along with the short deadlines, made the job …well, exhilarating.
Mrs Thatcher as a gay icon, especially for Tory closet gaysAndrew Pierce Eating oily fish can help deter depression Giles Coren Blatant umpiring bias at Magdalen College Giles Coren Carol Vorderman flanked by Naomi Campbell and Ann Widdecombe Giles Coren Europhiles tend to be cuddly, Eurosceptics, boney. (Charles Kennedy, Chris Patten, Ken Clarke, Norman Tebbit, JohnRedwood, Tony Benn) Artists dancing (Rembrandt, Dali, Picasso, Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh) Clarissa Dickson Wright Attitudes to meat Gardeners’ Question Time Pirates in the music business Charles Darwin Education in a Zambian village. Writing letters with a twig in the dustGlenys Kinnock Filming a Mitford drama. Deborah Moggach Patrick Moore, introducing Orville Wright to Neil Armstrong