The Beckhams give little Harper her very own Damien Hirst
The art world reels from the news that David and Victoria have bought a Damien Hirst-embellished baby monitor for their daughter HarperImportant developments on the art scene, now, as the Sun reports that Victoria and David Beckham's daughter Harper ha...
Kenny Dalglish takes conspiracy claims beyond the realms of David Icke | Marina Hyde
The Liverpool manager's comments conjure up images of referees meeting in an underground lair to plot to keep his club in eighth, but the truth is he needs officials as a lightning rodIt may be instructive for Kenny Dalglish to consider that even David...
Nice camel, Wayne, but what about the autobiography?
Wayne and Coleen Rooney can party with a camel, but not even that can make us forget that the footballer owes us several instalments of his much-touted multi-volume biographyTo Cheshire, last weekend, where a camel was spotted being led into the compou...
Nice camel, Wayne, but what about the autobiography?
Wayne and Coleen Rooney can party with a camel, but not even that can make us forget that the footballer owes us several instalments of his much-touted multi-volume biographyTo Cheshire, last weekend, where a camel was spotted being led into the compou...
Why all this self-congratulation over duty of care to Fabrice Muamba? | Marina Hyde
Instead of patting itself on the back, the game might consider what on earth was the alternative when Muamba collapsedThe comedian Chris Rock does a great routine in which he mimics people who congratulate themselves for doing things they're supposed t...
How Richard Keys and Andy Gray rewrote history in bid to get back on TV | Marine Hyde
It appears the former Sky Sports Two have launched a stealth campaign to get their faces back on Britain's screensI suppose there are more excruciating ways to try and get yourself back on the telly. Take Alan Partridge in a Castrol GTX jacket, attendi...
How Richard Keys and Andy Gray rewrote history to get back in picture | Marina Hyde
It appears the former Sky Sports Two have launched a stealth campaign to get their faces back on Britain's screensI suppose there are more excruciating ways to try and get yourself back on the telly. Take Alan Partridge in a Castrol GTX jacket, attendi...
How would Roman Abramovich react to being a laughing stock at Chelsea? | Marina Hyde
Chelsea's benefactor appeared to have escaped fans' vulgar ingratitude, but has André Villas-Boas's sacking changed that?There was a priceless moment in Sunday's majestic BBC2 documentary The Four Year Plan, in which QPR's then-owner Flavio Briatore f...
Viva Carlos Tevez – all hail football’s ultimate anti-hero | Marina Hyde
By foregoing millions on a principle probably even he does not understand, the Manchester City striker is laying bare what football has become – a series of cynical transactionsIn what moral universe could Carlos Tevez possibly be seen as an unlikely...
Cowell can find man to captain England – if Anfield cat lacks X Factor | Marina Hyde
English football's warped relationship with the captaincy is in desperate need of a creative overhaulDespite the fact the farce is still playing, my favourite thing about the England captaincy saga thus far has been the staging of the incendiary Fabio ...
John Terry’s captaincy is irrelevant – England will be hopeless whatever | Marina Hyde
The football captaincy is a role less significant than regimental goat. By obsessing over it we keep setting ourselves up for a fallFor possibly only the second time in its history, the England football captaincy has become fleetingly relevant. You'll ...


Strait-laced Roy Hodgson is just the job in these straitened times | Marina Hyde