Comment - Columnists - Guest Contributors en-uk Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:37:29 GMT Copyright 2007 Times Newspapers Ltd. custserv@timesonline.co.uk http://www.timesonline.co.uk Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:33:43 GMT Newspapers Comment - Columnists - Guest Contributors 144 21 http://www.timesonline.co.uk http://images.thetimes.co.uk/TGD/picture/0,,116979,00.gif Great ape guide to a Great Reform Act Antony Jay Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-07-10T09:31:11Z In 1962 I became editor of Tonight, a nightly topical programme on BBC television. My first crisis was Don Haworth’s decision to apply for a producer post in Manchester. It was a crisis because Don was our best film director. He did not want to leave, but he needed the extra money. I tried to get his salary increased, but he was already at the upper limit of his grade, so I failed. We’ve lost faith in the police. But only they can put it right Sean O’Neill Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-07-09T08:06:20Z Her Majesty’s new Chief Inspector of Constabulary is a perceptive man who becomes impassioned when he talks about the future of the police service to which he has devoted his entire working life. Obama’s direct line to the heart of Africa Richard Dowden Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-07-10T04:01:21Z You need only read the heartrending Africa chapters of Dreams from My Father to realise that Barack Obama gets Africa. He struggles with his own feuding Kenyan family, where poorer members scrounge off richer ones, and he agonises over why this continent, full of smart, energetic people and rich in resources cannot get its act together. His own catchphrase, “Yes We Can”, seems to be answered by Africa’s, “But We Don’t”. We should praise, not punish, the moneymakers Oliver Kamm Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-07-09T08:09:25Z In his pre-mayoral political life, Boris Johnson’s talent for tactlessness forced him into a “global itinerary of apology” that encompassed the city of Liverpool and the nation of Papua New Guinea. But none of Mr Johnson’s statements is likely to cause more widespread offence than his praise yesterday for hedge funds. Strictly Come Dancing viewers don’t need to be told its all for fun Gabby Logan: Commentary Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-07-09T10:44:52Z Moments after I was voted out of Strictly Come Dancing two years ago, Bruce Forsyth told viewers: “You people at home have got to remember that this is a dancing competition and you’ve got to vote for the best dancer.”