So, when we're about to pop our clogs, we should do a load of ridiculous stuff? Eh? TERRY PRONE calls out the cult of the bucket list and proposes an UNbucket list instead

Recep Tayyip Erdogan's gift of (loaded) guns to his Nato counterparts is but the latest instance of loopy behaviour by world leaders

A beach book it isn’t. In my view, the best read of the summer is not wrapped around by a pastel drawing of Adirondack chairs bathed in sunlight.

Now and again you get someone who is clean, punctual, polite, energetic, and a good listener

Clichés have the spurious benefit of bonding; they are part of the ritual dance of ‘Us’ versus ‘Them’ but none of us should have the bandwidth for corporate clichés

Former RTÉ presenter needs to learn that constantly talking in public about the payments debacle is not serving him well

Collins’s exemplary control of her own health and self-sufficiency could not be in greater contrast with the luxurious imprisonment of Wallis Simpson

The former Scottish first minister says she has been deceived by Peter Murrell's embezzling of £400,000 from the SNP. She may also be hard-pressed to explain what she saw in this criminal vulgarian.

For Kevin Bakhurst, the Derek Mooney affair is very small potatoes indeed compared to the major on-air cock-up during his tenure at the BBC

The definitive personification of successful shutting up is Enya, who never talks to anybody, never posts anything, and never goes on chat shows