"Eddie Izzard triumphantly finishes 1,100 mile marathon around Britain in Trafalgar Square"

Eddie Izzard is a big supporter of Communist Labour and the Communist European Union - so what if he ran himself into the ground isn't that what Communist Labour and the Communist EU have done to Britain

- Pat Guide, London, 16/9/2009 7:27

"A passion for poker: I went from chubby teenager to casino queen, says Victoria Coren"

One thought - read about women's experience of Asperger Syndrome. You may identify with some of their experiences - I am not suggesting you have it but just share some of the traits.
Wishing you happiness and hoping you find more places to feel welcome.

- Katy, Sheffield, UK, 16/9/2009 12:15

"I've got a great big zonking bottom: Emma Thompson and other celebrities reveal their body insecurities"

I'm appalled at the fact that no one has mentioned that Emma Thompson is dead...why are her body insecurities being brought up post-mortem? that is just sick.

- anonymous, amsterdam, holland, 14/9/2009 12:20

Anonymous, from Amsterdam, Holland,

You are confusing Emma Thompson with Natasha Richardson. Natasha Richardson had the skiing accident in March and later died of head injuries.

Emma Thompson is still alive and kicking!

- Chantal, London, United Kingdom, 14/9/2009 13:02

"Gordon Brown apologises to gay Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing for 'appalling' persecution"

I really do wish people would stop referring to homosexuals as gay. When I was young gay meant happy and carefee and this is the true meaning. Enid Blyton would be turning in her grave.

- JC, Doncaster, England, 11/9/2009 14:09

Turing was a brilliant mathematician / scientist but so were many others at Bletchley Park but how many people can name any of them. Would he get so much attention if he had not been a homosexual?

- JB, Luton, 11/9/2009 13:53

"Strictly unflattering: Natalie Cassidy's see-through Lycra dance costume is her most disastrous yet"

It's positively SINFUL that this woman allowed herself to gain so much weight after all the work she put into slimming down. I'm sorry, but this is NOT her "natural shape" ... this is OBESITY, and it's disgusting. It would be different if she merely regained some of the weight she lost and became more curvy and rounded, but there is NO EXCUSE for being THIS overweight. This is not about genes, this is about gluttony and lack of self control. What a worthless woman!

- Sarah, Seattle WA, USA, 11/9/2009 0:06

Another Token Briton.

"Our Dickensian schoolchildren start school unable to 'use a knife and fork or dress themselves', teachers' warn"

This is not surprising since so many mothers go out to work leaving their children for others to look after, people who, with the best will in the world, do not love the children. The so-called feminists have denigrated motherhood and this is the result. However, the teacher is wrong to call this deprivation Dickensian. I have read all the novels of Dickens and in none is there a child who is deliberately neglected by his or her parents. Oliver Twist is brought up in the Workhouse beacause his mother dies, not because his mother neglects him. The schoolroom in HARD TIMES has some strange features but the children there are not neglected, nor is Pip in GREAT EXPECTATIONS who is brought up by his elder sister. David Copperfield is treated cruelly by his stepfather but he can dress himself.

- George, Bolton UK, 10/9/2009 7:08

"Bullied pupil, 16, hanged himself day before collecting GCSE results"

Sad - but there does come a point when you have to stand up for yourself.

- Simon, Hong Kong, 8/9/2009 3:28