Contributed by : Carol Gould Editor's Note in January 2012:In light of the troubled and troubling Republican primary debates and ugly campaign rhetoric I remind readers of an editorial I...

Contributed by : Carol Gould LondonWhy is British Television not covering the worst child abuse scandal in American history?Right now it is well into the wee hours and I am glued once again to...

Contributed by : Carol Gould First published in August 2011 ( still no apology from Raoul's Cafe four months on) London I went to Raoul's deli in Clifton Rd W9 at 4pm on Friday 29...

Contributed by : Carol Gould It is now four years since I first wrote the following piece. A doctor in Arizona, Robert Kuske, whom I consulted by telephone told me in August 2010 that because I...

A former editor of The Independent on Sunday, Janet Street-Porter is now the paper's editor-at-large. As a journalist and broadcaster she has had an innovative and groundbreaking career in...

The United States' announcement that it plans to end the combat role of its troops in Afghanistan earlier than expected, and before the end of next year, is a crucial milestone in the...

In the past few days, a new champion has sprung forward to defend the nation's oppressed intellectual minority. The hero in question is, of course, Lord Patten, to whose file of lustre-strewn...

I have to admit that I'm not that keen on walking up mountains; it's not my idea of fun. I like flatlands and cable cars. An option that is sadly not available in the Himalayas. I filmed a...

Personally, I like to eat brandy butter straight from the tub off a fork. So mine never melts and neither do my good intentions - they both just sit there, furring my arteries, while I get on with...

It was alleged, when Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, made these arguments in a speech last week, that he risked being anti-business. The Independent on Sunday is no more against successful businesses...

On the way to a meeting in South Kensington recently, I passed a basement flat, and my heart sank. The huge, two-bedroom flat with a fabulous skylight and courtyard was mine about 25 years ago. I...

This was technically a contraband half pint, as minutes earlier the Parliamentary authorities had ordered the Strangers' Bar staff to stop selling the ale, seizing the pump plate with its...

We know this is wrong. A teacher friend of mine was suspended for nine months pending a trumped-up allegation that he had hit a pupil. You hear similar stories about teachers being falsely accused by...

Here is the brutal truth about Syria: no one knows what to do. Six months after Barack Obama said bluntly that Bashar al-Assad should go, and with the Arab League calling for him to resign, there is...

John Rentoul is chief political commentator for The Independent on Sunday, and visiting fellow at Queen Mary, University of London, where he teaches contemporary history. Previously he was chief...

There will be much hand-wringing in the West at China and Russia's refusal yesterday to endorse a robust censure of the Syrian regime. But even if Moscow's position had been different,...