http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/ sundaymercury en-gb Sunday Mercury no sundaymercury IC NETWORK http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/07/05/andy-murray-is-back-to-being-a-scottish-flop-66331-24075334/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/07/05/andy-murray-is-back-to-being-a-scottish-flop-66331-24075334/ IN the words of the movie: “Houston, we have a problem.” Lorne Jackson http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/06/28/lorne-jackson-michael-jackson-was-a-sad-peter-pan-of-pop-66331-24001711/ Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/06/28/lorne-jackson-michael-jackson-was-a-sad-peter-pan-of-pop-66331-24001711/ MY OTHER half, Riki, is convinced that our three year-old son Ben is a genius of Einsteinian proportions. Lorne Jackson http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/06/21/mps-cannot-hide-the-truth-about-their-expenses-greed-66331-23934324/ Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/06/21/mps-cannot-hide-the-truth-about-their-expenses-greed-66331-23934324/ “He reached a much higher plane of creativity the following day when he blacked out everything in the letters but a, an, and the. That erected more dynamic intralinear tensions, he felt, and in just about every case left a message far more universal.” Lorne Jackson http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/06/14/britain-doesn-t-give-a-xxxx-about-gordon-ramsay-66331-23871210/ Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/06/14/britain-doesn-t-give-a-xxxx-about-gordon-ramsay-66331-23871210/ AUSTRALIANS are a slow bunch, aren’t they? Lorne Jackson http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/06/07/gordon-brown-s-doomed-because-he-snubbed-arctic-monkeys-66331-23806938/ Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/06/07/gordon-brown-s-doomed-because-he-snubbed-arctic-monkeys-66331-23806938/ SO when did you realise Gordon Brown wasn’t up to the job? Lorne Jackson http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/05/31/britain-s-got-talent-but-it-s-not-for-anything-useful-66331-23749378/ Sat, 30 May 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/05/31/britain-s-got-talent-but-it-s-not-for-anything-useful-66331-23749378/ I KNOW it’s too late for this year, but for 2010, could we change the name of Britain’s Got Talent? Lorne Jackson http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/05/31/danielle-lloyd-needs-to-give-up-chasing-footballers-66331-23749379/ Sat, 30 May 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/05/31/danielle-lloyd-needs-to-give-up-chasing-footballers-66331-23749379/ wDANIELLE Lloyd, the professional footballer fondler, has been attacked for the second time in a month, while visiting a nightclub. Lorne Jackson http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/05/31/julie-kirkbride-needs-to-buy-a-hairbrush-66331-23749380/ Sat, 30 May 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/05/31/julie-kirkbride-needs-to-buy-a-hairbrush-66331-23749380/ 1In the meltdown of Julie Kirkbride’s career, a key point has been missed. Lorne Jackson http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/04/12/sunday-used-to-be-sacred-and-so-boring-66331-23366981/ Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/04/12/sunday-used-to-be-sacred-and-so-boring-66331-23366981/ WORKING for a big city newspaper wasn’t my first career – I used to have a more respectable trade. Lorne Jackson http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/04/12/reasons-why-football-s-the-new-religion-66331-23366982/ Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/04/12/reasons-why-football-s-the-new-religion-66331-23366982/ AS I say, it’s not only those final few worshippers who are crouching down in prayer. The entire Christian faith in this country is on its knees. Lorne Jackson http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/04/12/quinn-s-got-more-chance-on-broad-street-than-broadway-66331-23366983/ Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/04/12/quinn-s-got-more-chance-on-broad-street-than-broadway-66331-23366983/ wMOON-faced man-child Ray Quinn claims that because he won Dancing On Ice, he will soon have a Stateside career. Lorne Jackson http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/04/05/no-anarchy-in-the-uk-66331-23308721/ Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/04/05/no-anarchy-in-the-uk-66331-23308721/ INDUSTRIALIST Henry Ford, said: “Failure is just the opportunity to begin again. This time more intelligently.” Lorne Jackson http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/03/29/joke-to-call-david-del-boy-jason-a-racist-66331-23254945/ Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/03/29/joke-to-call-david-del-boy-jason-a-racist-66331-23254945/ DAVID Jason is guilty – guilty as sin. Lorne Jackson http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/03/22/alternatives-to-mother-s-day-66331-23202250/ Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/03/22/alternatives-to-mother-s-day-66331-23202250/ AND so, it’s Mother’s Day... again. Lorne Jackson http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/03/22/the-jackson-5-66331-23202251/ Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/03/22/the-jackson-5-66331-23202251/ WHAT is happening with Kerry Katona and her on-off boyfriend, Mark Croft? Lorne Jackson http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/03/15/why-julie-myerson-is-wrong-to-reveal-her-son-s-drug-habit-66331-23145238/ Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/03/15/why-julie-myerson-is-wrong-to-reveal-her-son-s-drug-habit-66331-23145238/ TODAY’S little essay is about art and exploitation. Sophisticated stuff, I’m sure you’ll agree. Lorne Jackson http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/03/08/manchester-united-star-s-ham-fisted-handbag-antics-66331-23090330/ Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/03/08/manchester-united-star-s-ham-fisted-handbag-antics-66331-23090330/ WHAT is wrong with our current crop of professional footballers? Lorne Jackson http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/03/01/how-the-american-version-of-coronation-street-could-look-66331-23034655/ Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/03/01/how-the-american-version-of-coronation-street-could-look-66331-23034655/ WITH British movie Slumdog Millionaire cleaning up at the Oscars, hopes are riding high that a UK invasion of Hollywood is imminent. Lorne Jackson http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/03/01/my-dictionary-for-tomorrow-66331-23034656/ Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/03/01/my-dictionary-for-tomorrow-66331-23034656/ RESEARCH at the university of Reading has identified a handful of modern words that have changed so little in tens of thousands of years that ancient hunter-gatherers would probably have used them, just like us. Lorne Jackson http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/02/15/bankers-and-politicians-to-blame-for-the-credit-crunch-66331-22930244/ Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/columnists/lorne-jackson/2009/02/15/bankers-and-politicians-to-blame-for-the-credit-crunch-66331-22930244/ THE embarrassing truth was that even though I was in my mid-twenties, I remained a virgin. Lorne Jackson