Recent articles by Charles Laurence

Piers Morgan

Hacking row wipes smile off Piers Morgan’s face

Fri 5 Aug, AT 08:49 Charles Laurence

Charles Laurence in New York on the ‘cheeky chappie’ former tabloid editor now walking on very hot coals

Rick Perry

Can Rick Perry ride all the way to the White House?

Tue 21 Jun, AT 08:11 Charles Laurence

Charles Laurence reports on a pistol-packing Texas Republican who could give Obama a run for his money

US congressman Anthony Weiner resigns

Weiner: was he accepting an Oscar or resigning?

Fri 17 Jun, AT 08:32 Charles Laurence

Charles Laurence in New York on Weiner’s bravado as he addressed his constituents one last time

Beached white male, washed up on a beach

The beached white male: an American nightmare

Tue 14 Jun, AT 08:22 Charles Laurence

Charles Laurence: Plight of America’s jobless ‘suits’ raises big questions - like why would you marry one?

Dominique Strauss Kahn

Lawyers dig for dirt in bid to save Strauss-Kahn

Tue 31 May, AT 08:36 Charles Laurence

Private eyes and former CIA spies join lawyers in biggest defence operation since OJ Simpson trial

Shannan Gilbert and Melissa Barthelemy

Craigslist killer: growing sense that he’s a cop

Tue 19 Apr, AT 07:32 Charles Laurence

Charles Laurence reports from New York on the search for the Long Island callgirl killer

Sarah Palin and her son Trig

Evidence against Palin overwhelming, says prof

Fri 15 Apr, AT 17:45 Charles Laurence

Professor Scharlott has opened a can of Alaskan worms by questioning Sarah Palin’s pregnancy

arianna huffington

Huffington Post ‘plantation slaves’ fight back

Wed 13 Apr, AT 08:34 Charles Laurence

US bloggers launch class action suit against the Huff Post: opportunism or a game changer?

Paul Allen and Bill Gates in 2000

Microsoft co-founder slams ruthless Bill Gates

Thu 31 Mar, AT 08:48 Charles Laurence

Billionaire Paul Allen still can’t get over being shafted by Bill Gates more than 25 years ago

Julie Christie

Don’t Look Now sex scene was for real, says author

Fri 25 Mar, AT 17:02 Charles Laurence

Oh no it wasn’t, responds Donald Sutherland: Julie Christie and I were just acting

Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton

Drinks with Liz Taylor and under-performing Burton

Wed 23 Mar, AT 16:56 Charles Laurence

Now it can be told: why Richard Burton was on fizzy water while Liz and I sipped champagne

Pete King

Pete King: from IRA friend to scourge of jihadists

Wed 9 Mar, AT 07:48 Charles Laurence

Once he supported IRA’s armed struggle – now he’s chairing inquiry into the threat from US Muslims

Steve Jobs National Enquirer

Steve Jobs cancer: money buys longevity

Mon 21 Feb, AT 09:16 Charles Laurence

Cancer survival rates in America are better than anywhere – if you have the money to spend

Donald Rumsfeld

Rumsfeld tortures truth in Known and Unknown

Fri 4 Feb, AT 07:40 Charles Laurence

Charles Laurence: Donald Rumsfeld blames everyone but himself for Iraq debacle

Twitter

Twitter and Facebook are driving us mad, says prof

Mon 24 Jan, AT 07:23 Charles Laurence

We've invented inspiring new technologies and allowed them to diminish us, says Prof Sherry Turkle

‘Tiger mother’ Amy Chua creates parenting storm

Wed 19 Jan, AT 07:30 Charles Laurence

‘Do as you are told or else’ philosophy brings outrage, even death threats, from modern American parents

Republican congressman Louie Gohmert

Gunslinger’s rights: it only seems mad to foreigners

Thu 13 Jan, AT 16:24 Charles Laurence

Charles Laurence on why Congressman Gohmert’s plan to arm his colleagues makes sense to many Americans

Sarah Palin fishing nets Alaska

Sarah Palin’s Alaska: a stroke of political genius

Mon 15 Nov, AT 07:49 Charles Laurence

Queen of the Wild Frontier: Charles Laurence tunes in to perfectly pitched appeal to dumbed-down America

Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart rally brings 200,000 to the Mall

Mon 1 Nov, AT 07:18 Charles Laurence

Washington witnesses its weirdest day yet in the midterm election season

Chelsea Clinton

Chelsea and Marc: a fairy tale made for America

Tue 27 Jul, AT 08:17 Charles Laurence

On the eve of her wedding, Chelsea Clinton is a beacon of hope for the children of Bill and Hillary’s generation

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