Short lists

Alix Mortimer

The People's Republic of Mortimer
Alix Mortimer

I am Alix Mortimer, head of state in the People’s Republic of Mortimer, where everything is perfect. I am a thinker-up and writer-down of things and southerner out of water, now living

Andrew Sparrow

Guardian Politics Blog
Andrew Sparrow

Senior Political Correspondent, Guardian.co.uk,

Andrew Sparrow is the senior political correspondent on The Guardian website. He trained as a journalist on the South Wales Echo. Since joining the parliamentary lobby in 1994, he has worked as

Owen Polley

Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness
Owen Polley

Chekov,

An unapologetic grab-bag of everything. With a liberal unionist flavour. Submitted blogposts Adams, intolerance and the principle of consent Weekend’s events graphically illustrate two very different approaches to identity Ross and Brand

Iain Dale

Iain Dale's Diary
Iain Dale

Iain Dale is one of Britain’s leading political commentators, appearing regularly on TV and radio. Iain is best known for his political blog, Iain Dale’s Diary, and football blog, West Ham Till

Jack Night

NightJack - An English Detective
Jack Night

The blog of a pseudonymous English detective. After winning the first-ever Orwell Prize for Blogs, Jack Night was revealed to be Richard Horton by The Times following a landmark High Court ruling,

Paul Mason

Idle Scrawl
Paul Mason

Economics editor, BBC Newsnight,

I’m Paul Mason, Newsnight’s economics editor, a job that takes me from Kenyan shanty towns to Russian hedge funds and Chinese factories. My blog is called Idle Scrawl. It veers wildly across