The Big Smoke

Giving away fags will lead to the collapse of society, argues Michael Hodges

'The Brahms is so interminable that you consider flinging yourself from the balcony and impaling yourself on the string section'. A night at the Proms ends in disaster for Michael Hodges

Michael Hodges pays a visit to Kensington Palace's new exhibition ‘The Last Debutantes’ and wonders whether we're better off with our new breed of aristocracy

‘I like loonies. Even the racist loonies - just to check I'm normal.’Michael Hodges encounters London's social miscreants in a west London pub

Roadworks in the summer are inconvenient, annoying and stupid, says Michael Hodges, who proposes a one-month London hole amnesty

Disappointed that the capital's freesheets don’t have columns for very annoyed people. Michael Hodges provides a forum for the city's pissed off

Beer, bombings and blimps - Michael Hodges gets a Zeppelin's-eye view of the city

Michael Hodges puts concerns about escalating knife-crime on hold for a literary evening out. He thinks