Michael Young

What would my socialist dad think of me now?

5 March 2016 9:00 am

On Tuesday night I went to a birthday party for my father at the House of Commons. Hosted by the…

The hazards of being a good sport

25 April 2015 9:00 am

Not a day passes when I don’t look on my father’s record with shock and awe. I’m not talking about…

Can you be a great father and lead a Great Life?

13 December 2014 9:00 am

I received a phone call the other day that I wasn’t expecting. It was a BBC producer calling about a…

Following in my father’s neglectful footsteps

26 July 2014 9:00 am

A few years ago, a family friend described my father as being a bit like Mrs Jellyby in Bleak House,…