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The Independent (London, England)
The Independent is a Monday to Sunday newspaper, owned and published by Independent Print Ltd and headquartered in London, England. It was first published in 1986 in reaction to the conservative views held by the London Times and the London Telegraph. It has a liberal slant. The Independent's audience is London based, with 54 percent of its readership living in London and its surroundings. Other notable qualities of its readership are: the average reader is 43 years old; 59 percent are employed; 62 percent are married; 48 percent have a college degree or higher; and 73 percent own their own homes. Regions covered include: London and South East, South West, Midlands, North and North East, North West, Scotland, and Wales. The Independent is the youngest of Britain's daily newspapers and is notable for challenging London's more established and conservative daily newspapers. The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards. In 2010, Simon Kelner, Editor-in-Chief of The Independent, and Johann Hari, a regular columnist in the paper, each received a Comment Award, similar to the U.S. Pultizer Prize. Oliver Wright is Whitehall editor; Oly Duff is home news editor, and Katherine Butler is comment editor.
Articles from December 30, 2006
48 HOURS IN AUCKLAND ; Wineries, Beaches, Adrenalin and Maori Culture: New Zealand's Largest City Has It All, Says Christine Rush
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WHY GO NOW? New Zealand's largest city is the gateway to the land of Peter Jackson, delectable pinot noir and indomitable rugby teams. Yet Auckland is an attractive sub-tropical destination in itself for sun- starved Brits in January. Its 1 million people...
A Fair Dinkum Treat ; A Friend's Wedding Gave Julian Eccles and His Family the Chance to Explore New South Wales off the Tourist Trail
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"Right: we're coming," we promised Jayne. Two years ago our good friend had emigrated to Australia to live with her boyfriend, Adam. She is our 10-year-old son Sam's godmother, so her wedding could not really be missed. But how sensible would it be to...
A Ghost in the Machine ; PsychoGeography
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I wonder, can you read this? By which I mean to say: am I being heard? Because that's what we all really care about, isn't it, being heard, our words having value through their being understood by another? A few months ago, I probably would've said "another...
A Haven on Earth ; LONG-HAUL DESTINATIONS ++ Mick Webb Samples Sumptuous Snorkelling, Marauding Mosquitoes and Goes to Hell on Grand Cayman - the First Stop-Off in Our Four-Page Look at Far-Flung Holidays for Families
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We arrived in Grand Cayman on a cruise-ship day. Two huge vessels were moored in George Town harbour, dominating the tiny capital while their passengers filled the narrow streets, videoed the wooden houses and queued for the duty-free goods that, for...
Allow Men to Take More Responsibility for Sex ; EDITORIAL & OPINION
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If I had never had sex while drunk then I expect I would still be a virgin. In fact, I think that I have been drunk, sometimes very drunk, every time I have slept with a new partner, and I suspect this is true for many people. So suggestions that the...
A Load off My Mind ; Diary of a Dorset Garden ++ When Your Garden Just Happens to Be on a Steep Dorset Hillside, You Need All the Help You Can Get. Anna Pavord Explains How She Found the Perfect Workhorse. Photograph by George Wright
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The star of the year is our Draper sack truck. I know real men are supposed to carry sacks slung on their shoulders, but I'm not a real man and the truck, built along the lines of a porter's trolly, is robust, dependable and doesn't confuse me by trying...
An Execution That Will Do Nothing to Quell the Violence on Iraq's Streets ; LEADING ARTICLE
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Saddam Hussein awaited his imminent end last night, sentenced to hang for crimes against humanity. His last hours were punctuated by the necessary rituals: the signature on the death warrant from Iraq's Prime Minister; the leave- taking from his closest...
Backlash against Euro Could Mean Slovenia Is Last Entrant ; EUROPE
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Europe is bracing itself for a new backlash against the euro as the latest nation to join the single currency has been warned to guard against shops and restaurants that hike up prices under the cover of the changeover. On 1 January, Slovenia will become...
Brave Inca Turns Adversity into Triumph Again and Makes Life Expensive for the Non-Believers ; on Racing
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The suspicion that Brave Inca has been nearing the bottom of the barrel proved unworthy when he quarried a characteristically grim success at Leopardstown yesterday. To those unfamiliar with his dour style, the champion hurdler looked doomed as Iktitaf...
Bright Sparks ; Fashion's Most Colourful Talent, Zandra Rhodes (Pictured Bottom Right), Is Back with a New Look for Spring/summer 2007. Iain R Webb Gained Exclusive Access as She Unveiled Her Latest Collection
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"I have never stopped designing and producing two collections a year. It just seemed the right time to go catwalk!" says Zandra Rhodes, backstage at her comeback show, staged as part of London Fashion Week's spring/summer 2007 collections. Behind the...
Btw ; HOME
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The Chinese New Year won't be celebrated until 18 February, but Sinophiles will know that 2007 is the year of the pig and that people born in pig years are loyal, well-mannered, industrious, keen on luxury and intense in friendships. Mozart, Hitchcock,...
Buchanan Slates Pietersen for Selfish Attitude ; SPORT
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The Australian coach, John Buchanan, has branded Kevin Pietersen as a selfish player in the wake of England's three-day defeat in the fourth Test. Buchanan accused Pietersen, who had resisted requests from the England hierarchy to bat at four before...
Charlton All Shook Up as Pressley Makes Move to Celtic ; SCOTLAND
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The former Heart of Midlothian captain Steven Pressley spurned Charlton Athletic, of the Premiership, to sign for Celtic last night, lured by the prospect of Champions' League football next season in Scotland rather than a relegation battle in England....
CONTINUATION: The Last Rituals of a Brutal Leader Who Ruled His Nation with Terror ; SADDAM'S FINAL HOURS
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he invaded Iran and started an eight-year-long war in which at least a million Iraqis and Iranians were killed or wounded. In 1990 he occupied Kuwait and was defeated by US-led forces. Saddam destroyed his own country. When he came to power it had oil,...
Cricket ; the Best and the Worst of 2006 ++ Our Writers Pick the Highs and Lows of the Last 12 Months - and One to Watch in 2007
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BEST OF 2006 When England arrived in Bombay for the third Test against India everybody was expecting Andrew Flintoff's side to be walloped. The team had just been beaten in Mohali by nine wickets and England had not won a Test in India for 21 years....
Crouch Will Be Going Nowhere, Says Benitez ; SPORT
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Rafael Benitez last night launched a thinly veiled attack on the representatives of Peter Crouch, who he suspects are trying to unsettle the Liverpool striker. Benitez was responding to reports that the club is ready to sell Crouch to Newcastle after...
Dancing off with the 2006 Awards Are. ; SPORT ON TV
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So who did what on the box in 2006? Who was a success and who was a Garth Crooks? The inaugural Golden Ball-Gag goes to Jose Mourinho. When he arrived at Stamford Bridge a whirlwind of fresh air blew through English football. A couple of years on, the...
Development Threat to the Palace Where Television Was Born ; HOME
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Just over 70 years ago, on 2 November 1936, the following words by the BBC presenter Elizabeth Cowell were beamed out over London: "This is direct television from Alexandra Palace." It was a moment that changed history, ushering in the television era....
Don't Expect an MP to Be a Decent Film Critic ; the Week in Arts
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Why is it that MPs have a blind spot about the movies? Seeing a film is a common activity for the rest of the population. But MPs don't seem to do it. They attend rock concerts, occasionally the theatre and even more occasionally the opera. But when...
End of the Horror Show for Bats as Numbers Stage Dramatic Comeback ; HOME
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After decades of decline some of Britain's most endangered bat populations appear to be making a comeback. Ever since Bela Lugosi flapped his cloak and flew off into the night as Count Dracula, the humble bat has suffered an image problem of almost catastrophic...
Equestrianism, Golf and Boxing Steal the Sporting Limelight ; SPORTING LIFE
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Despite the distinct lack of international success for English football, rugby and cricket teams this year, there are many honours awarded for excellence in other, lower profile, sports. The Queen's granddaughter, Zara Phillips, who was recently voted...
Fares Hike for London ; News ++ the Best Deals and the Latest Hot Spots
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Tourists to London who pay cash for Tube or bus rides already face the highest public-transport fares for any city - and from Tuesday prices for those without pre-paid cards will rise by a third. From 2 January, the minimum fare for any Tube journey...
Ferguson Unsentimental about His Pension and United's Position ; SPORT
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Sir Alex Ferguson can fund his hairdryer with a heating allowance from tomorrow, but otherwise pensionable age will have no discernible effect on the manager of Manchester United. Yesterday he called for an appreciation of the nation's farmers and revealed...
Festive Loch-In ; A Rustic Cottage beside a Loch in the Trossachs Looked Just the Place for a Perfect New Year Getaway. but That Was before the Freeze Set in. Rhiannon Batten Reports
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The instructions were straightforward: scoot round the eastern end of Loch Tay and, just past the unpromisingly named Dull village, my friends and I would pick up the sign-posted trail to Highland Adventure Safaris. We weren't expecting to spot an African-style...
FIVE BEST RESTAURANTS ON THE SLOPES ; Danielle Demetriou Discovers Where Fine-Dining Reaches Great Heights
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Flocons de Sel Megeve Flocons de Sel is the proud owner of two of the eight Michelin stars that are distributed across picturesque Megeve. Food lovers have been known to drive across France just for dinner at this 19th- century farmhouse in the upper...
Football and Violence: They Go Together ; EDITORIAL & OPINION
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When I was at school, I was once beaten by a prefect for reading a book on Czech history at a football match. Sutton Valence was - and remains - a minor public school whose straw boaters and long- distance runs along snow-covered roads and brutal punishments...
FTSE 100 Rise Peters out after 11% Annual Gain ; MARKET REPORT
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Investors failed to come up with a year-end rally. The FTSE 100 started the day just 20 points short of the 2006 high, but ended 20 points down instead. In predictably thin dealing on the last trading day of the year - with business ending early at 12.30pm...
Graham Coxon ; How Do I Look? ++ Musician, Age 37
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I'm on the cusp of six foot tall. I have light brown hair which is a bit moppy at the moment, so I was thinking of getting a short back and sides because I've been watching Brideshead Revisited. I get a little romantic and fantastical about eras in history,...
Great Departures from the Norm ; from Exotic Escapes to Action-Packed Adventures, Frank Partridge Explores the New Horizons That Will Delight Even the Most World- Weary Traveller during the Year Ahead
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WHERE ARE THE HOT NEW DESTINATIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR? There is, of course, nowhere "new" under the sun, but the travel industry's constant quest to tempt us means that there is a steady flow of places, near and far, that open up to organised tourism....
Grewcock Charge Could Hit Plans for Six Nations ; SPORT
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Danny Grewcock, an elder statesman of the England team but not beyond picking up rugby union's equivalent of an Asbo on the odd occasion, is in trouble once again. The Bath lock will appear before a disciplinary panel in Bristol next Thursday to answer...
His Death May Be Seen Not as Justice but as Martyrdom ; SADDAM'S FINAL HOURS
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Saddam to the gallows. It was an easy equation. Who could be more deserving of that last walk to the scaffold - that crack of the neck at the end of a rope - than the Beast of Baghdad, the Hitler of the Tigris, the man who murdered untold hundreds of...
History Isn't Repeated - nor Is Wisdom ; Richard Ingrams' Week
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A tired, discredited Prime Minister. An honours scandal. A year of drought. Historians poring over the now-released public records for 1976 have seized on all the parallels with the sad situation today. Tony Blair's resemblance to Harold Wilson is seen...
How Afghanistan Is Now One of the Most Deadly Places to Have a Baby ; WORLD
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Manija Hojipour's decision to join a midwifery course did not meet with universal approval at her home village of Durayi. Her mother was reduced to tears by claims that the 20-year-old will be corrupted by mixing with unbelievers and become a pariah...
Hughes Asks Blackburn Fans to Back Neill despite Interest from Liverpool ; SPORT
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The Blackburn manager, Mark Hughes, has urged his club's fans to be more appreciative of Lucas Neill as speculation over the defender's future intensifies. Hughes has admitted that Neill could leave Ewood Park during next month's transfer window, although...
If You Ask Me ; SATURDAY MAGAZINE
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If you ask me, I am not "just like my mother". In the event that you ask, in my presence, what, for example, "labyrinthine" means, I am not going to pucker my lips together so tightly they resemble a hen's arse and demolish you with a withering glare....
Jasmine Guinness, Supermodel ; My Secret Life
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Jasmine Guinness was born in Dublin in 1976. She is an heiress to the Guinness brewing fortune but gained her own fame as a supermodel and muse to Jasper Conran. In 2002 she set up the charity Clothesline (www.clothesline.org) with fellow models Jade...
Jobs Recommended Backdating Share Options, Apple Admits ; BUSINESS
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Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive, was personally involved in the secret backdating of share options, the computer company admitted for the first time yesterday. The iPod maker's board expressed its "full confidence" in Mr Jobs, but said he had personally...
JOHN BUTCHER ; Hard-Working Conservative MP for Coventry South West and a Business- like Junior Minister
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John Butcher was well-liked as an effective and hardworking junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's governments, although regarded by the press initially as somewhat accident-prone - The Birmingham Post memorably once claimed that his "diplomatic skills...
L'Htel Paris ; 24-HOUR ROOM SERVICE
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As the exiled Oscar Wilde lay dying in a seedy Paris pension, he famously quipped, "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go." Today the offending covering has been replaced by a sumptuous emerald and gold...
Liberty Celebrates Its Best Christmas ; BUSINESS
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London's swelling ranks of super-rich residents flocked to Liberty for their festive shopping, helping the mock Tudor-fronted emporium to enjoy its best Christmas. Despite trading from 20 per cent less space than last year after moving out of the Regent...
Malbranque Can Worry Both Defences ; Gerry Francis Talking Tactics: Tottenham Hotspur V Liverpool
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Flair players are popular and can be devastating, but they come with caveats. The former Spurs manager considers the pros and cons of the club's French midfielder French flair: the positives It has taken Tottenham a while to get Steed Malbranque in...
Men Arrested over Child Murders ; WORLD
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Police in India have discovered the decomposing bodies of a number of children buried behind a house outside Delhi and arrested two men, one of whom is said to have confessed to sexually abusing and killing at least seven children. The arrests sparked...
Mortgage Approvals Point to Renewed Housing Strength ; BUSINESS
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The housing market looks set for a robust start to the new year after figures yesterday showed a sharp jump in the number of mortgages approved by the main lending banks last month. The British Bankers' Association said 77,788 people reserved a loan...
Mourinho Must Regain Plot or Greatest Story Ever Told Will End as Disaster Movie ; SPORT
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In the formative stage of his Chelsea empire you could still be amused by the breathtaking self-regard of Jose Mourinho. The sharpness of his wit seemed like a permanent guard against the worst effects of a rampaging ego, but then suddenly this week...
New Year's Revolution ; Why Shell out for an Expensive Restaurant Meal When You Can Have Twice as Much Fun Creating a Luxury New Year's Dinner for Friends at Home? by Mark Hix. Photographs by Jason Lowe
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Going out on New Year's Eve can be a tough call; most places charge a bloody fortune for a drawn-out fancy dinner. There's also the problem of getting home if you've had a drink - and if you decide to be spontaneous and get a cab, you won't find one...
Night Magic ; New Year's Eve in Japan Is a Celebration of Life and New Beginnings. Tamsin Leach Discovers the Spiritual Wonder of the Yasaka Shrine and the Fun of 'Happy Bags'
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Just after midnight on the last day of the old year, I was standing at the very back of an exceedingly long queue in Kyoto, having just missed the ringing of 108 bells. The queue was so huge that it filled the breadth of the Gion district's wide main...
Oil and Dollar Fall but Dow Marches on ; Volatile Year Ends with Oil Lower ++ Dollar Down 14% against Pound ++ BRIC Economies Boom
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The oil price posted its first annual loss since 2001 while the bellwether US stock index, the Dow Jones, was not far off its record at the end of the last trading day of a volatile 2006. Oil and the dollar took a pummelling while emerging stock markets...
O'Neill Urges Return to Form for Villa ; SPORT
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Martin O'Neill is refusing to blame injuries for Aston Villa's slide down the Premiership table - and has called on his players to rediscover the winning habit against Charlton. O'Neill has a growing casualty list, the striker Chris Sutton being the...
OPERA AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT ; la Scala Has Been Forced to Cancel a Controversial Production of 'Candide'. Peter Popham Reports
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La Scala, Italy's most famous opera house, is in the news again after the cancellation of a production of Voltaire's Candide that is drawing rave reviews in Paris. The show was to open in June. A spokesman for the Milanese theatre said the cancellation,...
PartyGaming in [Pound]40m Award to Executives ; BUSINESS
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The online gaming company PartyGaming is awarding its key executives [pound]40m in cash bonuses and share options and ditching performance targets despite its plummeting share price. Under new incentive arrangements, the chief executive, Mitch Garber,...
PIERRE DELANOE ; Writer of More Than 4,000 Songs
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Only the employees of Sacem, the French association of music writers, composers and publishers, know exactly how many songs Pierre Delanoe wrote between the late Forties and the end of the Eighties. Estimates vary between 4,000 and 5,000, but what is...
Premiership Team News ; Sport
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Charlton v Aston Villa Today 12.45pm. Last season: 0-0. TV: Live PPV; Charlton Athletic Form: WLLLD Leading scorer: D Bent 7. Subs from: Myhre, Fortune, B Hughes, Hasselbaink, Sam, Diawara. Injured: Young (knee, five weeks), Reid (hamstring, two weeks),...
Read This: Noticeboards Save Hospital Lives ; HOME
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A hospital has cut its death rate dramatically by posting notices in wards reminding staff of basic safety measures. The rate at Luton and Dunstable Hospital in Bedfordshire plummeted 16 per cent in two years, after doctors and nurses were warned to...
RICHARD BOSTON ; Journalist and Founder of 'The Vole'
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Richard Boston, the writer and journalist, was a most original and delightful mixture of a man. He combined intellect, integrity and considerable learning with an almost child-like sense of fun and humour. His was, in many ways, a life lived through...
RICHARD CARLSON ; Bestselling Self-Help Guru
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Richard Carlson was a popular psychologist in all senses of the phrase. His best-known title, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff . . . and It's All Small Stuff (1997), was one of the fastest-selling books of all time and made publishing history as USA Today's...
Richard & Judy ; 'We Had the Worst Food Poisoning We've Ever Had in Madeira'
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First holiday memory? Judy: Blackpool. I was brought up in Manchester with very working- class parents and we'd go for the day when I was little. When my parents had a bit more money we'd spend a week there in a small hotel. Richard: My father was a...
Rod Stewart Sails into a CBE at the Age of 61 ; ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
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The rock singer Rod Stewart, the travel writer and novelist Colin Thubron and the actor Hugh Laurie are among arts and entertainment stars recog-nised this year. Top honours go to Michael Holroyd, the biographer of George Bernard Shaw and Lytton Strachey,...
Saddam: The Final Hours of a Tyrant ; Front Page
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Saddam Hussein's death warrant was signed last night. It happened as the nightly curfew brought Baghdad, the city where he exercised supreme power over Iraq for a quarter of a century, to a standstill. The leader who launched two disastrous wars that...
Scarlett, Author of the Iraq War Dossier, Is Knighted ; HOME
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John Scarlett, who took responsibility for the error-ridden dossier that justified the war in Iraq, is knighted in today's New Year Honours list. The award will enrage peace campaigners, who have accused the veteran spymaster of saving Tony Blair's skin...
Skoko's Long Road to the Top ; the Premiership Interview ++ Born in Australia, Josip Skoko's Career as a Professional Footballer Took Him to Croatia, Belgium and Turkey before He Got His Chance in the Premiership with Wigan. Even Then, It Has Taken Him a While to Establish Himself but, He Tells Phil Shaw, It Has Been Worth the Wait
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Like any natural-born footballer, all Josip Skoko has ever wanted to do is play. At the age of six in Australia he would go to church wearing full kit - including shin pads - under his Sunday best. A quarter of a century, several exotic transfers and...
Slow but Sure Change in Northern Ireland ; EDITORIAL & OPINION
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There has been something of a balance of anguish for Northern Ireland politicians of late, as both republicans and loyalists have been bringing themselves to the point of making moves which are groundbreaking and risky. Movement has been so slow for...
The Best Funds to Bet on for 2007 ; with the Global Economy Looking Set to Slow Down, James Daley Asks the Experts to Pick Their Top Investments - Both at Home and Abroad - for the Coming 12 Months
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The past year turned out to be another very strong one for world equity markets, with 68 of the world's 81 stock markets delivering positive returns. If you were lucky enough to invest all your money in the Peruvian market, you could have chalked up...
The Minimum Fare on the London Underground Goes Up Next Week ; Richard Ingrams' Week
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The minimum fare on the London Underground goes up next week from [pound]3 to [pound]4, making public transport in the capital just about the most expensive in the world. It is a bit of a U-turn on the part of London's mayor, Ken Livingstone, who 25...
The Next Big Things ; Who Will Be the Bright Young Stars of 2007? over the Next 14 Pages, Our Experts Introduce the Hottest New Talents from the Worlds of Art, Music, Books, Fashion, Food, Politics and Sport
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The pop star Mika Mika is that rare thing - a singer-songwriter with charisma and talent. Add to that a penchant for grandiose Technicolor pop and you have a proper star-in-waiting. The son of a Lebanese father and an American mother, Mika was born...
There Is Nothing to Fear When You Reach the Seventh Age of Man. on the Contrary ; EDITORIAL & OPINION
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The south coast again. Not as mild as in previous years. It's my custom, after hokey-cokeying at the bandstand on Boxing Day (I don't participate: I just observe in horror), to go down with sunstroke. Not this time. It's winter proper: a stone-dead sky,...
There's a Spy Story Bubbling Away, but We Can't Know Anything about It ; NEWS
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The information slid out of the news as unobtrusively as it slid in. One moment an unidentified 44-year-old man had been arrested under Section 1 of the Official Secrets Act. The next, a certain Corporal Daniel James from Brighton had been charged with...
THE RETURN OF KYLIE ; as the Showgirl Who Recovered from Breast Cancer Returns to the British Stage Tomorrow, Writers, Performers and Campaigners Reflect on the Most Triumphant of Comebacks ++ the Miracle of Minogue
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MARK BALDWIN, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR RAMBERT BALLET. KYLIE PERFORMED IN CHOREOGRAPHER RAFAEL BONACHELA'S '21' WITH THE RAMBERT Kylie came into the practice room wearing combats, kicked her shoes off, and really joined in. She was charming, lovely, and utterly...
The Saturday Profile Action Woman ; HAZEL BLEARS
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Up in Salford no one seems terribly bothered about the latest flurry in the Westminster village concerning their MP, Hazel Blears. Ms Blears - for those who have been paying attention to other matters over the festive season - took herself to a picket...
Time to Call Time on These One-Sided Airline Punctuality Contracts ; THE MAN WHO PAYS HIS WAY
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Perhaps it was tempting fate. Last January, in this column's annual survey of whether airlines are keeping their side of the punctuality bargain, I urged the new chief executive of British Airways to buy a watch: only three of the 24 BA flights I took...
TRACEY MANN ; My Week ++ the Store Director of Selfridges in Oxford Street Oversees the First Week of the Winter Sales
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Sunday There are many last-minute Christmas shoppers in today, especially men. When we close up, the rush behind the scenes begins. I review the prices, check if there will be enough staff here on Tuesday, and ensure the necessary equipment is ready....
Trial Verdict Tarnished by Iraqi Court's Failings
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It should have been a historic opportunity. For the first time since the end of the Second World War, a tyrant and his henchmen were being put on trial for crimes against humanity by a special domestic court. Yet the first trial against Sad-dam Hussein,...
Trivial Pursuits ; the Weasel
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Another New Year is almost upon us, which means another edition clocked up by Old Moore's (310th), Whitaker's (139th), Pears' (115th) and Schott's (2nd). After dallying with specialist miscellanies, Ben Schott has recognised the irresistible power of...
Vast Ice Shelf Collapses in the Arctic ; WORLD
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A vast ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic has broken up, a further sign of the astonishing rate at which polar ice is now melting because of global warming. The Ayles ice shelf, more than 40 square miles in extent - over five times the size of central...
Weekend Work ; SATURDAY MAGAZINE
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What to do Thinking is often better than doing at this time of the year. By March, the To Do list will be so long there'll be no time for considering changes in the garden, looking hard at the basic design, taking decisions about fences, decks, pools...
'We'll Need a Sunny Stopover' ; INDEPENDENT TRAVELLER
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Q My sister and I want to holiday together with our mother, husbands and toddlers (17 and 15 months respectively) next Easter. My family would travel from London, the rest from Sydney, and we'd like to find somewhere halfway, with one long-haul flight...
Wenger Tells Baptista to Prove Worth in the Box ; SPORT
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After four months at Arsenal and with only two starts under his belt, Julio Baptista has been told by the club's manager, Arsene Wenger, that he needs to start showing the ability that persuaded him to sign the midfielder last summer. The Brazilian is...
West Ham Closer to [Pound]10m Deal for Wright-Phillips ; SPORT
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West Ham United have stepped up their efforts to sign Shaun Wright-Phillips for [pound]10m and, crucially, are understood to be prepared to match the winger's [pound]50,000-a-week wages. At the same time, the Premiership club are hoping to sign Middlesbrough's...
What I've Learnt This Week ; SPORT
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1. A visit from Arsenal takes me on a nostalgic trip down memory lane This is the last column of 2006, a year which has been one of the best of my career so far; finally to take my team up to the Premiership after seven years was a fantastic feeling....
When in Doubt, Confuse the Reader with Too Many Facts ; Errors & Omissions
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We're all for facts, and plenty of them. But the commendable desire to pack as many facts as possible into a news story can lead to daft juxtapositions. This is from our report on Thursday of the death of Lord Hussey, the former chairman of the BBC....
Who Are You Calling an Autocutie? ; NEWS
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When the - still unsolved - mystery of Alexander Litvinenko's fatal poisoning was at its height, I was interviewed on BBC Breakfast. Seconds before, the producer whispered in my ear that the interviewer would be Kate Silverton. Images flashed through...
'With Brad I Know What I'm Doing out There' ; in the Last of Our Series of Interviews with Major Sporting Figures for Whom 2006 Was a Pivotal Year, Andy Murray Reflects on His Amazing Charge Up the Rankings, Explains His Change of Coach and Recalls His First ATP Tour Win and a Victory over the World No 1 ++ Looking Back on 2006
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It was not what you might have expected in a job interview, especially if you were the one doing the recruiting. Andy Murray was thinking of hiring Brad Gilbert as his new coach and was in the middle of their first meeting, at this year's French Open...
