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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 January 22, 2009
Ads Downturn Threatens 'Overvalued' ITV
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Market Report SHARES in ITV closed down 5.51 per cent, or 1.75p, at 30p last night after a leading broker questioned its valuation relative to other broadcasters.Merrill Lynch said that the pace of the decline in advertising revenue, which could be down...
'Alan Miller Was a True Ally. He Showed Me How to Be a Painter'
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My life in a column Last night I went to bed crying. I had been thinking about my days at the Royal College of Art. I've always said the best thing about the Royal College of Art was receiving that letter saying that I got in, and after that it went...
A Long Slow Road to Health
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COVER Schools are still stuffing children with junk food, despite Jamie Oliver's campaign for healthier eating. In an exclusive interview with Prue Leith, the school meals tsar, Hilary Wilce finds out why The Government has just announced a 372m budget...
Angela Morley
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Composer and arranger who worked withScott Walker and scored 'Dynasty' and 'Dallas' The full extent of Angela Morley's credits may not be fully appreciated as she spent the first 48 years of her life as Wally Stott. Combining her identities and her talents...
Arsenal and Zenit Reach Impasse over Arshavin
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Zenit St Petersburg remain determined to stand firm on their asking price as Arsenal continue their pursuit of Andrei Arshavin. Arsne Wenger, the Arsenal manager, had been hoping to complete a deal for the Russian playmaker before the FA Cup fourth-round...
Arsenal Hit Arshavin Impasse
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Gunners remain at odds with Zenit over proposed fee for Russian playmaker Zenit St Petersburg remain determined to stand firm on their asking price as Arsenal continue their pursuit of Andrei Arshavin. Arsne Wenger was hoping to complete a deal for...
As the World Sees It
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Obama overseasTHE AUSTRALIANThis uniquely American speech by a uniquely American leader addressed universal issues that will resonate around the world. For everybody who believes democracy is the sole system of government that both protects and empowers...
A Tale of Two Polygamists That Casts Light on the Mormon Marriage
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The Thursday Book THE 19TH WIFE By David Ebershoff DOUBLEDAY, Pounds 12.99 (free p&p) on 0870 079 8897 When Mitt Romney was running for the Republican nomination last year, he was asked: "If you were elected President, how many First Ladies could we...
'At Four, I Wanted to Work with Plants'
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INTERVIEW An education in the life of the television gardener Chris Beardshaw Passed/Failed Chris Beardshaw, 40, presents 'Wild About Your Garden' on BBC1. His previous programmes include 'Gardeners' World', 'The Flying Gardener' and 'Great Garden Detectives'....
Australian Wine Loses Its Sparkle
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Overproduction, credit crunch and image problem spell doom for vineyards Down Under FOR YEARS, Australian wines were the toast of Europe and the US, leading the "New World" challenge to the industry's traditional strongholds in France, Germany and Italy.Now...
Bank Bailouts Put Public Debt at an All-Time High
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MPC January minutesfuel expectations of further cuts in interest rates GOVERNMENT borrowing hit an all-time high in December as the UK was forced to find 22bn to finance the Royal Bank of Scotland and for further aid to Bradford & Bingley.The public...
Begbies Traynor Should Be in Its Element
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Investment Column Our view: BuyShare price: 113.25p (-7.25p)Cometh the hour, cometh the company: this is surely the time for great things from Begbies Traynor, the insolvency and restructuring specialist. With thousands of businesses expected to hit...
Bent Future in Doubt after Burnley Pull-Out
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FOOTBALL Darren Bent's future at Tottenham was thrown into doubt last night after the striker pulled out of his club's Carling Cup semi- final second leg against Burnley. The player told manager Harry Redknapp's assistants that he was injured and did...
Bent Future in Doubt after Burnley Pull-Out
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FOOTBALL Darren Bent's future at Tottenham was thrown into doubt last night after the striker pulled out of his club's Carling Cup semi- final second leg against Burnley. The player told manager Harry Redknapp's assistants that he was injured and did...
Big Fish in a Small Bath
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Matt Stevens has been laid low by an arrogance bred of playing in a city where rugby stars can believe they are untouchable. Chris Hewett reports The first thing to be understood about Matt Stevens as he contemplates life as a sporting pariah is that...
Big Fish in a Small Bath
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Matt Stevens has been laid low by an arrogance bred of playing in a city where rugby stars can believe they are untouchable. Chris Hewett reports The first thing to be understood about Matt Stevens as he contemplates life as a sporting pariah is that...
Bond St Sneezes and Rotherham Gets a Bad Case of Flu
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Burberry is the latest luxury goods firm to axe workers as sales shrink across world. By Jonathan Brown and Cahal Milmo IT WAS cigarette-break at the Burberry sewing factory in Eastwood on the outskirts of Rotherham yesterday and the women who have...
Britons Not Working
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A polite letter, a brief meeting, a tearful announcement... and then what? Six people who've lost their jobs in recent months tell Simon Usborne how it's changed their lives Jo Tongue30, TV AND RADIO PRODUCERSOUTH-EAST LONDONWe had our Christmas party...
Brown Abandons Bid to Keep MPs' Expenses Secret
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Up to 100 backbenchers were ready to defy order to vote with the Government DETAILS OF expenses claims made by MPs will continue to be made public after Gordon Brown abandoned plans to try to keep them secret. A vote was due today on an amendment that...
Brown Should Admit His Ignorance
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"The trouble is you in the media," said a friend this week with some anger. "You're spreading such gloom about the recession that even people in perfectly safe jobs are refusing to spend."Well, journalists are certainly at fault for not forecasting this...
Business Turns against Labour on Economy
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BUSINESSMEN ARE warming to the idea of a Conservative government and think that Gordon Brown's measures to revive the economy are failing.A ComRes survey of business leaders found that 62 per cent of them think the temporary cut in VAT to 15 per cent...
Chess
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Many thanks for entries to the Christmas Competition. The solutions and names of the winners appear today and tomorrow.January1a) Bobby Fischer died on 17 January 2008b) In Reykjavik (to which he of course returned after being granted Icelandic citizenship...
City Make Henry Top Target for Summer
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Tevez in frame as Buffon drops off list MANCHESTER CITY have conceded defeat in their pursuit of a marquee signing in this transfer window but will consider returning to Barcelona for Thierry Henry this summer, having received an indication that the...
City Plot Summer Pursuit of Henry
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FOOTBALL Barcelona striker becomes next big-name target after collapse of Kaka deal Tevez in frame as Buffon drops off list MANCHESTER CITY have conceded defeat in their pursuit of a marquee signing in this transfer window but will consider returning...
City Plot Summer Pursuit of Henry
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FOOTBALL Barcelona striker becomes next big-name target after collapse of Kaka deal Tevez in frame as Buffon drops off list MANCHESTER CITY have conceded defeat in their pursuit of a marquee signing in this transfer window but will consider returning...
Clarke Dumps Alcohol and Cigarettes to Aim for Masters Spot
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GOLF WHEN A golfer of a certain vintage sees the glut of outrageous young talent emerging they can go one of two ways. They can either accept their days are up and accept the Ryder Cup captaincy. Or they can give up the fags and booze and cut down from...
Competition Is the Key to the Best Research
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Comment Slowly, joyfully, painfully, we are coming to terms with the results of the Research Assessment Exercise 2008. For some, it ruined Christmas. But world-leading work was found to be widely spread across the universities of the United Kingdom....
Co-Op and Britannia to Form a Super-Mutual
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BRITANNIA Building Society and the Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) are combining to form a "super-mutual" lender to challenge Nationwide and the country's battered banks.The merged lender will have 9 million customers and assets of about 70bn....
Credit Crisis Diary
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What Ed Richards does in his spare timeSchoolboy giggles at the Ofcom briefing yesterday on the future of public sector broadcasting. Pressed on possible radical options for restructuring the industry, Ofcom boss Ed Richards, pictured, was asked what...
Dancing the Night Away
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The new President and his wife attended 10 balls after his inauguration. Leonard Doyle reports It was a few minutes after midnight at the Southern Ball, the final stop in a whirlwind of official parties thrown in honour of the new First Couple. "Silence...
Day Two - and It's Down to Business in the Oval Office
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Executive order to halt Guantanamo tribunals marks a clean break with Bush Calls to Palestinian, Israeli and Egyptian leaders in bid to bring peace to Middle East Moving without pause from the pageantry of his inauguration to the business of government,...
Defoe Seals Late Escape for Spurs
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BURNLEY 3 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 Tottenham win 6-4 on aggregate; AetON A wet and windy east Lancashire night Tottenham teetered on the brink of a dramatic and disastrous exit from the Carling Cup before, with two minutes of extra time remaining, goals from...
'Dinner Parties in Rural Herefordshire Certainly Keep You on Your Toes'
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Home And Away One of the differences between our social life in Herefordshire and the one we enjoyed in Crouch End for eight years is that we keep meeting new people. In London N8 there were about half a dozen couples we counted as really close friends,...
Djokovic Stars as the Third Man
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TENNIS Serb serves reminder of his world ranking in face of growing Murraymania Every other question to the leading players here at the Australian Open seems to be about Andy Murray. Do they see the world No 4 as the favourite for the title after his...
Domino's Directors Use Slice of Stock as Collateral for Loans
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Business in brief RESTAURANTS Directors of Domino's Pizza have put up more than one- fifth of the delivery chain's shares as collateral for personal loans, it emerged yesterday. The biggest number was pledged by Nigel Wray, above, a non-executive director...
Drever the Toughest Act to Follow
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RACING PERHAPS THE most piquant aspect to the retirement of Inglis Drever, announced yesterday, is that he should so narrowly have missed the opportunity to measure the pretensions of his obvious heir. There is no doubting the regal bearing of Punchestowns,...
Drever the Toughest Act to Follow
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RACING PERHAPS THE most piquant aspect to the retirement of Inglis Drever, announced yesterday, is that he should so narrowly have missed the opportunity to measure the pretensions of his obvious heir. There is no doubting the regal bearing of Punchestowns,...
Drever the Toughest Act to Follow
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RACING PERHAPS THE most piquant aspect to the retirement of Inglis Drever, announced yesterday, is that he should so narrowly have missed the opportunity to measure the pretensions of his obvious heir. There is no doubting the regal bearing of Punchestowns,...
Dutch MP to Be Tried for Views on Islam
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Party leader who made film linking Koran to Nazism accused of inciting race hate The Far-right Dutch politician who gained global notoriety with a film claiming links between the Koran and terrorism is to be put on trial for his public statements against...
England Call Up White as Stevens Faces Long Ban
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Martin Johnson, the England manager, has called the 35-year-old Leicester front-row forward Julian White into his party for the Six Nations Championship as the shadows of the Matt Stevens drugs affair lengthen across the union game at both club and Test...
England Call Up White as Stevens Faces Long Ban
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Martin Johnson, the England manager, has called the 35-year-old Leicester front-row forward Julian White into his party for the Six Nations Championship as the shadows of the Matt Stevens drugs affair lengthen across the union game at both club and Test...
Flower Gives Rose-Tinted Assessment of Infighting
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CRICKET England assistant coach arrives in West Indies set on forgetting recent turmoil AS ENGLAND FLEW to the Caribbean yesterday they continued their well-planned assault on the world supply of airbrushes. These might not be as useful as bats for...
Gang 'Tried to Steal Pounds 229m from Bank' Theft Plot
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Computer hackers cloned passwords after being smuggled in by corrupt security guard, court is told An international gang hatched a plan to steal 229m from some of the world's largest companies by hacking into the computers of a Japanese bank in London,...
Goan Fish Curry
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INGREDIENTS TO SERVE 4:2 tablespoons vegetable oil1 teaspoon mustard seeds1 small onion, peeled and chopped2.5cm piece of cinnamon stick10g fresh ginger, peeled7 large cloves of garlic, peeled1-3 mild dried red chillies1 teaspoon ground cumin2 teaspoons...
Gordon Scores Pathetic Points as the World Ends
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Sketch NOW DAVID Cameron has put his finger on the central fact of the crunch and, if he keeps pushing and poking at it, he will do the PM's head in. It is essential he do this. We need a scapegoat. Seeing the Prime Minister's brain blowing up, live...
Here's Another Group That Won't Miss George Bush
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George W Bush might have been expected to spend his final hours in the White House polishing his golf clubs and taking Laura on a farewell turn around the state ballroom. Instead - unusually for one so workshy - he was busy with official business, and...
How English Made Our Universities the Most Popular in the World
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Podium THE NUMBER of students enrolled outside their country of citizenship had approximately doubled each 15 years since 1975. According to OECD figures, English-speaking countries had 45 per cent of the international student market in 2006. Australia...
How to Manage a Crisis
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EXECUTIVE TRAINING Leaders have to show real mettle during the hard times. James Morrison finds out how executive training can helpNot so long ago, terms like "executive training" conjured up images of high-flying suits in loosened ties colouring in...
Indian Tiger Snarls at Miliband's Kashmir Remarks
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World Focus Britain and India have become embroiled in a simmering diplomatic row over comments the Foreign Secretary David Miliband made about the disputed territory of Kashmir.Writing last week in a British newspaper while on a visit to India, Mr Miliband...
In Israel, Detachment from Reality Is Now the Norm
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I WAS watching the superb animated documentary Waltz with Bashir about the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. It culminates in the massacre of some 1,700 Palestinians in the Sabra and Chatila refugee camps in south Beirut by Christian militiamen introduced...
Is Channel 4's Future Now under Threat, and If So What Might Save It?
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The big question Why are we asking this now?This is a crucial month for the future of British broadcasting, and Channel 4 (C4) in particular, which faces "stark choices" according to the media watchdog Ofcom, which published its blueprint yesterday for...
'Isn't It Daft for the Government to Push People into University, and Then Have to Set Up Special Job Schemes for Them?'
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Education Quandary Hilary's adviceAs a parent with a child coming on to the job market this summer, it certainly feels that way. Why spend three years piling up debts to get a degree only to hit the dole at the end of it?In my daughter's case, she has...
It's Grim but Is the UK Really "Finished"?
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Outlook Unemployment at a decade-high of nearly 2 million with at least another million expected to lose their jobs over the coming year. The public finances spiralling out of control, with debt already at 47.5 per cent of GDP, and that's before taking...
It's in with the New
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THE MASTERS After years of dominance, the MBA faces stiff competition. Diana Hinds charts the rise of the specialist Masters The business education market has long been subject to fluctuation, but you know there are significant new trends afoot when...
Jobless at Highest Level under Labour
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Unemployment soars towards 3 million with women and young people worst hit HUNDREDS OF thousands more people will lose their jobs this year, business leaders have warned, as unemployment closed in on two million, the highest level since the Labour government...
Jose Torres
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World light-heavyweight champion who became a political activist On the wall of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, to which Jose Torres was rightly admitted long before his death this week at the age of 72, a commemorative plaque sums up his life...
LA Notebook
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Why does Hollywood adore this sex offender?Say what you like about Roman Polanski, the old boy's been a good servant to Los Angeles, propping up the film industry and the legal profession, which provide the city with its two main sources of income. So...
Leaders with a Vision for Change
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DURHAM/THE INDEPENDENT SCHOLARSHIPS Nic Paton meets this year's winners of the scholarships offered by Durham Business School and 'The Independent' - and finds out what the awards mean to them Back in October 2008, Gary Bishop was waiting to go into...
Learning Not to Lose Your Shirt
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With Kettering set to face Fulham in the FA Cup on Saturday, owner Imraan Ladak tells Glenn Moore why they are backing a Palestinian charity - even if it means missing out on a live TV appearance Rich man with big ideas buys underachieving club and decides...
Learning Not to Lose Your Shirt
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With Kettering set to face Fulham in the FA Cup on Saturday, owner Imraan Ladak tells Glenn Moore why they are backing a Palestinian charity - even if it means missing out on a live TV appearance Rich man with big ideas buys underachieving club and decides...
Meet the Ship's Doctor
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DOCTORATE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION A DBA helped Mike Young revolutionise Royal Navy training. What could it do for you? Harriet Swain reports It takes four to five years, costs tens of thousands of pounds, involves writing up hundreds of pages of research,...
Monks Pledge Lush New Life for 'The Paris Hilton of Cows'
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RSPCA donates animal to Hindu temple as apology for 'mercy' killing Munching contentedly on a carrot and surrounded by besotted admirers, two-year-old Aditi may be one of Britain's luckiest cows. A fortnight ago, she was just another ordinary member...
Mr Obama's International Overtures Deserve a Response
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LEADING ARTICLE The more open and friendly tone is a welcome change in US diplomacy In his first act as President, Barack Obama asked for the military tribunals at Guantanamo to be suspended. His request was interpreted, essentially, as a holding operation,...
Now It's Time to Emigrate, Says Guru
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WHEN ASKED his advice for a young person growing up in Britain, Jim Rogers, former partner of George Soros and one of the world's most successful investors, is forthright. "Move to China; learn Chinese." In an interview with The Independent, Mr Rogers...
Nurses Unfairly Blacklisted, Law Lords Rule
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NHS staff banned from working can claim millions after abuse allegations Thousands of nurses banned from working following accusations that they harmed vulnerable adults are poised to win compensation worth millions of pounds after the law lords ruled...
Obama Is Right to Tread Warily over Guantanamo Bay
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A poll conducted in the days before Barack Obama's inauguration was presented as an illustration of the success of the incoming administration's moves to "manage expectations". Even though the new president's popularity was running at more than 80 per...
Old Favourites Keep Franz's Fans Frenzied
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POP FRANZ FERDINAND Heaven, Under the Arches, London *** Alex Kapranos can sate an audience's appetite before he's opened his mouth. There is the tight plaid shirt, rolled up neatly to just above the elbow. There are the snug, well-fitted jeans. There...
One Year on, He's the Joker in the Pack for Oscars Glory
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Heath Ledger tipped to grab posthumous Academy nomination HOLLYWOOD IS expected to mark the first anniversary of Heath Ledger's death by nominating him for the best supporting actor when the Oscar nominations are unveiled today.The actor, who died from...
Our Democracy Must Be Transparent
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LEADING ARTICLE WESTMINISTER WAS the stage for a political farce yesterday. In the morning, the Prime Minister's spokesman announced that a Commons vote on exempting MPs expenses from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act would go ahead as...
Pandora
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Sir Ben rules out a return to the stageUNLIKE MANY of his Hollywood contemporaries, Sir Ben Kingsley has no urge to unleash the creative juices by treading the London boards."I've done one play in the last 20 years. I'm very much a film actor," he told...
Pavlyuchenko Saves Spurs from Disgrace
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BURNLEY 3 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 Tottenham win 6-4 on aggregate; Aet Redknapp fumes after late escape Badly hit by injuries to body and spirit, holders Tottenham came within three minutes of suffering an extraordinary exit from the Carling Cup as Burnley...
'Perhaps the Real Purpose of Uni Is to Facilitate Growing Up'
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Diary of a Fresher At a recent dinner party - one of the many joys of being home - I was asked a slightly unsettling question: what, exactly, had I learnt during the months I'd been at uni? What disturbed me wasn't the question itself, but rather that...
Poker
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It is not only the film awards season, but also the time of year when poker players earn recognition for their performances in the past 12 months.The eighth annual European Poker Awards took place at the Aviation Club de France last week, and although...
Pop
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DELTA SPIRIT Water Rats, London **** Delta Spirit's PR machine has been working overtime back home in the States, where this rookie San Diego quintet have already appeared on Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Kimmel's popular late night TV shows. Over there, they...
Priced out of Market
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Faced with 'ludicrous' demands, the world's richest club needs time to perfect a big-name transfer strategy The inflated financial demands that Manchester City have faced in their pursuit of players in this transfer window have forced them to walk away...
Priced out of Market
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Faced with 'ludicrous' demands, the world's richest club needs time to perfect a big-name transfer strategy The inflated financial demands that Manchester City have faced in their pursuit of players in this transfer window have forced them to walk away...
Priced out of Market
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Faced with 'ludicrous' demands, the world's richest club needs time to perfect a big-name transfer strategy The inflated financial demands that Manchester City have faced in their pursuit of players in this transfer window have forced them to walk away...
Rhapsody in Blue
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Jean Nouvel has designed a new concert hall in Copenhagen - and it might just be the best in the world, says Jay Merrick You couldn't hear a pin drop. In the world's newest concert hall, the faintest whir of air-conditioning intrudes. Here, where the...
Russian to Set New Standard for London
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Editor-in-chief trembles as he tells staff the newspaper where he spent 'best years of career' has been sold. Ian Burrell reports Few people had seen Paul Dacre like this. The famously strident editor-in-chief of the Daily Mail and London Evening Standard...
Sarko's Sexercise Class
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Hit & Run... Nothing diminishes a man's self-esteem more than a feeling of comparative sexual inadequacy. Phrases such as "had better" are likely to move even great men to madness. So sincere feelings of sympathe, empathe and fraternite go out to Nicolas...
Smugglers Back at Work in Tunnels beneath Gaza
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Fuel and food still being brought in despite damage from Israeli bombing raids Some Gazans are working to restart - or are continuing with - the smuggling of contraband under the Gaza-Egypt border, despite the hundreds of Israeli bombing raids which...
So Far, He's Missed the Point on Gaza
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Comment It would have helped if Obama had the courage to talk about what everyone in the Middle East was talking about. No, it wasn't the US withdrawal from Iraq. They knew about that. They expected the beginning of the end of Guantanamo and the probable...
Sombre Mood Awaits in Davos
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The politicians and bureaucrats are likely to set the agenda at the World Economic Forum. Sean O'Grady reports Chastened" is probably the word that best sums up the mood of participants preparing to travel to the annual World Economic Forum in the Swiss...
Tailored to Your Needs
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ELECTIVES A growing number of business schools are offering niche modules to MBA students who want to specialise. By Nick Jackson Tell someone at a party that you are on an MBA and, if they are not in business, chances are they will look at you like...
Tessa Bonner
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Soprano who sang with the Tallis Scholars for more than 25 years One of the most distinctive and attractive voices of the British early music movement, Tessa Bonner's freshwater pearl soprano shaped the sound of the Tallis Scholars for over 25 years,...
Theatre
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Novello Theatre, London ** You can usually bank on "The Dream" not lasting more than three hours, but Gregory Doran's fussy, unerotic RSC revival - a retread of his far more spirited 2005 "bottom of a supermarket trolley" Stratford-upon-Avon...
The Choice Is Yours
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WHICH COURSE? A wide and sometimes baffling array of qualifications is on offer at business schools across the globe. Martin Thompson talks to two recent graduates about their chosen study paths and finds that the 'where' is just as important as the...
The Clock's Ticking ... First Impressions Count
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Analysis Every US president is judged by his first 100 days. But those of Barack Obama are almost certain to be the most momentous and transformative since Franklin Roosevelt took power at the depths of the Great Depression.Every condition is in place...
The Culture of Success
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THE ARTS European schools are introducing arts subjects on to the management curriculum. By Andy Sharman Grenoble Ecole de Management, the French business school, is offering its students the chance to graduate with joint honours in literature and management....
The End of a Shameful Era
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European allies asked to take prisoners released from Guantanamo Bay WHEN BARACK Obama signs the draft order to tear down the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, he will end at a stroke one of most shameful chapters in American foreign policy history.Since...
The New Napoleon?
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Small men. Big ideas. Glamorous wives. The similarities between Nicolas Sarkozy and Napoleon are uncanny - and now have been explored in a book by France's foremost political commentator. John Lichfield reports Both will be remembered as vertically challenged...
The New World's Fightback Tastes So Good
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Analysis Who would have predicted 15 years ago that Australian wines would have leapfrogged the French by the mid-2000s to become the UK's number one supplier of wine? I didn't and I don't know anyone who did.Australia's refreshing, no-nonsense approach...
The Other Big Mac
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Think Scottish food is best left to the natives? It's Burns Night at the weekend, and as Rob Sharp discovers, there's more to this national cuisine than innards, stodge and deep-fried Mars bars It contains the heart, lungs and liver of a farmyard animal...
The Perfect Pitch
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP More and more MBA students want to learn how to go it alone, says Caroline Haydon Is entrepreneurship the new banking? With the finance and banking sectors frozen or in a holding pattern, business schools are responding to students clamouring...
The Right Connections
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Last Night'sTelevision STOCKWELL ITV 1 Let's read the fine print first. Stockwell, ITV1's "fact-based drama" about the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, began with a familiar kind of disclaimer. "This is a true story," it read, "based on the testimony...
The Ten Best Scotch Whiskies
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Johnnie Walker Black LabelPerfectly rounded, deep and full, this is the blended Scotch most admired by blenders. If I had to take only one whisky to a desert island, it would probably be this one.40 per cent ABVPrice: 20.45www.anybooze.comClynelish 14...
Turner Attacks Growth of Financial Innovation
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THE CHAIRMAN of the City regulator last night attacked the growth of financial innovation for creating unreal profits, swelling bankers' bonuses and threatening financial stability.Lord Turner said that much of the growth in financial services in the...
TV Regulator Says C4 Should Merge in Order to Survive
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C4 prefers tie-up with BBC, but Ofcom looks to Five THE UK media watchdog has outlined recommendations to salvage Channel 4, highlighting a tie up with the BBC's commercial arm or the broadcaster Five, as it calls for a public service rival to the BBC....
United Count Cost of Attack on Four Fronts
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Fixtures mount up along with injuries as Old Trafford side chase the quadruple It is the final frontier for Sir Alex Ferguson in his relentless quest for trophies over 22 years at Manchester United, but John O'Shea has said that the club could win an...
United Count Cost of Attack on Four Fronts
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Fixtures mount up along with injuries as Old Trafford side chase the quadruple It is the final frontier for Sir Alex Ferguson in his relentless quest for trophies over 22 years at Manchester United, but John O'Shea has said that the club could win an...
