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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 12, 2009
A Conspiracy of Silence
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Secret documents revealing a dark tale of adultery and suicide could shatter Felix Mendelssohn's reputation. Jessica Duchen reports on demands for their release Did Felix Mendelssohn's passion for the Swedish soprano Jenny Lind lead to his early death?...
Andrea Catherwood
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Work: Andrea Catherwood, 41, is a broadcaster and journalist. For most of the past decade she has worked for ITN as a reporter and news anchorLife: Married to Gray, a lawyer. Three childrenBalance: Judging Costa Book of the Year Award, to be announced...
As the World Sees It
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Gaza incursionWASHINGTON POSTHamas' quick rejection of the United Nations Security Council's call for a ceasefire in Gaza might have surprised some in the West who have followed the mounting civilian casualties and the near breakdown of access to food,...
A Thought Experiment Called Money
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MONEY HAS been getting more and more peculiar for some years now. I'm not sure we know what it is any more. The credit crunch is lifting the lid of the magic box so we can see inside. It's terrifying what's in there; we probably shouldn't look. It seems...
A Touch on the Tiller Turns Old Logos into Corporate Thrillers
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In search of advice on how to survive the chill of economic recession, your first port of call might not be the man who made an online brand sensation in Icesave, the Icelandic internet savings scheme now belly up like a harpooned Minke whale. But when...
A Verse Collection That Ranges from Brilliant to Funny to Not-Quite- Larkin
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The Monday Book ANGELS OVER ELSINORE By Clive James PICADOR, Pounds 14.99 Order for Pounds 13.49 (free p&p) on 0870 079 8897 A test. To what does this Clive James simile refer: "...like a nouvelle cuisine hors d'oeuvre,/ A brown-green snail-pulp dollop...
Beckham Shines on Surprise Debut
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ITALY ROMA 2 MILAN 2 DAVID BECKHAM played almost the entire game on his Serie A debut with Milan against Roma last night and impressed in an entertaining game that ended in a draw.The England midfielder, signed on a two-month loan from the Los Angeles...
Benitez's Tirade More Potent Than Liverpool
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STOKE CITY 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Delighted with the response to his broadside against the man he insists on calling "Meester Ferguson", Rafa Benitez has expanded it to include Manchester United's influence in the corridors of footballing power. Having previously...
Betty Freeman
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Arts patron and champion of modern classical music Betty Freeman was a significant photographer, whose portraits of artists, composers and musicians have been exhibited internationally, including a 1996 show, "Music People & Others: 99 photographs from...
Bidders Set for Pounds 100m Battle over New Star
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NEW STAR Asset Management, the fund manager that controlled a tenth of the retail investment market as recently as two years ago, will be sold for a knock-down price by the end of the month.The investment company, which last year came close to collapsing...
Blades of Inglory
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If Strictly Come Dancing had high embarrassment potential, spare a thought for the contestants in Dancing on Ice. As Sophie Morris discovers, there's nothing graceful about learning to skate Take 13 minor celebrities, add a crack squad of expert skaters...
Brain Tumour Patient 'Unaware' Treatment Was Available on NHS
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* Case exposes 'information lottery' that deprives those in need of hi-tech therapies The family of a woman with an inoperable brain tumour raised over 130,000 to send her for treatment in America - only to discover that the NHS could have referred...
Bridge
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England and China faced each other in the final of the Women's Teams at the first World Mind Sports Games and it was obvious from the off that both sides held opposite bidding philosophies.England's concern was how to cope if partner made an unwelcome...
British Troops Face Relentless Winter Insurgency in Helmand
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* Casualty rate soars as Taliban step up fightback, despite onset of bitter weather * PM resists calls for reinforcements while commanders 'take the fight' to enemy British troops are fighting their deadliest winter campaign to date in Afghanistan as...
Brutal Sarkozy Bullied Dati Back to Work, Alleges Royal
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Workplace bullying by President Nicolas Sarkozy was the real reason why the French Justice Minister returned to work five days after having a baby, the former presidential candidate Segolne Royal said yesterday. Mme Royal - who has four children and...
Chess
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The new quarterly rating list came out at the start of this month, bringing its usual payload of joy or woe but also a not inconsiderable amount of irritation.The figures first: Veselin Topalov remains top on 2796, ahead of Viswanathan Anand 2791, Vassily...
Classic Tale of a Rugby League Legend Revived with Contemporary Relevance
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READ IT RUGBY RENEGADE by GUS RISMAN Pounds 9.99 SCRATCHING SHED Seekers after that relatively rare beast, classic rugby league literature, are going to have good reason to be grateful to Scratching Shed over the next few months. The new Yorkshire-based...
Cockerill Defiant as Candidates Queue Up to Replace Meyer
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NORTHAMPTON 17 LEICESTER 13 Richard Cockerill insisted last week that Leicester are not a club in crisis but their palsied performance at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday evening suggested that they are, at the very least, a side in a state of confusion.With...
Colin White
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Nelson historian who steered the Trafalgar bicentenary and became Director of the Royal Naval Museum Colin White, Director of the Royal Naval Museum at Portsmouth since June 2006, came to wider public prominence as - almost literally - the leading actor...
Colossus' Bare-Faced Cheek Helps Ubiquitous Stelling to Live Large
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VIEW FROM THE SOFA TIME OF OUR LIVES: SHANKLY YEARS Sky Sports 1 Sunday DURING the official Fifa film of the 1974 World Cup the narrator explores the reasons behind Gerd Mller's success in front of goal. "Das Bomber", he opined, was ubiquitous and blessed...
Commercial Property Rents Collapse in London Hedge Fund Areas
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RENTS FOR plush offices in Mayfair and St James's plunged almost 30 per cent last year, hammered by the declining fortunes of many of their hedge funds tenants.The commercial property agency NB Real Estate has released new research that shows the rent...
Credit Crisis Diary
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An old friend with advice for OonaOona King likes a challenge, and her new role as director of diversity at Channel 4 is likely to provide one for the former Labour MP. This, after all, is the home of Celebrity Big Brother - remember the Jade Goody/Shilpa...
Criticism 'Has Been Hard and Horrible'
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KEVIN PIETERSEN last night spoke of his hurt and disappointment in the way in which he has been portrayed since resigning as England captain.Pietersen stood down as captain on Thursday because he could not form a constructive working relationship with...
Deal to Restore EU Gas Supplies from Russia Suffers Late Setback
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A DEAL that would have restored the flow of Russian gas to Europe was on the brink of collapse last night, only hours after it was signed.The agreement between Russia and Ukraine, who are disputing Ukraine's payments of bills and fines to the Russian...
Del Piero's Magic Moment Reels in Inter
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Juventus cut the gap on the Serie A leaders Internazionale to four points after an Alessandro Del Piero free-kick gave them a 1-0 home win over Siena yesterday.Inter drew 1-1 with Cagliari at San Siro on Saturday and second- placed Juve made sure they...
Downing Avoids Boro Boos
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MIDDLESBROUGH 1 SUNDERLAND 1 STEWART Downing might not quite be in the Kevin Pietersen school of unpopularity with his team-mates, but it appears his inept attempt to engineer a transfer to Tottenham has not been wholeheartedly welcomed in the Middlesbrough...
Faith in Howard's Way
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The Weekend's Television CHRISTIANITY: A HISTORY SUN CHANNEL 4 DEMONS SAT ITV1 The evangelical organisation Jews for Jesus aims to get all Jewish people to convert to Christianity. In the first episode of Christianity: a History, Howard Jacobson was...
Fierce Opposition Forces Brown to Shorten Eco-Towns Shortlist
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* Only five proposals for environment-friendly settlements make the grade, officials say GORDON BROWN faces an embarrassing climbdown over his plans to build a series of "eco-towns" after the Government conceded it would accept a drastically reduced...
Fifa Can Organise One Hell of a Party but a World Cup in Africa Is Not So Easy
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Talking Football The Fifa World Player of the Year gala in Zurich today will look like a Jay Gatsby house party in overdrive. The famous men who play football will clink glasses with the less-famous but no-less- ambitious men who run football. Everyone...
Fifa Can Organise One Hell of a Party but a World Cup in Africa Is Not So Easy
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Talking Football The Fifa World Player of the Year gala in Zurich today will look like a Jay Gatsby house party in overdrive. The famous men who play football will clink glasses with the less-famous but no-less- ambitious men who run football. Everyone...
Figueroa Leaves Spurs in Relegation Zone
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WIGAN ATHLETIC 1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 0 A day of reckoning for Harry Redknapp. Three away games, three late goals, three defeats and third from bottom of the Premier League and the Tottenham manager has had enough. "They got the club in this position,"...
Finance Job Losses Set to Accelerate Warns CBI
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Job losses in the battered financial sector are expected to accelerate sharply in the first months of this year as business activity and profitability fall at record rates, a Confederation of British Industry survey shows today.Revenues and profitability...
Fletcher's Red Card Fatal for Hibs
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Scottish Commentary HIBERNIAN 0 HEARTS 2 So 107 years of hurt for Hibernian will become 108 at least. Not since 1902 have they won the Scottish Cup and after this bitter fourth-round defeat in a knockabout Edinburgh derby, the curse drags on. The pain...
For the Record
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"A wind turbine stood wrecked yesterday with one of its giant 65ft blades torn off - after it was hit by a UFO," reports Thursday's splash in 'The Sun', a perfect imitation of the 'Sunday Sport' in its pomp.End of the affairs?* National commercial station...
Giggs the Cunning Architect of United Win
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The Old Trafford veteran helped inspire his side to a notable victory, writes James Lawton Rafa Benitez no doubt knew it all the time but if anyone, anywhere, had been too deeply influenced by his burst of counter- propaganda, here we had the reality...
Girls Are under Pressure - and 'Bitch Culture' Is the Result
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A VIRUS of "bitch bullying" is spreading through our schools - a phenomenon of insidious intimidation among girls in which long-term campaigns of damning gossip are waged and rumours are spread behind someone's back. Boys will lance the boil of a grievance...
Grim Figures Expected from Home Retail
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The Week Ahead CITY ANALYSTS are predicting further sharp falls in like-for- like sales at Argos and Homebase when their parent company Home Retail Group posts its interim management statement this Thursday.UBS anticipates a 10 per cent slump at Homebase,...
Harry's Games: A Young Man Who's Rarely out of Headlines
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WHILE OTHER members of the Royal Family have diligently attempted to avoid boosting tabloid sales with sensational headlines, Prince Harry has been relied on in recent years to provide a steady stream of "playboy prince" gaffes and scandals.From his...
Harry, You Can't Just Say What You Like
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When Harry met Ahmed and called him "Paki", he thought it was such a damn good joke that it was filmed on video it for posterity. Posterity, alas, was not amused. Nor, I imagine, were his granny, dad and PR minders as they woke up to yet another princely...
Heard the Good News?
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Recession needn't mean depression - in fact, the first weeks of 2009 brimmed with heart-warming, gloom-busting stories. John Walsh unearths accounts of serendipity, misfortune overcome and downright silliness that you may have missed Where honesty is...
Here's the Brief. Try to Get Us Banned, Would You?
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I write the following in the confident belief that none of you was responsible for pooping Ladbrokes' party last week. They're out there, though - that lone soul who complained about the gambling company's TV ad showing a bloke skydiving with only a...
Hero of the Beautiful Game All Set for Words and Numbers Challenge
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A new era begins today on Countdown, the programme that launched Channel 4 more than 26 years ago, as the presenter's chair is filled by a man who is rarely happier than when cavorting around a studio with a James Brown puppet, telling his audience "I...
How to Make a Proper Complaint
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Life Support ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR THE MODERN WORLD Go AmericanThe American service culture and mantra that "the customer is always right" has bred a generation of consumers better versed in their rights. While the British stiff upper lip might have waned,...
If One Person Slips, It's Very Hard for the Other to Check Their Fall
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Analysis It may be unwise to speculate on the cause of these deaths until we have more detail. Broadly speaking, we can envisage two different scenarios in which the accident took place. The two climbers might have been "belaying", a technique where...
Is It beyond Us to Find a Collective Solution to Middle East Conflict?
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Podium WE HAVE mid-20th century international institutions governing a 21st-century world. This is true of the global economy. The reform of the IMF and World Bank, of the financial regulatory system, are long overdue.But it is true across the board....
Israel Takes Fighting into Gaza Suburbs
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Israeli troops and tanks began heavy fighting in a suburb of Gaza City for the first time yesterday as medics reported 29 Palestinian deaths and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared that Israel was "getting close to achieving the goals it set for itself".But...
'I Think Benitez Was Disturbed. We Must Concentrate on Chasing the Lead'
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Sir Alex Ferguson last night described Rafael Benitez's outburst against him as "ridiculous" and the outpourings of a "disturbed" man as he basked in a win which left Luiz Felipe Scolari admitting Chelsea are three or four games away from throwing away...
'I Think Benitez Was Disturbed. We Must Concentrate on Chasing the Lead'
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Sir Alex Ferguson last night described Rafael Benitez's outburst against him as "ridiculous" and the outpourings of a "disturbed" man as he basked in a win which left Luiz Felipe Scolari admitting Chelsea are three or four games away from throwing away...
'It's Up to Me to Find out What Makes a Systems Analyst Really Sparkle'
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Days Like These At some point in my Pollyanna, patronising teenage years, I can remember making a pact with myself never to think of another human being as "boring". The reason for this edict was partly a desire to be "a good person". But it was also...
'I've Seen So Much Kindness. There's No Point Being Negative'
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THE BRIAN VINER INTERVIEW England rugby star, county cricketer, BBC journalist: a remarkable life in sport was cut short in May when multiple sclerosis forced Alastair Hignell to give his last radio commentary. But he refuses to be downhearted A fittingly...
Joe as a War Correspondent Is Plumbing the Depths of Journalism
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For one who came so tantalisingly close to depriving Barack Obama of the presidency it may seem a paltry consolation prize, but to those who enjoy observing paradigm shifts in the nature of journalism it is a godsend. In an enchantingly post-modern twist...
Lescott Gives Everton Firm Base for Success
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EVERTON 2 HULL CITY 0 There was little that was pretty about Everton's win over Hull - only their third at home this season - but it was built on solid foundations. This was a game that rarely looked like denying them a sixth clean sheet on the trot,...
Magic Tricks beyond the Imagination of a Sorcerer
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Billy Bremner was always famed for his tackle. That doesn't make the sight of an image of the late Leeds United captain rummaging around in his shorts any the more palatable.The picture of a scowling Bremner is on a computer screen in "The Room of Love",...
May Masters the Wind to Secure Rare Falcons Win
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NEWCASTLE 10 GLOUCESTER 7 It was not exactly the best of weeks for Gloucester, what with Lesley Vainikolo, the Kingsholm Volcano, being ruled dormant for the rest of the season and Mike Tindall being ruled out of driving for three years.The weekend finished...
May Masters the Wind to Secure Rare Falcons Win
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NEWCASTLE 10 GLOUCESTER 7 It was not exactly the best of weeks for Gloucester, what with Lesley Vainikolo, the Kingsholm Volcano, being ruled dormant for the rest of the season and Mike Tindall being ruled out of driving for three years.The weekend finished...
Murray Vows to Improve on Stunning Start to Year
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TENNIS * Scotsman made favourite for Australian Open but says 'I'm not close to my best yet' It was the news the rest of the men's game must have been dreading. "I'm not close to my best tennis," Andy Murray said in Doha on Saturday evening. If Murray...
Mystery over Young Climbers' Fatal Fall
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* Briton who was youngest person to scale Everest dies on Mont Blanc with his friend FRENCH POLICE were last night trying to piece together the final moments of the youngest man ever to conquer Everest, who fell to his death while climbing with a friend...
Natural Selection
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The best skincare products are both indulgent and effective - but consumers also want them to be free from artificial nasties. Susannah Frankel meets the leader of a beautiful revolution It's not often that good news comes in the form of a prospective...
Now Even the Have-Nots Can Have Yachts, Too
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* Fractional ownership allows sailors to sharecosts as downturn bites For gilded millionaires struggling to manage declining fortunes and bruised egos, it is the prudent way to keep up appearances.The latest fad at the 55th London International Boat...
Obama Pays Public Tribute to Lincoln's Unifying Legacy
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Barack Obama paid a visit to the Lincoln Memorial at the weekend, publicly honouring the man who inspired his career and whose legacy is to provide a major theme for the inauguration in eight days.The President-elect took his family to the monument on...
O'Neill Looks for 'Help' to Bolster Villa Challenge
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ASTON VILLA 2 WEST BROMWICH 1 Given that even Liverpool, in front for six weeks now, still cannot build a convincing case to be title favourites, the notion that Villa, unbeaten in nine matches, might not be good enough for the top four seems faintly...
OPEC Could Cut Oil Production Again
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Business in brief OIL The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries could cut oil production again as soon as March unless the price of the commodity moves upwards. The group warned that further cuts, following a record production reduction this...
Pandora
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Boyle has to abandon his Pratchett projectThere is disappointing news for fans of the newly-knighted author Sir Terry Pratchett - the acclaimed film director Danny Boyle, right, claims that his work on an adaptation of Pratchett's The Bromeliad series...
Paris Notebook
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My daughters' Oscars surely awaitCelebrity at last: my daughters are to appear in a film with George Clooney, pictured. Strictly speaking, they are not appearing in the film (which is, in any case, a cartoon). Their sweet voices will be heard, among...
Pop
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THE CLIENTELE The Luminaire, London ** The Clientele, a British four-piece that formed in 1997, have achieved much greater success in the US than in their homeland. They vaunt pretty melodies, the odd orchestral flourish and intelligent lyrics that...
Prince Forced to Apologise for Calling Comrade 'Paki'
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* Outrage as video shows Harry make 'racist' remark * MoD inquiry to examine three-year-old incident PRINCE HARRY faces an Army investigation into his conduct after his racist reference to a comrade as a "little Paki friend" in a video diary obtained...
Psycho Gamble Foiled by New Rule
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ALTHOUGH, in the current social climate of rights for all it may appear that punters demand to be spoon-fed rather too often, as a group they probably had a genuine grievance yesterday, for the sound that echoed over Leopardstown during the morning was...
Ready to Wear
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It says quite something for the impish charm of Rankin Waddell that he manages to transform what some might consider a fairly dubious concept into highly entertaining TV. In 'Seven Photographs That Changed Fashion', the photographer and co-founder of...
Rec's Future Decided by End of February
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The long argument over the future of the Recreation Ground in Bath is finally reaching its denouement with a decision expected by the end of next month at the latest. The trustees who control the charity-owned site were due to make a private presentation...
Retailers Want Tax Aid to Beat Crunch
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RETAILERS HAVE urged the Government to freeze new business rate burdens and reinstate tax relief for empty property, as the beleaguered sector faces a 1bn-plus hike in property costs from controversial legislation.The British Retail Consortium (BRC)...
Robben Fires Up the Ramos Revival
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Spanish Commentary REAL MALLORCA 0 REAL MADRID 3 JUANDE Ramos' Real Madrid revival continued with Arjen Robben inspiring their first away win in La Liga since October. For the man who won five trophies in two seasons at Seville it is almost as if the...
Robben the Right-Hand Man in Real's Revival
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Spanish Commentary REAL MALLORCA 0 REAL MADRID 3 JUANDE Ramos'S Real Madrid revival continued with Arjen Robben inspiring their first away win in La Liga since October. For the man who won five trophies in two seasons at Seville, it is almost as if the...
Saracens' Broadside Leaves Bristol with Sinking Feeling
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SARACENS 37 BRISTOL 13 Bristol are looking ever more like relegation candidates. A raft of players have yet to renew their contracts and the coach, Richard Hill, says much will depend on whether they are still in the Premiership next season. After this...
Shock of the New
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The must-have is dead - but that needn't mean sitting out the season with an anodyne accessory on your arm. For spring, fashion's brightest design talents have decreed that anything goes. From intergalactic clutch bags to wild animal prints, Gemma Hayward...
Skyepharma's Asthma Delivery System Could Be a $500M Blockbuster
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Small Talk THERE ARE countless companies that are no doubt glad to see the back of 2008, even if they are a little uncertain about what 2009 might bring. One of them is certainly the biotech group Skyepharma, whose annus horribilis last year saw its...
Soaring Carroll Masks Newcastle Silence from on High
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NEWCASTLE UNITED 2 WEST HAM UNITED 2 Andy Carroll had a dream. It was to score a fine goal for Newcastle United at the Gallowgate End of St James' Park.On Saturday, Carroll's dream came true. In the 78th minute of an entertaining rumble of a game spattered...
Social Mobility Role Puts Milburn Back on Labour Front Line
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Alan Milburn, who will lead a government drive to boost social mobility, said a working-class child growing up in Britain today has less chance of reaching the Cabinet than he did.The Blairite former health secretary will chair a commission set up by...
Something from the Weekend
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The Good...Andy MurrayA Brit is favourite to win a tennis major. That is a sentence you never thought you'd read, but it's true. Murray is the bookies' 2-1 choice for glory in the Australian Open, which starts next week, after his crushing victory over...
Son Joins His Father in the Priesthood
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* Vatican reform designed for Anglican converts allows the first ordination of its kind for 900 years WITH CELIBACY a fundamental tenet of the Catholic clergy, you might think it should be all but impossible for a father and son to both be priests.But...
'Soon We'll Have Nowhere Left to Run - Nowhere in Gaza Is Safe'
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* Our correspondent and pregnant wife forced to flee Israeli onslaught 'Cars were full of luggage. Everyone was leaving' WE'VE LEFT our home. Like 60,000 other Gazans, we've taken our belongings and fled. Once again, we've become displaced people. Soon,...
Theatre
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HAMLET Novello Theatre, London ***** Hamlet with the prince has turned out to be even better than Hamlet without the prince - and that is quite something. Gregory Doran's RSC production at the Novello Theatre has been one of the best events London theatre...
The Big Apple's Gray Lady Is Not on Her Death Bed Just Yet
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The New York Times is almost certainly the most famous paper in the world. It may be pompous and self-regarding, but it is also authoritative, serious minded and generally fair. Even journalists who dislike its liberal world view tend to respect it,...
The First Rule of Any Half-Decent Fight Club Would Be to Ban Judo
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Dom Joly's Weird World of Sport Unbelievably, I've managed to never, ever, be in a fight in my whole life. This is not for want of trying. I just have a knack of getting away with insulting people only to have them punch the bloke standing next to me....
The Gentle Art of Poking Serious Fun at the Purists
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VISUAL ARTS KEITH COVENTRY: PAINTING & SCULPTURE PART 1 - EARLY GROUPS Haunch of Venison, London *** Does modern art ever seem much in tune with anything we might loosely describe as a carefree spirit? Thinking back over the 20th century, it seldom seems...
The Perils of Failure in Afghanistan
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LEADING ARTICLE THE NEXT US Vice-President, Joe Biden, was in Kabul yesterday for talks with the Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, and the commander of Nato-led forces in the country, General David McKiernan. General McKiernan is demanding more troops...
The Politics of Recession Makes for Odd Bedfellows
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LEADING ARTICLE But policies will ultimately prove more significant than personalities How distant all those paralysing rows between the Blair and Brown camps at the heart of Government seem now. The return of Alan Milburn - a politician not renowned...
The Religious Find a Friend in the Law
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There's surely something very strange about asking the Advertising Standards Authority whether there is a God or not. Under the direction of Lord (Chris) Smith, the former publishing director of Hello! magazine, the managing director of Boots Opticians,...
The Ten Best Women's Glasses
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LA Eyeworks* Why should big shapes and colours be restricted to sunglasses? Fans of Marni's playful accessories will be drawn to these cute, kooky frames. They also tap into the spring/summer trend for bright colours and escapist designs.Price: 310 Available...
The Tracks of 50 Years the Fans' Top 10 (and Andy Gill's Guide)
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From Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye to The Supremes and Stevie Wonder - to mark Motown's birthday, today's stars select their favourite soul classics VV BROWN'I Want You Back'Jackson 5I have such good memories of this song. When I was a kid, we had...
Treasury Set to Offer New Guarantees to Get Banks Lending Again
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* Plan will implement Sir James Crosby's proposals * Call for cost of new scheme to be reasonable A GOVERNMENT guarantee for bonds backed by mortgages and other types of loan is set to be announced by Alistair Darling, the Chancellor. Mr Darling will...
Unfinished Business for Pietersen
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Naivety was behind the South African's demise as England captain, writes Cricket Correspondent Angus Fraser Kevin Pietersen yesterday gave his account of the events that culminated in him resigning as England captain after just five months in the job....
Unfinished Business for Pietersen
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Naivety was behind the South African's demise as England captain, writes Cricket Correspondent Angus Fraser Kevin Pietersen yesterday gave his account of the events that culminated in him resigning as England captain after just five months in the job....
United Drive Scolari to Edge of Precipice
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MANCHESTER UNITED 3 CHELSEA 0 His diminished fortune tells us Roman Abramovich never saw the credit crunch coming, but maybe he predicted a similar collapse of epic proportions yesterday and for that reason stayed away from Old Trafford. His Chelsea...
United Reach Top Gear to Rip Apart Chelsea
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MANCHESTER UNITED 3 CHELSEA 0 His diminished fortune tells us Roman Abramovich never saw the credit crunch coming, but maybe he predicted a similar collapse of epic proportions yesterday and for that reason stayed away from Old Trafford. His Chelsea...
Victory for Baroness in Art Feud
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Madrid's glittering Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum has been rocked by a family row between its powerful owner and her stepdaughter. Elizabeth Nash reports Baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza, owner of one of Europe's finest private art collections rivalled...
Virginia Ironside's Dilemmas
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Dear Virginia, I'm 40, working all hours in a boring job and have only had relationships with dreadful men. My only interest is in doing a PhD in my spare time. I had a good upbringing, but don't see my siblings because I don't get on with them. I've...
Wanted: Caretaker for Island Paradise
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* Exploring the Great Barrier Reef and writing a fortnightly blog. Is this the best job in the world? There won't be any office watercooler moments and the successful applicant will have to put up with Aussies complaining about the occasional brisk breeze...
Watch It
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THE SEDENTARY SPORTS FAN'S GUIDE TO THE WEEK AHEAD SNOOKERTHE MASTERSToday-Sunday, times varyChannels: BBC 1, 2, British EurosportSnooker's elite converge on Wembley Arena for the baize game's largest invitational tournament. The world's top 16 players,...
Watch It
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THE SEDENTARY SPORTS FAN'S GUIDE TO THE WEEK AHEAD SNOOKERTHE MASTERSToday-Sunday, times varyChannels: BBC 1, 2, British EurosportSnooker's elite converge on Wembley Arena for the baize game's largest invitational tournament. The world's top 16 players,...
Wenger Laments 'Unexciting' League
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ARSENAL 1 BOLTON WANDERERS 0 "Bolton got what they deserved, nothing. It was disgusting."Such a view is not uncommon in the press box where, for the most part, neutrality reigns and, alongside the obvious need for a compelling narrative, there is a desire...
