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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 11, 2009
A Fine, but Defensive, Speech
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LEADING ARTICLE IT WAS possible to discern some embarrassment in President Barack Obama's body language as he stepped up to the dais yesterday in Oslo to accept the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. One suspects that if Mr Obama had his time over again he would...
After Decades of Controversy, Could Abortion Become Legal in Ireland?
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The big question Why are we asking this now?This week three women mounted a legal challenge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, arguing that the Irish Republic's strict abortion laws violated their rights. Specifically they claim that...
After Festive Cheer, Retailing Faces a Hard Slog in 2010
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Comment Each December for the past two years, Moss Bros has issued a profits warning. Yesterday, the branded suit specialist offered a much more upbeat announcement, saying that its underlying sales for the 18 weeks to 5 December had shot up by 5.5 per...
A Glittering Palace That's Built on Shifting Sands
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Robert Fisk finds Abu Dhabi's opulence undermined by the encroaching financial crisis The architecture is Delhi, I suppose, Mogul-Gothic Lutyens with just a hint of Saddam and, if you forget the marble on the floor, a dangerous hint of Titanic. The Emirates...
A Great Divide Looms: MPs Who Have - and Those Who Have Not
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IF WE thought that Sir Christopher Kelly's report reforming MPs' expenses was the last word on the scandal we need to think again. Yet another batch of expenses involving "flipping", DVDs, toasters, Swiss roll trays and refuse bags will feed the insatiable...
Allowing Phone-Tap Evidence in Court Ruled 'Unworkable'
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PLANS TO allow juries to hear evidence of phone taps and other covert intelligence have suffered a major blow after a Government report found the proposals to be unworkable.The findings published yesterday will be welcomed by senior figures in MI5, MI6...
Also Showing
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THE STEPFATHER (15)Nelson McCormick (101 mins) **STARRING Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Penn Badgley, Amber HeardFond memories of Joseph Ruben's thrillingly unpleasant B-movie of 1987 will be offended by this bland and almost blood-free remake. Dylan Walsh...
Aquilani Offers First Proof He Can Fill Gap Left by Alonso
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Ian Herbert reports on the Liverpool newcomer's desperation to show he can finally become as influential in midfield as the man he replaced Even the flush of delight at his first proper evening on the Anfield turf could not keep the...
Aquilani Offers First Proof He Can Fill Gap Left by Alonso
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Ian Herbert reports on the Liverpool newcomer's desperation to show he can finally become as influential in midfield as the man he replaced Even the flush of delight at his first proper evening on the Anfield turf could not keep the...
As the World Sees It
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Liam ByrneJOHN RENTOULByrne would be an excellent leader of the Labour Party, and he has many of the qualities - including that of being relatively unknown - that might favour him in a leadership contest. At the AJ4PM and DM4PM joint campaign headquarters,...
Baby P Whistle-Blower to Sue Council
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Social worker takes action against Haringey Council after exposing failings The senior social worker who first warned the Government about serious failings in the investigation of childcare cases - six months before the death of Baby Peter - is suing...
Because He's Worth It?
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Saga of elderly L'Oreal billionairess's [currency] 1bn gift to her friend reaches the Paris courts. John Lichfield reports Liliane Bettencourt and Franois-Marie Banier had a defiant lunch alone this week in a mansion just west of Paris. Their friendship,...
Being John Lennon
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Aaron Johnson, who plays the young Beatle in the forthcoming Nowhere Boy, talks to James Mottram about his preparation for the role - and his much-publicised romance with the film's director, Sam Taylor-Wood From the outside, it looked like a well-timed...
Best Buys for Culture Vultures
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In need of an unusual present for a fan of art, music or film this Christmas? Then you're spoilt for choice. Elisa Bray digs out desirable delights, from brilliantine to babygrows BFI Film Posters from 4.99-129.99The BFI sells film posters exclusive...
Boy Poured Bleach on Woman in Restaurant
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A teenager poured bleach over a woman who had earlier asked him to be quiet in a cinema during a Harry Potter movie, a court heard.Annette Warden, 46, was "terrified" when a 16-year-old boy walked up to her in a busy restaurant and squirted the liquid...
Boy's Done Good (as a Manager)
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At 32, Eddie Howe is the League's youngest gaffer - and one of the smartest. He tells Chris McGrath how, despite a 17-point deduction and threadbare squad, he's leading Bournemouth towards promotion Even to muster three for the bench they have sometimes...
Boy's Done Good (as a Manager)
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At 32, Eddie Howe is the youngest gaffer in the League. He tells Chris McGrath how he helped Bournemouth survive a 17-point deduction and is leading a threadbare squad towards promotion Even to muster three for the bench they have sometimes had to summon...
Britons May Be Pounds 1.45trn in Debt but They Are Worth Pounds 9trn, Says ONS Study
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Data from new research reveals huge North-South divide in household wealth Recession-hit Britons may feel poorer after this week's pre- Budget report, but their total domestic wealth still stands at 9trillion, more than enough to dwarf their 1.45trn...
Brown and Sarkozy Call Truce to Declare War on Bankers
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EU SUMMIT Anglo-French relations rejuvenated after launch of joint offensive Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy last night called a truce in their battle over how the City of London should be regulated and declared a joint offensive against excessive bonuses...
Business Diary
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Lloyds and RBS offer each other supportSweet. If you're a bank with the Government as a major shareholder, you don't have too many friends in the industry. Your rivals resent your implicit state guarantee and the fact you provoked ministers into a tax...
Cameron Unveils His Bigger Picture and Leaves the Audience Rubbing Their Eyes
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First Night Avatar Odeon Leicester Square **** A paraplegic marine sent to a new planet, armed with a virtual body, to ingratiate himself with locals in order to gain their trust and subsequently destroy them? Sounds like the plot of a bad sci- film...
Can Balotelli Silence the Racist Taunts?
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE He scored the goal that kept Inter in the European Cup - yet still the Italian-born striker is struggling for acceptance. Glenn Moore reports on the rise of a troubled prodigy Bryan Robson tells a tale about playing in a reserve match...
Can Balotelli Silence the Racist Taunts?
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE His goal on Wednesday helped keep Inter in the European Cup - yet still the Italian-born striker is struggling for acceptance. Glenn Moore reports on the rise of a troubled prodigy Bryan Robson tells a tale about playing in a reserve...
Caught in the Net
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Norah chases a hip audienceThe music of Norah Jones (left) is often maligned by more discerning (or is that discriminating?) music critics: milquetoast pop jazz for the masses, they cry. With her latest album, 'The Fall', she tried to go in more interesting...
Chancellor's Version of the Three Wise Monkeys Is Fooling Nobody
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PRE-BUDGET REPORT Analysis Alistair Darling is playing a dangerous game. Just how dangerous a game was made clear yesterday in the way investors in bonds issued by his Government reacted to his pre-Budget report.Despite all the fine words about taking...
Cheap Thrills from the Past
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As a season of forgotten British B-movies opens in London, Geoffrey Macnab welcomes the rehabilitation of a genre that trained dozens of our star actors, writers and directors The British "B" movie has always had a stinking reputation. The image that...
Chess
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It was in December 2000 that Vladimir Kramnik pulled off one of the greatest match victories in history, downing Gary Kasparov 8.5- 6.5 to wrest his world title from him. This, Kasparov's only ever match defeat (against a person), was at Hammersmith...
Christmas Albums for All the Family
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For DadThe Beatles box set (in mono or stereo)The Beatles' remastered albums are an indulgent collector's gift for the member of the family who has everything. At around the 200 mark, they're not cheap so you might want to club together.Bruce Springsteen:...
Citigroup Sounds out Investors on $15Bn Cash Call to Repay Bail-Out
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Regulators urge caution over bank's ambitions CITIGROUP, THE banking giant that is one-third owned by the US government, has been sounding out shareholders about a $15bn (9.2bn) fundraising that could help it pay back some of the bail-out money it received...
Classical
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CHOIR OF GONVILLE & CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGEInto This World This Day Did Come: Carols Contemporary & MedievalDelphian ****Geoffrey Webber's approach to seasonal repertoire with the Gonville & Caius College Choir favours an austere, classical beauty to...
Could the Manageress Shatter Football's Grass Ceiling?
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After success with the England women's side, Hope Powell is now attracting interest from the men's game. By Cahal Milmo FOR MOST international football managers, a 6-2 thrashing at the hands of Germany in a major final would not be considered a career-...
Demanding More Flesh from Banks
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Outlook If bankers thought that one of the few positive effects of the new tax charges on bonuses might be that it would mark an end to open season on their kind, it did not take long for them to be disappointed. While readers of most newspapers woke...
Dinosaur Fossil Fills Gaps in Evolutionary Knowledge
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Scientists have unearthed the fossilised bones of a meat-eating dinosaur the size of a large dog which they said could fill in the gaps about the early evolution and global migration of a group of animals that dominated the land for 170 million years.The...
Dvd & Blu-Ray Reviews
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THE HANGOVER (15)Todd Phillips (DVD/Blu-ray, 99 mins) ***The first thing in Todd Phillips's comedy's favour is the fact that Judd Apatow and his particular brand of puerile antics (The Hangover's still puerile, though) are not involved at all. Secondly,...
DVDs: A Feast of High Drama and Animation
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From teenage vampires to sweary spin doctors, Ben Walsh offers his selection of the best of the year's television and film on disc BEST SCI-FIMoon (15)Duncan "David Bowie's son" Jones's lo-fi sci-fi (right), which features no sex, very little violence...
Egypt Constructs Huge Gaza Wall
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Hamas expresses its dismay as Egypt acts to cut Gaza's smuggling routes EGYPT HAS reportedly begun building an underground iron wall along its border with the Gaza Strip in a major upgrading of its efforts to end smuggling through tunnels. Egyptian security...
England Stall over Cup Base
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Uncertainty as state of 2010 training pitches is still giving cause for concern The Football Association will have to submit its first-choice World Cup base to Fifa tomorrow still unsure whether the training pitches at Royal Bafokeng sports campus will...
England Stall over Cup Base
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Uncertainty as state of 2010 training pitches is still giving cause for concern The Football Association will have to submit its first-choice World Cup base to Fifa tomorrow still unsure whether the training pitches at Royal Bafokeng sports campus will...
England Stall over Cup Base
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FA hedges bets over 2010 training venue as worries over state of pitches persist The Football Association will have to submit its first-choice World Cup base to Fifa tomorrow still unsure whether the training pitches at Royal Bafokeng sports campus will...
Eriksson Is Ready to Walk out on County
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Director of football rules out financial help as Munto Finance puts club up for sale Sven Goran Eriksson will walk away from Notts County unless the club finds wealthy new backers to fulfil "the five-year dream plan" that lured him to the banks of the...
Eriksson Ready to Walk out on County
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Director of football not prepared to bail out club as Munto Finance puts Notts up for sale Sven Goran Eriksson will leave Notts County unless the club finds wealthy new backers to fulfil "the five-year dream plan" that lured him to the banks of the Trent...
EU Split over Size of Emissions Cut
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EU SUMMIT A damaging east-west split has opened up among EU countries over how quickly and deeply they should cut their carbon emissions to combat climate change.At a two-day summit in Brussels which began last night, EU leaders were also divided about...
French Leaders Must Step Up to Dual Challenges
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The Heineken Cup returns tonight after a two-month break with this year's early pacesetters from the Top 14 at risk of peaking too soon Has the peculiarly unpredictable world of French club rugby - better described, perhaps, as a parallel sporting universe...
French Leaders Must Step Up to Dual Challenges
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The Heineken Cup returns tonight after a two-month break with this year's early pacesetters from the Top 14 at risk of peaking too soon Has the peculiarly unpredictable world of French club rugby - better described, perhaps, as a parallel sporting universe...
From Minnie to Mickey (and All They Did Was Turn off a Gene)
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Simple technique changes sex of a mouse - and reveals the gender war that rages in all of us THE BATTLE of the sexes is a never-ending war waged within ourselves as male and female elements of our own bodies continually fight each other for supremacy....
Gilts Slip as Fears of Credit Downgrade for UK Grow
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Yields rise sharply across government bond market City complains about lack of PBR clarity GILT PRICES fell sharply yesterday as investors began to digest the Government's pre-Budget report (PBR) and fears that Britain's credit rating will be downgraded...
Given a Level Playing Field, Such a Fine Coach Would Get Results
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Comment It is two decades since Cherie Lunghi graced our TV screens as "The Manageress", coaching and picking the team at a struggling Football League club, but the prospect of a female manager taking over a real professional team is only marginally...
Graham Nearn
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Engineer and businessman behind the Caterham Seven sports car Graham Nearn was the canny engineer and garage proprietor who acquired the rights to build the Lotus Seven sports car from Colin Chapman in 1973. The design of this skimpy two-seater dated...
Greece Running out of Patience with Anarchy
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World Focus Greece Demonstrations in Greece are a near-daily affair, and like the Greeks, they often turn testy. But in the past week, with Athens gripped by a spasm of violence which left the ancient capital bruised and the rector of the University...
HMV Mulls Making a Move on Mama Group
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THE MUSIC and video games retailer HMV last night bought an 8.2 per cent stake in Mama, the live music and management group which runs venues including London's Hammersmith Apollo, Jazz Cafe and Heaven.The announcement increased speculation that HMV...
Hold on to Recovering Premier Farnell
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Investment Column Our view: HoldShare price: 173.8p (+15.2p)Some good news from Premier Farnell, the electronic components distributor which surprised the market on the upside after its- third quarter results, and has started to grow again after a tough...
'I'm Not a Leader, Bully or Dictator'
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Agitator, innovator, naturist: more than thirty years after crashing into the public sphere, John Lydon is still as hard to define as ever THE BIG INTERVIEW JOHN LYDON I can't," says John Lydon, "drink out of a cup that's chipped." Er, sorry? The man...
In the Post-Crisis World, Regulatory Reform Is Too Big to Get Wrong
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Podium MY CAREER in financial services spans 30 years and three different geographies - the US, the UK and Asia - and for me this is an especially important time to talk about what's happening in the industry, particularly in respect to regulatory reform....
Investors 'Softening' over Debt Woes, Claims Dubai Finance Chief
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Investors are "softening" their views about Dubai's debt woes, the emirate's finance chief said yesterday as he attacked the media for spreading "blind panic" over the financial crisis that has engulfed the city-state."Of course, the reaction by the...
It's Time to Give Up the Dream of Home Ownership, Says Minister
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People should get used to idea of long-term renting, housing spokesman argues THE ERA in which all Britons aspire to own their own home may be coming to an end, according to the Housing minister, John Healey. In a controversial speech, he suggested that...
JJB Hires New Chief Executive from Currys Owner
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JJB SPORTS took another major step along its road to recovery by hiring Keith Jones, the current retail director at Currys owner DSGi, as chief executive yesterday. The sports equipment retailer said Mr Jones, who has been at the electricals group for...
Johnson Could Be out for Season
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Manchester City's Michael Johnson, whose career has been blighted by a pelvic injury which has kept him out for a year, will today undergo scans on a knee injury sustained in training, amid some fears that he might be ruled out for the rest of the season.City...
Johnson Could Be out for Season
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Manchester City's Michael Johnson, whose career has been blighted by a pelvic injury which has kept him out for a year, will today undergo scans on a knee injury sustained in training, amid some fears that he might be ruled out for the rest of the season.City...
Johnson Could Be out for Season
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Manchester City's Michael Johnson, whose career has been blighted by a pelvic injury which has kept him out for a year, will today undergo scans on a knee injury sustained in training, amid some fears that he might be ruled out for the rest of the season.City...
Kyoto Clash Threatens to Be a Deal Breaker
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COPENHAGEN CLIMATE SUMMIT Analysis Two radically different views of how the world should organise its future response to global warming are beginning to clash at the Copenhagen climate conference and the disagreement may be the obstacle on which the...
Leaders of the Rich World Are Enacting a Giant Fraud
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Every delegate to the Copenhagen summit is being greeted by the sight of a vast fake planet dominating the city's central square. This swirling globe is covered with corporate logos - the Coke brand is stamped over Africa, while Carlsberg appears to...
Lenore Kandel
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Beat poet whose 'The Love Book' fell victim to one of San Francisco's longest ever court cases Much like Leonora Carrington was to the Surrealist movement, the visionary poet and counter-culture activist Lenore Kandel was a peer and a participant, not...
Losing Faith in the Story of the Moral
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WHAT EXACTLY is the point of a pantomime? All those rehearsals, those uncomfortable and sometimes inappropriate costumes, the feeble jokes, that whole he's-behind-you thing: what positive good do they actually provide? A school Christmas pantomime, taking...
'Lover' Apologises to Tiger's Wife
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JAIMEE GRUBBS, the first of a parade of women who have surfaced in the last two weeks as alleged former lovers of the married golfing star Tiger Woods, may have a word or two she would like to say to him. But first it was his wife, Elin Nordegren, that...
Music Fans Rage against Cowell's X Factor
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Campaign to stop TV show from claiming Christmas number one angers judge As Christmas number ones go, it is definitely not one to sing along to with the family. But the prospect of an expletive-ridden, politically charged, rap metal anthem topping the...
Mystery of Giant Light Spiral in Arctic Solved
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Spectacle that baffled astronomers turns out to be failed missile launch When the people of Tromso in Norway's northern reaches awoke to the sight of a giant blue and white spiral of light hanging in the still dark sky above them, they were understandably...
New Releases
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THEA GILMORE Strange Communion Fullfill **** Decent Christmas albums don't come along that often - it's ten years since Low's remarkable Christmas, while the last unqualified success, Aimee Mann's One More Drifter in the Snow, arrived in 2006 - so we...
Next Year Forecast to Be Hottest on Record
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COPENHAGEN CLIMATE SUMMIT Prediction contradicts sceptics' claim that warming stopped in 1998 Global warming will resume its upward climb again next year, the UK Met Office predicted yesterday at the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen - forecasting...
No Cash Bonuses for Top Goldman Staff
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The US investment bank Goldman Sachs says its 30 top managers will receive no cash bonuses this year. They will instead have to make do with shares which they will be banned from selling for five years and could lose if they fail to raise concerns over...
Obama Pay Tsar to Set $500,000 Salary Limit
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KENNETH FEINBERG, the Obama administration's "pay tsar", has proposed a $500,000 salary cap for hundreds of employees at companies bailed out by the US taxpayers, but is expected to soften the new rules with exemptions for some key staff.The stricter-than-expected...
Observations
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The boozed-up Lithuanian peasants who appeal to ParrBY JAY MERRICK*** A skinny, middle-aged, man, stripped to the waist, is dropping his trousers. His right hand rests on the lid of a bin, inches from a strutting chicken. Next to him, his grinning wife...
Panasonic Takes Control of Sanyo as It Turns to Green Technology
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Panasonic has secured a controlling stake in Sanyo, its Japanese rival, strengthening its position in the growing market for environmentally friendly technologies.The deal hands Panasonic, the world's largest plasma TV manufacturer, a 50.2 per cent stake...
Pandora
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Dragon ready to launch 'Big Issue' for Pakistan After six months of negotiations, it seems that James Caan's plans for a Pakistani edition of The Big Issue are finally coming to fruition.The smooth-talking entrepreneur - undoubtedly one of the more good-natured...
Papal Visit to England Will Include an Address to MPs
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Wembley Stadium a likely site for 2010 beatification of John Henry Newman Pope Benedict XVI will preach to MPs and peers in Westminster Hall when he visits England next September, Vatican sources said yesterday. He will make an address from the spot...
Parent Trap Wasn't Just Child's Play
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LAST NIGHT'S TELEVISION KIDNAPPED BY THE KIDS CHANNEL 4 MISFITS E4 Fester - oh no, sorry, Lester - Adams is obsessed with work. Or so says the voiceover on Channel 4's Kidnapped by the Kids. He's part of a growing trend in the UK: children, we're told,...
Place Your Bids in Our Auction of the Year
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CHRISTMAS CHARITY AUCTION THE INDEPENDENT CHRISTMAS APPEAL 2009 From tea with the queen of BritArt to a catwalk-side seat at London Fashion Week; from lunch with the editor to a night out with Pandora. There's a sensational selection of treats, treasures...
Policy and Elections Just Don't Mix
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There used to be a time when the British prided themselves on the brevity of their election campaigns, pointing disparagingly at the Americans for whom mid-term votes dominate a second year of a president's period in office and the presidentials dominate...
Pompey Reject Talk of Administration as Debts Loom Large
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Premier League's bottom club also deny claims that chief executive is leaving Portsmouth yesterday issued a firm denial that they are going into administration and that their chief executive, Peter Storrie, was leaving, but failed to provide any evidence...
Pompey Reject Talk of Administration as Debts Loom Large
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Premier League's bottom club also deny claims that chief executive is leaving Portsmouth yesterday issued a firm denial that they are going into administration and that their chief executive, Peter Storrie, was leaving, but failed to provide any evidence...
Pounds 2,400: The Bill Every Family Will Pay to Cut the Deficit
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Huge scale of financial sacrifice needed to balance nation's books laid bare by think-tank Only people earning less than Pounds 14,000 will benefit The true extent of the financial pain that will be felt by households and public services over the next...
Pounds 74,000: The Cost of the Most Expensive Peer
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PARLIAMENTARY EXPENSES Lord Laird's parliamentary questions also resulted in Pounds 100,000 bill for taxpayers JOHN LAIRD, an Ulster politician and public relations man, has emerged as the UK's most expensive peer. Lord Laird claimed almost 74,000 in...
President Gave Both Friends and Foes Plenty to Chew On
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Comment "Oslo" has been etched into the Advent calendars of every conservative nut-job in the land. What fun they would have on 10 December, when the Europeans would swoon and faint in front of Saviour Obama, who in turn would accept that preposterous...
Professor Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones
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Classics scholar whose colourful style made him one of the leading Hellenists of his time Hugh Lloyd-Jones, Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford from 1960 to 1989, was one of the leading Hellenists of the second half of the 20th century. His education...
Rabbis Rage against Net 'Abominations'
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Internet use exploding among ultra-orthodox despite dire warningsULTRA-ORTHODOX rabbis in Israel are trying to crack down on growing use of the internet among their followers, saying that it is filled with "abomination" and is leading believers astray.But...
Red Faces as Latest Claims Are Revealed
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PARLIAMENTARY EXPENSES Invoices for roof repairs and garlic peelers, and a paint job for a summerhouse. The latest Additional Costs Allowance details show maximum claims were the norm for MPs THE EXPENSES scandal returned to haunt MPs yesterday as a...
'Rescue Package' on Table for West Ham
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Gold and Sullivan's offer guarantees Pounds 20m for players in exchange for full control David Gold and David Sullivan will make a bid for West Ham United within the next 24 hours that will involve no money being paid directly to the current owners but...
Revelations That Underline the Need for Reform
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LEADING ARTICLE MPs should stop grumbling and accept the Kelly recommendations The House of Commons' agony over allowances continues. Quentin Davies's bell tower looks destined to join Peter Viggers's ornamental duck house, Douglas Hogg's moat and Jacqui...
Royal Mail Posts Profits Rise but Pension Plan Still to Be Delivered
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Volumes continue to fall, with strikes only on hold ROYAL MAIL delivered what looked like impressive half-year numbers yesterday, revealing that operating profits were up 4 per cent to 184m on the same time last year.Adam Crozier, chief executive, was...
Saddled Up for the Long Haul
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Wilco (the album) has been named the best album of the year by our rock critic, Andy Gill. Fiona Sturges talks to the band's Jeff Tweedy about longevity against the odds and a dream comeback Imagine, for a moment, that you are in one of pop's most cherished...
Screen Talk
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Gwyneth ready to stand by her man Country and western is as American as America gets. Which is why Hollywood loves a Nashville twang to its script. Gwyneth Paltrow (below), Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund and Leighton Meester are among the names to step...
Sky Target Tour as They Get Wiggins
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CYCLING British team finally sign Londoner to boost hopes of success in 2010 event The ink barely had time to dry on Bradley Wiggins' signature for Team Sky late on Wednesday evening before the floodgates of speculation had opened over the implications...
Sky Target Tour as They Get Wiggins
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CYCLING British team finally sign Londoner to boost hopes of success in 2010 event The ink barely had time to dry on Bradley Wiggins' signature for Team Sky late on Wednesday evening before the floodgates of speculation had opened over the implications...
Spending Squeeze for NHS despite Darling's Promise
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PRE-BUDGET REPORT Budget cuts and pay freezes after unprecedented growth in investment, Government warns Hospitals and GP practices are facing a squeeze on spending not seen for more than a decade, the Government revealed yesterday.A pay freeze for doctors,...
Sports Direct Bets on World Cup Boost for Sale of England Shirts
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Sportswear retailer raises forecasts despite tough times for the high street THE SPORTSWEAR retailer Sports Direct vowed yesterday not to be beaten on the price of England shirts next year, as it posted a 41 per cent drop in half-year pre-tax profits...
Stupid Furry Animals
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FILMS OF THE WEEK WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE (PG) Spike Jonze (101 mins) * STARRING Catherine Keener, Max Records, Mark Ruffalo THE LIMITS OF CONTROL (15) Jim Jarmusch (116 mins) ** STARRING Isaach de Bankole, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Alex Descas I...
Swann the Shining Light as Pace Men Struggle
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CRICKET ENGLAND 329-8 DEC SOUTHAFRICA XI 167-7 Match drawn Some cricket at last. Six hours of it, all in a row. Most pleasant it was, too, as the sun shone over Buffalo Park, an infrequent, almost unknown sight anywhere England have been lately.Whether...
Swann the Shining Light as Pace Men Struggle
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CRICKET ENGLAND 329-8 DEC SOUTHAFRICA XI 167-77 Match drawn Some cricket at last. Six hours of it, all in a row. Most pleasant it was, too, as the sun shone over Buffalo Park, an infrequent, almost unknown sight anywhere England have been lately.Whether...
Swann the Shining Light as Pace Men Struggle
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CRICKET ENGLAND 329-8 DEC SOUTHAFRICA XI 167-7 Match drawn Some cricket at last. Six hours of it, all in a row. Most pleasant it was, too, as the sun shone over Buffalo Park, an infrequent, almost unknown sight anywhere England have been lately.Whether...
Tesco Claims to Beat O2 and Orange with Pounds 20 Monthly iPhone Deal
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TESCO IS to enter the increasingly crowded market for Apple's iPhone next week when the grocer will launch a mini price war on the smartphone. The supermarket group, which secured the rights to the phone last month, will start selling the 3G and 3GS...
The Best Books for Christmas
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Boyd Tonkin introduces our experts' guide to seasonal treats in print My book of the year is also a sign of the times. If you have 325 to spend before 31 December (when the price rises to 395), blow it on Thames & Hudson's massively illustrated six-volume...
