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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 June 3, 2008
AB Foods Merges Ryvita Brand with Jordans
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The international food and retail group Associated British Foods (ABF) is to merge its Ryvita business with Jordans, the manufacturer of breakfast cereals and cereal bars, and has vowed to deliver "high single digit" sales growth at both brands over...
A Crisis on the Home Front
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LEADING ARTICLE HOUSINGEven before Bradford & Bingley, Britain's largest buy-to-let lender, encountered its latest difficulties, the rise of the amateur landlord was one of the more worrying aspects of the property boom. To put things at their simplest,...
A Cure for Everything
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For almost every behavioural issue, these days there's a medicine to treat it. But are drugs really the answer? Roger Dobson reportsSpending too much time on the internet? Worried about a low sex drive, shyness or lack of social skills? Or do you lose...
Advice Is Useless - Brown Is Condemned to Swerve and Scheme like Harold Wilson
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Gordon Brown is compared often with previous Labour leaders. Some days he is Jim Callaghan, a Prime Minister doomed never to win a general election. On other occasions, usually when an opinion poll is published, Brown is compared to Michael Foot, leading...
A Friend, a Mentor, an Inspiration - Yves Remembered
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MARIE HELVINI first met Yves at his Paris atelier in rue Spontini, and he booked me straight away. I think I reminded him of a model at Dior who was Eurasian, and he was intrigued that I was from Hawaii. For him it was like I was from Mars - he didn't...
A Hero's Welcome for the New Tory MP. It Can Only Be Downhill from Here
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THE SKETCHIt's moving, actually, seeing a new member take his seat. The vow, like the wedding vow has more in it than you'd think. I forget exactly what it says but he pledges loyalty to the Queen and her heirs. When we hear the words spoken out loud...
Airlines Likely to Lose $6Bn This Year Due to Record Cost of Jet Fuel
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Protectionist laws are constricting the airline industry's ability to deal with the unprecedented oil price which threatens to plunge the sector into a $6bn loss this year, according to an industry spokesman.Giovanni Bisignani, director of the International...
All Roads Lead to Rome and the Trophy That Matters to Moratti
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Champions League has become an obsession at a club where European success has been in short supply since the Sixties, writes Pete JensonNew team, same obsession. When Jose Mourinho is presented as Internazionale's new coach at the club's Angelo Moratti...
All Roads Lead to Rome and the Trophy That Matters to Moratti
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Champions League has become an obsession at a club where European success has been in short supply since the Sixties, writes Pete JensonNew team, same obsession. When Jose Mourinho is presented as Internazionale's new coach at the club's Angelo Moratti...
All Roads Lead to Rome and the Trophy That Matters to Moratti
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Champions League has become an obsession at a club where European success has been in short supply since the Sixties, writes Pete JensonNew team, same obsession. When Jose Mourinho is presented as Internazionale's new coach at the club's Angelo Moratti...
As the 100m World Record Falls Again, How Much Faster Can Humans Run?
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The big questionWhy are we asking this now?Because Usain Bolt, a 21-year-old Jamaican, smashed the world 100- metres record in a race in New York at the weekend, clocking 9.72 seconds, two hundredths of a second faster than the previous best, set by...
Barry 'Flattered' by Benitez Interest
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Liverpool's pursuit of Gareth Barry has been notable for the public overtures made to the Aston Villa midfielder by Rafael Benitez and Steven Gerrard although the man himself has kept his counsel until now. Yesterday Barry broke his silence and hinted...
Barry 'Flattered' by Benitez Interest
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Liverpool's pursuit of Gareth Barry has been notable for the public overtures made to the Aston Villa midfielder by Rafael Benitez and Steven Gerrard although the man himself has kept his counsel until now. Yesterday Barry broke his silence and hinted...
B&B Accused of Bailing out Underwriters at Expense of Shareholders
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Former building society slashes price of rights issue to 55p a share from 82pBradford & Bingley's chairman has owned up to a series of failings as he defended the slashing of the bank's rights issue price and a profits warning.Rod Kent, who has taken...
Beckham Tells Ronaldo to Stay at United
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David Beckham has stepped into the controversy surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo's future by urging him to stay at Old Trafford and develop his game."I believe he's at the right club and a club he should stay at because as much as Real Madrid are a great...
Beckham Tells Ronaldo to Stay at United
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David Beckham has stepped into the controversy surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo's future by urging him to stay at Old Trafford and develop his game."I believe he's at the right club and a club he should stay at because as much as Real Madrid are a great...
Bo Diddley
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Pioneer of rock'n'rollWhen The Beatles first arrived in the United States in 1964, John Lennon was asked by a reporter what he was most looking forward to seeing in America. "Bo Diddley," he replied.Indeed, when the legendary American disc jockey Alan...
Bo Diddley, Guitarist Who Inspired the Beatles and the Stones, Dies Aged 79
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Bo Diddley, the pioneering electric guitarist who was playing rock'n'roll when white America was still calling it jungle music and without whom there might never have been Elvis Presley, the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, has died at the age of 79.Famous...
Bolger Sends Approach on Derby Mission
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The lady may not have been for turning, but Jim Bolger apparently is. After announcing in April that the Derby was not on the agenda for last season's champion juvenile New Approach, and then insisting just 11 days ago that the colt was still among the...
Bolger Sends Approach on Derby Mission
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The lady may not have been for turning, but Jim Bolger apparently is. After announcing in April that the Derby was not on the agenda for last season's champion juvenile New Approach, and then insisting just 11 days ago that the colt was still among the...
Broken Ankle Shatters Ennis' Olympic Dream
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*ATHLETICSJessica Ennis will miss this summer's Beijing Olympic Games after scans yesterday revealed she has a broken right ankle.The 22-year-old heptathlete flew home from Austria on Sunday, hoping that the injury which forced her to drop out at the...
Broken Ankle Shatters Ennis' Olympic Dream
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*ATHLETICSJessica Ennis will miss this summer's Beijing Olympic Games after scans yesterday revealed she has a broken right ankle.The 22-year-old heptathlete flew home from Austria on Sunday, hoping that the injury which forced her to drop out at the...
Call for Trade Barriers to Be Removed to Ease Crisis
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This morning, the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon will stand up in front of leaders from nearly all the UN's member states and warn them that only drastic action will defuse the crisis over soaring food prices that has erupted over the past year.When...
Capello Will Choose Ferdinand or Terry as England Captain
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Then there were two. The great England captaincy audition is, Fabio Capello said on Wednesday night, down to two names and while he would not name the contenders it is understood that John Terry and Rio Ferdinand are the last men standing. Never has...
Capello Will Choose Ferdinand or Terry as England Captain
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Then there were two. The great England captaincy audition is, Fabio Capello said on Wednesday night, down to two names and while he would not name the contenders it is understood that John Terry and Rio Ferdinand are the last men standing. Never has...
Capello Will Choose Ferdinand or Terry as England Captain
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Then there were two. The great England captaincy audition is, Fabio Capello said on Wednesday night, down to two names and while he would not name the contenders it is understood that John Terry and Rio Ferdinand are the last men standing. Never has...
Chess
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It's been a bumper weekend of chess, with the two events covered last week - the Bosna tournament in Sarajevo and the Bazna Kings in Bazna, Romania - moving towards their conclusions. There was also absolute world-class rapidplay action in Leon in the...
City Close on Rovers' Hughes after Eriksson Finally Sacked
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*FOOTBALLManchester City believe they are 48 hours away from appointing the Blackburn Rovers manager, Mark Hughes, as a replacement for Sven Goran Eriksson, with the uncertainty presented by the vacant Chelsea position a factor in their determination...
City Close on Rovers' Hughes after Eriksson Finally Sacked
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*FOOTBALLManchester City hope to appoint Mark Hughes as a replacement for Sven Goran Eriksson by tomorrow, with the uncertainty presented by the vacant Chelsea position a key factor in their determination to conclude a rapid deal.City's new executive...
City Close on Rovers' Hughes after Eriksson Finally Sacked
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*FOOTBALLManchester City hope to appoint Mark Hughes as a replacement for Sven Goran Eriksson by tomorrow, with the uncertainty presented by the vacant Chelsea position a key factor in their determination to conclude a rapid deal.City's new executive...
Classical
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PHILHARMONIA/DAVIS Royal Festival Hall LONDON ****While it is the second youngest of London's symphony orchestras, the Philharmonia seems to take the most active pride in its history. So the quirky choice of a piano concerto by Nicolas Medtner turned...
Court Hears Details of Water Firm's Dishonesty
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Executives, current and former, at Severn Trent Water have been hastily distancing themselves from accusations of dishonesty, as sentencing on convictions for deliberate falsification of leak statistics was adjourned until next month.In precedent-setting...
Danish Embassy Bombed in Protest at Cartoons
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Suspected militants have again brought death and destruction to Pakistan's capital after detonating a massive car bomb outside the Danish embassy. At least nine people died and 35 were wounded in the attack - the second against a foreign target in three...
Duffy Shows Her Sixties Sparkle
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Pop WYCHWOOD FESTIVAL Cheltenham Racecourse CHELTENHAM ****Thanks to the canny booking of Welsh soulstress Duffy before her first chart entry, the Wychwood Festival attracted its biggest crowd since it began four years ago. Not that Britain's current...
End of the Road?
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It is a debate that has raged since he was secretly filmed in an orgy with prostitutes: shouldMax Mosley lose his position as president of Formula One's governing body? Today his fate will be decided. By David Tremayne and Cahal Milmo A question of sportFrom...
Fears Grow of MRSA Variant in Food Chain
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British people have been infected for the first time by an animal variant of MRSA, the hospital superbug that infects more than 4,000 patients a year.Scientists revealed yesterday that three patients in separate hospitals were infected with the ST398...
Ferguson Tells Frost He Will Leave Old Trafford in 2010
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In a wide-ranging interview with Sir David Frost, to be broadcast tonight, Manchester United's manager reveals his departure might be sooner than people think. Glenn Moore reportsTwo more years. That is how long the rest of the Premier League title contenders,...
Ferguson Tells Frost He Will Leave Old Trafford in 2010
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In a wide-ranging interview with Sir David Frost, to be broadcast tonight, Manchester United's manager reveals his departure might be sooner than people think. Glenn Moore reportsTwo more years. That is how long the rest of the Premier League title contenders,...
Flora and Fauna at Risk on Shrinking Meadows
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The dramatic decline in Britain's floodplain grasslands is under investigationIn damp fields at various sites around the country, scientists are hard at work counting plants, as part of a major new project to save Britain's last few remaining floodplain...
Fraud Losses of Pounds 15m Pulled B&B into the Red
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Bradford & Bingley would have remained profitable in the first four months of the year, despite its rising levels of bad debt and additional writedowns on structured finance investments, had it not been for a 15m provision relating to mortgage fraud...
Gaza Students Appeal to Brown over Travel Ban
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Two Palestinian students who risk losing their places at British universities because Israel has not allowed them to leave Gaza yesterday appealed to the British Government for help.Their call on the Government to press Israel to allow them out came...
Girl, 15, Fatally Stabbed in Frenzied Attack
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A 15-year-old girl was found dying of stab wounds at a block of flats in south London yesterday, bringing to 16 the number of teenagers who have been murdered in the capital so far this year.Detectives were questioning a man in his thirties last night....
His Final Bow
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Yves Saint Laurent was the greatest force in fashion, a man who battled depression and addiction to reach the top of the most glamorous world of all. Susannah Frankel reflects upon his life's achievements, while those who knew him share their memoriesTen...
Horton Regrets Failing to Follow in Yousuf's Footsteps
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YORKSHIRE 395 LANCASHIRE 481-5 dec Match drawnRegretting that he was unable to exceed his career-best 152 yesterday, Lancashire's Paul Horton recalled that Mohammad Yousuf, his companion in a record partnership here, had told him that if he wanted to...
Horton Regrets Failing to Follow in Yousuf's Footsteps
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YORKSHIRE 395 LANCASHIRE 481-5 dec Match drawnRegretting that he was unable to exceed his career-best 152 yesterday, Lancashire's Paul Horton recalled that Mohammad Yousuf, his companion in a record partnership here, had told him that if he wanted to...
Horton Regrets Failing to Follow in Yousuf's Footsteps
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YORKSHIRE 395 LANCASHIRE 481-5 dec Match drawnRegretting that he was unable to exceed his career-best 152 yesterday, Lancashire's Paul Horton recalled that Mohammad Yousuf, his companion in a record partnership here, had told him that if he wanted to...
Hurry's Work Ethic Helps Somerset Rush to the Top
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SURREY 326 & 227 SOMERSET 446 & 111-2 Somerset win by eight wicketsThat Somerset have marched up the County Championship to the top of the First Division should surprise no one, given the nature of the two men leading them.Their coach is a former Royal...
Hurry's Work Ethic Helps Somerset Rush to the Top
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SURREY 326 & 227 SOMERSET 446 & 111-2 Somerset win by eight wicketsThat Somerset have marched up the County Championship to the top of the First Division should surprise no one, given the nature of the two men leading them.Their coach is a former Royal...
Investors Look to Higher Emerson Bid for Chloride
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THE INVESTMENT COLUMNOur view: HoldShare price: 281p (+2.25p)Investors could be forgiven for being a little bit confused about what to do next about Chloride, the FTSE 250 emergency power group.On the face of things, the company is a decent punt and...
It's Pronounced 'Bach', Bach. You Mach My Words
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Miles Kington Remembered 28 FEBRUARY 2002I take great pleasure in welcoming back our expert on modern English, Dr Wordsmith. Dr Wordsmith spends his time at the cutting edge of the evolution of the English language, in the bars and pubs of this country....
Keeping an Eye on Big Brother
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OU academics are monitoring the level of surveillance in society. Stuart Crainer reportsIn 1984 there were muted celebrations to mark the year in which George Orwell's nightmarish novel of the future was set. The Orwellian world in which Big Brother...
Kill Bill
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CLINTON IS TARGETED FOR CHARACTER ASSASSINATION All the President's enemiesEarly in Bill Clinton's presidency, Hillary had to leave town to rush to her father's deathbed. Upon her return to Washington, she found the White House in disarray and discovered...
Manufacturing Orders Fall after Three Years of Expansion
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Despite bursts of optimism punching through the gloom recently, the outlook for British manufacturing is darkening, according to the latest survey of industrial leaders by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (Cips).A three-year run of expansion...
Mortgage Approvals Fell to New Low in April
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There was little sign of an end to the pain in the property market yesterday as the number of new mortgages approved for house purchase slumped in April to a record low, beating even March's record-breakingly poor performance.The Bank of England reported...
Mother Who Devoted Her Life to Fighting Knife and Gun Crime Is Murdered
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Police have arrested the grandson of a mother who led a high- profile campaign against knife and gun violence on suspicion of stabbing her to death.Pat Regan, 53, became a powerful voice in the lobby against gun crime after her 26-year-old son, Danny,...
Mourinho Will Target Chelsea Trio after Inter Move
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Jose Mourinho will be presented as Internazionale's new coach today with three of his former Chelsea lieutenants on his list of potential new recruits.A statement from Inter confirmed: "Internazionale announce the arrival of Jose Mourinho. The Portuguese...
Mourinho Will Target Chelsea Trio after Inter Move
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Jose Mourinho will be presented as Internazionale's new coach today with three of his former Chelsea lieutenants on his list of potential new recruits.A statement from Inter confirmed: "Internazionale announce the arrival of Jose Mourinho. The Portuguese...
Mourinho Will Target Chelsea Trio after Inter Move
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Jose Mourinho will be presented as Internazionale's new coach today with three of his former Chelsea lieutenants on his list of potential new recruits.A statement from Inter confirmed: "Internazionale announce the arrival of Jose Mourinho. The Portuguese...
Mugabe's Arrival at Food Summit Provokes Outrage
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He's turned up again like a bad penny. President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe is back in Rome, staying in five-star accommodation for the duration of a United Nations food summit while his people starve as a result of his disastrous farm policies.The unexpected...
Murder with a Dash of Humour Sweetens an Old Tale of Revenge
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First Night THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY Royal Exchange Theatre MANCHESTER ****I wonder if Stephen Tompkinson recognises The Revenger's Tragedy from his old A-level notes preserved by his dad? In director Jonathan Moore's somewhat eccentric approach to the...
'My Feet Have Not Left the Ground'
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Shane Williams, the Welsh game's little big man, has had a superb season. Now, he tells James Corrigan, he's relishing the prospect of two Tests against the world's best winger Wales on tour to South AfricaFor a man who has lived and sighed and become...
'My Feet Have Not Left the Ground'
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Shane Williams, the Welsh game's little big man, has had a superb season. Now, he tells James Corrigan, he's relishing the prospect of two Tests against the world's best winger Wales on tour to South AfricaFor a man who has lived and sighed and become...
News in Brief
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Credit crunch timeThe Money Programme, an Open University and BBC co-production, returns for a new series of programmes exploring the credit crunch. Regular presenter Max Flint will be joined by guest presenters Fiona Bruce, Saira Khan and Myleene Klass...
O'Neal Held after Police 'Witness Her Buying Crack from Dealer'
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Tatum O'Neal, the Oscar-winning former child actress who wrote a best-selling memoir of her struggles with drink and drug addiction, has been arrested on suspicion of buying crack cocaine.Police in New York said the 44-year-old was seen by officers handing...
Only the Superdelegates Can Save Clinton Now
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* Obama set to win, but faces party challengeA determined - possibly deluded - Hillary Clinton gave no hint yesterday of preparing to concede the race for the Democratic nomination, vigorously pursuing votes across South Dakota in the closing hours of...
Pandora
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EMAIL pandora@independent.co.ukINTERNET SITE www.independent.co.uk/pandoraKen talks his way into another nice little earnerKen Livingstone's eviction from City Hall was barely a month ago, but he's wasted little time in filling his boots.A fortnight...
'People Think I Am Actually Trigger'
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The 5-minute Interview Roger Lloyd Pack ActorRoger Lloyd Pack, 64, is perhaps best known for his roles as Colin 'Trigger' Ball in 'Only Fools and Horses' and Owen Newitt in 'The Vicar of Dibley'. He will be participating in this year's Ledbury Poetry...
Poll Deepens Labour Gloom as MPs Return to Commons
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The Conservative Party enjoys a 14-point lead over Labour, enough to give David Cameron an overall majority of 102, according to the latest poll by ComRes for The Independent.It puts the Tories on 44 per cent, their highest rating since the company began...
Regulator Raids RBS Offices in 'Price-Fixing' Inquiry
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Investigators from the Office of Fair Trading launched a surprise raid on Royal Bank of Scotland offices that was prompted by a whistleblower-style complaint from Barclays, it emerged yesterday.The OFT launched an investigation into "alleged anti-competitive...
Revolt against 42 Days Weakens after Concessions
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The Labour revolt against the detention of terrorist suspects for 42 days without charge appeared to be crumbling last night after Jacqui Smith announced a series of concessions.The Home Secretary said she had moved "a million miles" in a presentation...
Shakespeare Takes a Walk in the Park
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Theatre OPEN AIR THEATRE 2008 SEASON Regent's Park LONDONFor his debut season as the artistic director of the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, Timothy Sheader will direct Romeo and Juliet and Gigi, a new production of the Lerner and Loewe musical. Other...
Sharapova Leaves to Boos after Drubbing
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*TENNISDo not try talking to Maria Sharapova about the joys of Paris in the spring. Not only did the 21-year-old Russian suffer a bruising 6- 7, 7-6, 6-2 defeat by Dinara Safina and the probable loss of her world No 1 ranking here yesterday but she also...
Sharapova Leaves to Boos after Drubbing
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*TENNISDo not try talking to Maria Sharapova about the joys of Paris in the spring. Not only did the 21-year-old Russian suffer a bruising 6- 7, 7-6, 6-2 defeat by Dinara Safina and the probable loss of her world No 1 ranking here yesterday but she also...
Sharapova Leaves to Boos after Drubbing
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*TENNISDo not try talking to Maria Sharapova about the joys of Paris in the spring. Not only did the 21-year-old Russian suffer a bruising 6- 7, 7-6, 6-2 defeat by Dinara Safina and the probable loss of her world No 1 ranking here yesterday but she also...
Sharp Sacked by Giants
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*RUGBY LEAGUEJon Sharp has become the third Super League coach in a fortnight to lose his job. He was sacked by Hudd-ersfield yesterday.Sharp, after four and a half seasons in charge at the Galpharm Stadium, was the competition's longest-serving coach,...
Shell Keen to Tap into Coal Seam Gas in Australia
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It is odourless, invisible and buried deep within the earth, and everyone seems to want it.For the third time in a week, a major oil company struck a deal to secure rights to Australia's suddenly fashionable coal seam gas reserves.Royal Dutch Shell agreed...
Sky Is No Longer Limit: Ferguson Says He Will Quit in 2010
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In an interview with Sir David Frost, to be broadcast tonight, Manchester United's greatest manager sets his departure date. Glenn Moore reportsTwo more years. That is how long the rest of the Premier League title contenders, and putative Manchester...
Space Rockers Reunite on Earth
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Gong were the psychedelic supergroup who wowed Glastonbury Fayre in 1971. Ahead of their Meltdown appearance, founder Daevid Allen tells Pierre Perrone how he survived the madnessIn 1966, Daevid Allen, who had left Australia in search of "the hot spots...
Teenage Drinking: It's Hard to Think Straight
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I find myself in a state of mild confusion when it comes to the Government's proposals to crack down on underage drinking, which seems appropriate really since this is a subject on which it is very difficult to arrive at any clear social consensus.How...
The Buy-to-Let Boom Goes Bust
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The number of private lenders unable to pay their mortgages is up 50 per cent, says Bradford & Bingley. By James DaleyThe first signs of a collapse in Britain's buy-to-let property market emerged yesterday as Bradford & Bingley, the UK's largest lender...
The Euro Answered a Question We Didn't Ask
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It is the great hypothetical of recent history; the most intriguing "counterfactual" of New Labour's time in office; the question that deserves more than the dusty dismissal it would have received even a few months ago: what if we'd joined the euro a...
The Key to an Enigma: A Revealing Portrait of a Composer Who Set the Tone
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The Tuesday Book CLAUDE DEBUSSY By Paul Roberts PHAIDON, Pounds 6.95 Order (free p&p) on 0870 079 8897Debussy's life is well documented, but he remains an enigma. In his quest to unravel this, Paul Roberts has aimed to win new insights into the music...
The Role of a University Is to Offer Intellectual Leadership through Our Most Intractable Problems
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OPEN VIEWRevisiting John Henry Newman's discourses on The Idea of a University recently was a delight, but it was also a reminder that anyone who sets out to describe "the" idea of a university is bound to fail. I am reminded of an occasion when somebody...
The Sound of Silence
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Doctors have told Lindsey Dryden that she may go deaf at any moment. But, she's learnt, that needn't mean giving up her passion for musicPeople who don't know me assume I'm slightly odd when I press my face to speakers and musical instruments. Commuters...
The Ten Best Tents
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INDEPENDENT.CO.UK/BEST1 North Face (sleeps two) 289.99However much wind you throw at this baby, it'll cling to the ground like a limpet. Features a massive porch for storing and sorting gear on expeditions, and only weighs 3.5kg.www.blacks.co.uk; 0800...
The Unexpected Legacy of Natural Disasters
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On 26 April 1986, a mighty explosion tore the roof off reactor number 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power station. Three weeks later, with radioactive fall-out now affecting parts of Europe and North America, and large areas of Ukraine, Belarus and western...
The World Ignores These Farmers at Its Peril
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LEADING ARTICLE FOOD PRICESIt is appropriate that participants at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation summit, gathering in Rome today, will be concentrating on the effect of soaring food prices on the developing world. Food prices are...
Trust Says BBC Is Paying Its Stars the Market Rate
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There are about 40 television and radio stars who earn more than 1m a year, an independent report into how much the BBC pays its talent has revealed.Out of that elite group of comedians, actors and lifestyle and cookery presenters, the top 10 earn 2m...
US Coal Lobbyists Unveil Nightmarish Vision of Life after Cap-And- Trade Law
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Campaigners complain of 'economic disarmament' as carbon emissions law due before SenateUS businesses have spent tens of millions of dollars trying to kill a proposed law that would introduce European-style "cap-and- trade" rules on carbon emissions...
Varndell and Waldouck Are 'Thrown' in to All Black Tour
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It was not so very long ago that Tom Varndell, the fastest wing in Europe and the leading try-scorer in the Premiership campaign that ended at Twickenham on Saturday, expressed a degree of relief at not being selected for England's forthcoming Test series...
Victoria's Secrets Were a Bit of a Turn-Off
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Last Night's TV QUEEN VICTORIA'S MEN CHANNEL 4 A TASTE OF MY LIFE BBC2The thesis of Queen Victoria's Men was, roughly, that a monarch famous for her lack of amusement was in reality a hot little piece who was gagging for it: Queen Shagtoria, in fact....
Vodafone Bids to Take Control of South African Telco Vodacom
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Vodafone is set to take a controlling interest in Vodacom, the South African mobile phone operator, if the latest round of talks with Telkom, its co-owner, prove successful.The plan on the table is for the UK-listed group to add 12.5 per cent to its...
'What Better Way for Natascha to Catch Up with Modern Austria Than by Interviewing Its Stars on a Talk-Show?'
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Tales of the CityProbably unnoticed by most British viewers, the father of daytime talk-show television died yesterday. Mike Douglas (not Michael Douglas, obviously) left his home in Florida for the great Bafta ceremony in the sky on his 81st birthday,...
When the Underwriting Contract Is Worth No More Than a B&B Buy-To- Let Mortgage
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OUTLOOKWhen is a deeply discounted, fully underwritten rights issue neither deeply discounted nor underwritten? Bradford & Bingley's handling of its rights issue has been so calamitous that the company seems more deserving of pity than scorn. B&B appears...
You Write the Reviews
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JACK KEROUAC AND STEVE ALLEN Poetry for the Beat Generation ZONOPHONE ****On this rerelease of his debut spoken-world album from 1959, Jack Kerouac, one of the lead voices of the Beat generation of writers in the 1950s and 1960s, reads selections of...
Yves Saint Laurent
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Paris couturier who was revered as a genius but considered himself a 'crazy mixed-up man'Revered internationally as the most important couturier of modern times, Yves Saint Laurent was a master of feminine tailoring who rewrote the rule book on the way...
