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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 April 6, 2012
'A Child Chipped at Pieces of Brick to Fill His Empty Belly'
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COMMENT As toddlers, Taylor, Henry and Adam used to draw pictures of food on pieces of paper and swallow them. Mary, 15, and her 16-year-old brother stole frozen meat and ate it raw. Their stories are less common than they used to be. Shockingly, more...
Acid Test for Ageless Casey and Brilliant Flemenstar
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RACING Feisty trainer's talented chaser is the horse of a lifetime - and favourite for the Powers Gold Cup When he grins, the shrewd stockman's eyes disappear in folds and fissures of flesh, eddying years of weather and worry and laughter. How many years?...
Acid Test for Ageless Casey and Brilliant Flemenstar
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RACING Feisty trainer's talented chaser is the horse of a lifetime - and favourite for the Powers Gold Cup When he grins, the shrewd stockman's eyes disappear in folds and fissures of flesh, eddying years of weather and worry and laughter. How many years?...
Alight Here to Get More for Your Money
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There's no point in slogging your guts out on the daily commute unless it's worth the effort. Ruth Bloomfield finds the best-priced towns a short train ride from London The arrival of a baby son prompted Neil Wood and his wife, Gursharn, to find more...
A Little Democracy Suits the Burmese Regime
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World View Sanctions on Burma would be eased but not entirely lifted, said US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday. Restrictions, she added, would continue "on individuals and institutions that remain on the wrong side of these historic reform...
Amazon under Investigation amid Furore over Tax Affairs
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Tax officials have launched an investigation into the online retail giant Amazon, which has officially allocated its UK sales to a company based in Luxembourg.In filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Amazon - which sells one in four...
An Arabic Bridge from Then to Now
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The week in books Last week the prolific Lebanese novelist Rabee Jaber won the fifth International Prize for Arabic Fiction - the "Arabic Booker" - for his latest work, The Druze of Belgrade. Apparently shy and taciturn on the podium in Abu Dhabi, he...
Apollonia Poilane
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My life in food... When both her parents died in a helicopter accident in 2003, Apollonia inherited her family's world-renowned bakery, Poilne. She was just 19. Nine year's later, the company has a turnover measured in tens of millions of pounds and...
Ask the Expert
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Q I have received a letter from my bank because my mortgage is coming to an end soon. This letter asks me if I want to use my solicitor to discharge the bank's legal charge on the property or whether I want them to do it for me. Will it make any difference...
Assad Metes out a Day of Brutal Violence
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Ferocious regime assaults on Damascus and the shell-battered city of Homs were reported by activists inside the country yesterday, despite claims that the Syrian government had begun withdrawing troops from cities across the country ahead of the agreed...
A Table for One, Please
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The trend for no-reservation restaurants has a happy side- effect: dining alone has never been easier, says Charlotte McDonald- Gibson If there is one recent trend in Britain's dining scene that has divided foodies like few others, it's the no-reservations...
A Turbulent Priest's Stormy Life
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THOMAS BECKET: WARRIOR, PRIEST, REBEL, VICTIM by John Guy Viking, Pounds 25, 422pp Pounds 21.25 from the Independent Bookshop: 08430 600 030 Sub-titles are usually where publishers try to hype up a book, or give its subject a headline-making spin. So...
Augusta Diary
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Donald's comic turn proves a blastThe cat is well and truly out of the bag, the cool cat even. So much for Luke Donald cast in the role of the staid, quiet Englishman with all the humour of John Major during a sponsored silence. The dude, as the say...
Augusta Diary
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Donald's comic turn proves a blastThe cat is well and truly out of the bag, the cool cat even. So much for Luke Donald cast in the role of the staid, quiet Englishman with all the humour of John Major during a sponsored silence. The dude, as the say...
Augusta Diary
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Donald's comic turn proves a blastThe cat is well and truly out of the bag, the cool cat even. So much for Luke Donald cast in the role of the staid, quiet Englishman with all the humour of John Major during a sponsored silence. The dude, as the say...
Bahraini Hunger Striker Casts a Long Shadow over Claims of Reform
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As the government in Manama prepares to welcome back Formula One, activists say human rights abuses continue Bahrain's best known human rights activist, Abdulhadi al- Khawaja, who is on the 57th day of a hunger strike, could die in jail at any moment...
Beats Who Rip It Up and Start Again
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RUB OUT THE WORDS: THE LETTERS OF WILLIAM S BURROUGHS 1959-1974 Edited by Bill Morgan Penguin Classics, Pounds 30, 444pp Pounds 25 from the Independent Bookshop: 08430 600 030 This long-awaited second volume of William Burroughs's letters spans 15...
Brenda Dick
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LIVES REMEMBERED Potter, bookbinder and county councillor Brenda Dick epitomised the un-sung millions who nurture families and build communities, but rarely receive a mention in the obituary pages of newspapers. She had no impressive academic, sporting,...
British Pursuit Trio Delighted to Claim World Record under Australian Noses
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LONDON EYE The British trio of Dani King, Laura Trott and Jo Rowsell produced the two fastest times in the history of women's pursuiting to win Britain's third gold of the World Track Championships here in Melbourne yesterday.But while the three were...
British Pursuit Trio Delighted to Claim World Record under Australian Noses
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LONDON EYE The British trio of Dani King, Laura Trott and Jo Rowsell produced the two fastest times in the history of women's pursuiting to win Britain's third gold of the World Track Championships here in Melbourne yesterday.But while the three were...
Caught in the Net
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Art-rockers delve into electronicaIn early March I wrote about the Australian art-rock trio Liars (below), who offered up a few hints as to what was in store for their June-due album, in the form of a short montage video posted on their blog, amateurgore....
Chelsea Leader Can 'Barely Breathe' but Will Still Try to Shackle Messi
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TERRY AND TORRES ARE KEY TO BARCA UPSET Sometimes it is easy to forget that in just three months' time, John Terry will face a court case that will define his career, his life and his legacy as a footballer, simply because he plays as if nothing could...
Chelsea Leader Can 'Barely Breathe' but Will Still Try to Shackle Messi TERRY AND TORRES ARE KEY TO BARCA UPSET
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Sometimes it is easy to forget that in just three months' time, John Terry will face a court case that will define his career, his life and his legacy as a footballer, simply because he plays as if nothing could be further from his mind.Say what you...
Chess
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The defending champion, 19-year-old Ding Liren, maintained the lead at the Chinese Championship in Xinghua in Jiangsu province on Wednesday after a tough draw with bottom marker Zhao Jun. But the gap was cut to just half a point after second-placed Yu...
Choosing Not to Choose Life
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book of the week SKAGBOYS by Irvine Welsh Jonathan Cape, Pounds 12.99, 458pp Pounds 11.69 from the Independent Bookshop: 08430 600 030 Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards," notes Mark Renton, the emaciated, erudite, heroin...
Christian Doctor 'Was Fired for Whistleblowing'
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Tribunal told that senior paediatrician was sacked after voicing concerns over children's safety A senior paediatrician who was sacked by a West Midlands hospital for alleged "gross misconduct and insubordination" lost his job for blowing the whistle...
Cost of Hacking to Murdoch's Empire So Far: Pounds 239,000,000
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Rupert Murdoch has run up losses of almost a quarter of a billion pounds from the closure of the News of the World, and costs from the hacking scandal are set to soar further.Annual accounts for News Group Newspapers (NGN), which owns The Sun and the...
Craig: I've Been Hurt by Bath's Decline
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RUGBY UNION Bruce Craig, the extremely wealthy owner of a Bath club struggling to string together two decent halves of rugby, let alone two winning performances, is hard on the heels of a new head coach capable of restoring the team's credibility as...
Craig: I've Been Hurt by Bath's Decline
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RUGBY UNION Bruce Craig, the extremely wealthy owner of a Bath club struggling to string together two decent halves of rugby, let alone two winning performances, is hard on the heels of a new head coach capable of restoring the team's credibility as...
Dalglish: I've Never Known a Liverpool Run So Bad
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Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish admits the club's run of bad results places him in unfamiliar territory.Liverpool have lost six of their last seven league matches and have dropped to eighth in the table. It is their worst run for 59 years and is something...
Dalglish: This Is the Worst Liverpool Run I've Known
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Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish admits the club's run of bad results places him in unfamiliar territory.Liverpool have lost six of their last seven league matches and have dropped to eighth in the table. It is their worst run for 59 years and is something...
Death of a Duchess Is Truly Dreadful
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Sometimes you catch sight of your culture from an odd angle and wonder what it might look like to an alien. And another world isn't necessary here, incidentally; another time will do perfectly well, provided it's sufficiently distanced to allow the sense...
Derby's Redfern Claims First Blood
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ROUND-UP With all respect to Derbyshire, they may not make many headlines this season. Savour the moment, then, Dan Redfern, who will retain the distinction for posterity of the first century of the 2012 County Championship.It was a first for the left-hander...
Derby's Redfern Claims First Blood
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ROUND-UP With all respect to Derbyshire, they may not make many headlines this season. Savour the moment, then, Dan Redfern, who will retain the distinction for posterity of the first century of the 2012 County Championship.It was a first for the left-hander...
Detective Texted Tycoon's Daughter during Her Trial
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A Scotland Yard detective is under investigation for allegedly sending "inappropriate" text messages to the daughter of a millionaire businessman, who was found guilty yesterday of driving a gang of thieves around south London during last summer's riots.Detective...
DIANA AND CALLISTO 1556-59 (188Cm X 206cm) Titian National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh National Gallery, London
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The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on...' Yes, I knew you would recognise that familiar gobbet from the agitated pen of Edward Fitzgerald, whose thrillingly inaccurate translation of various poems by Omar Khayyam was first published in pamphlet...
Did Bertie Wooster Win the War?
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DOUBLE CROSS: THE TRUE STORY OF THE D-DAY SPIES by Ben Macintyre Bloomsbury, Pounds 16.99, 417pp Pounds 15.29 from the Independent Bookshop: 08430 600 030 After the Second World War, a Catalan former chicken-farmer named Juan Pujol retired to Venezuela,...
Down by the River
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Tomorrow's Boat Race is the starting gun for the spring search for chic riverside retreats. And there's no shortage of smart new developments springing up along the Thames to aim for, says David Spittles More people are living alongside the central...
DVD & Blu-Ray Reviews
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HUGO (U) Martin ScorseseDVD/Blu-ray (126mins)****There's a common misconception that Martin Scorsese's most compelling films only deal with the Mob, but three of his finest - After Hours, The King of Comedy and The Age of Innocence - barely have a hoodlum...
Easter Festival KKL, Lucerne *****
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Outside Lucerne's lakeside concert hall, the KKL, a boat ride offers itself as the "Whiskyschiff". Inside the auditorium, though, stood another Schiff: Andrs, in maestro mode. With his handpicked chamber orchestra, the Cappella Andrea Barca, plus the...
England Hopefuls Suffer Debut Flops as 20 Wickets Fall
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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 118 WORCESTERSHIRE 130 Bold forecasts can never be relied upon not to bite you where it hurts and Chris Read, the Nottinghamshire captain, may conclude that he ought to have known better than to promise too much, too soon of his supposedly...
England Hopefuls Suffer Debut Flops as 20 Wickets Fall
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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 118 WORCESTERSHIRE 130 Bold forecasts can never be relied upon not to bite you where it hurts and Chris Read, the Nottinghamshire captain, may conclude that he ought to have known better than to promise too much, too soon of his supposedly...
Enter France's Third Man
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Far-left firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon has used opposition to 'les Anglo-Saxons' to challenge the presidential race favourites. John Lichfield reports from Limoges Jean-Luc Mlenchon has a message for "les Anglo-Saxons" and their "stinking" money and doomed...
Eric Watson
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Photographer who worked with the Pet Shop Boys and for pop bible Smash Hits The pop music of the Eighties was bright, bouncy and shiny - and the biweekly magazine Smash Hits displayed the same qualities while providing the perfect handbook for teenagers...
Escapology Cannot Save Woods on Opening Day
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Pre-tournament favourite admits he hit some of his 'worst shots ever' in first round A wild day in Georgia for Tiger Woods, who "hit some of my worst golf swings ever", in his level-par 72. But when it came to waywardness even he had to bow to the final-hole...
Europe on 'Suicide Watch': Anger and Pain over the Human Cost of Austerity
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Authorities have ignored everyday people as they struggle to get economies back on an even keel When a retired chemist called Dimitris Christoulas walked into Syntagma Square in central Athens Wednesday morning with his hunting gun and looked over at...
Everything but the Pips
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We've embraced nose-to-tail cuisine. Now a Bristol restaurant is pioneering the vegetarian version of zero-waste cooking. Samuel Muston discovers why we should think twice before we throw away those peelings Scan the TV pages this week and find a cookery...
Farewell to the 'Father of Loud' - It's Been a Blast
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The rock world has promised to "crank it up to 11" to mark the death of Jim Marshall, the "Father of Loud", whose groundbreaking amplifiers gave the gift of extreme volume to generations of guitar heroes.Marshall, a former music shop owner from West...
Father, Son and Unholy Ghosts
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THE TYRANT by Jacques Chessex, trans. Martin Sokolinsky Bitter Lemon Press, Pounds 8.99, 189pp Pounds 8.54 from the Independent Bookshop: 08430 600 030 This extraordinary work is a lean, modern narrative that recalls Samuel Butler's Victorian study...
Fax of Life Saves Donald from Disqualification
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Never let the fax get in the way of a good story. Luckily for Donald, who was summoned to the headmaster's office, it turned out that the tournament committee's administration department had got their fax wrong and not the world No 1.A smudge on Donald's...
Fernando Commands Respect after Running Riot at Nou Camp
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TERRY AND TORRES ARE KEY TO BARCA UPSET As Chelsea knocked out Benfica on Wednesday night to secure a Champions League semi-final against Barcelona, Pep Guardiola was at the theatre with his wife watching "Incendis", a three-hour long epic tragedy about...
Fernando Commands Respect after Running Riot at Nou Camp
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TERRY AND TORRES ARE KEY TO BARCA UPSET As Chelsea knocked out Benfica on Wednesday night to secure a Champions League semi-final against Barcelona, Pep Guardiola was at the theatre with his wife watching "Incendis", a three-hour long epic tragedy about...
Go West to See Baseball's Best
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As the new season begins, there has been a power shift from the East Coast, with TV deals, star names and big bucks going to LA. By Rupert Cornwell reports It remains New York baseball's blackest memory - the autumn of 1957 when the Dodgers and the Giants...
Go West to See Baseball's Best
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As the new season begins, there has been a power shift from the East Coast, with TV deals, star names and big bucks going to LA. By Rupert Cornwell reports It remains New York baseball's blackest memory - the autumn of 1957 when the Dodgers and the Giants...
Grace under Pressure as the Sea Brings Forth Monsters
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THE LIFEBOAT by Charlotte Rogan Virago, Pounds 12.99, 275pp Pounds 11.69 from the Independent Bookshop: 08430 600 030 The surface question of Charlotte Rogan's debut novel is: what would you do in order to survive? Beneath that, The Lifeboat is a study...
Green Light for U21s League to Replace Reserves
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Premier League takes measure to ensure that elite young players are given more game time The Premier League is to re-launch the current reserve team competitions as a national under-21s league, to provide game time for elite young players who are languishing...
Green Light for U21s League to Replace Reserves
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Premier League takes measure to ensure that elite young players are given more game time The Premier League is to re-launch the current reserve team competitions as a national under-21s league, to provide game time for elite young players who are languishing...
Him from She & Him Gets Round to His New Solo Album
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M Ward just can't stop collaborating. Thankfully, though, he has found time to record some new music of his own. The singer- songwriter talks to Tim Walker It's three years since M Ward's last solo album, which sounds like some time. Until, that is,...
If Dimon Stopped Whingeing and Took Less Money Then He'd Really Be Helping Out
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OUTLOOK Is the collective noun for bankers a whinge of? It certainly looks that way. You might think that Jamie Dimon would be rather cheerful. After all, the boss of JPMorgan made $23m (14m) in 2011, which might explain why he chose to stress the importance...
In Diageo's World It's Always Drinks Time Somewhere
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INVESTMENT VIEW DIAGEOOUR VIEW: TAKE PROFITSSHARE PRICE: 1,523.5p (+7p)Alcohol is one of the first things many people decide to sacrifice when they give something up for Lent. Which means they will be preparing to enjoy their first tipple in some time.That...
It's Back to Basics as Kylie Goes on No-Frills Tour
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As the superstar plays to small audiences and reconnects with her fans, Elisa Bray looks at some of the best intimate gigs The last time fans saw Kylie in Britain, she was surrounded by a cohort of dancers and trapeze artists and a lavish Graeco-Roman...
It's Not Baby Food That's Bad for Babies
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Notebook Another day, another story to strike fear into the heart of any guilty middle-class parent. A study by the University of Greenwich has found that "top-selling baby foods lack vital nutrients essential for growth and protection against illness"....
'I've Never Been Able to Explain How I Play. If the Ball's There, I Hit It'
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In the glorious history of Test cricket there has probably never been an over like it. A batsman inspired by the gods was on the verge of a resounding hundred, making mincemeat of the bowler, when he was warned both casually and then officially for breaching...
JJB Sports Is Bailed out but Rival Wages a War on Prices
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JJB Sports was given another lifeline yesterday after it unveiled a fresh funding of up to 70m over the next two years, with the lion's share being a "strategic investment" with a US sports equipment giant.The transaction with Dick's Sporting Goods,...
KAPIL TRIVEDI Mystery Jets
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my fantasy band DrumsJaki LiebezeitHe played in one of my all-time favourite bands, Can, and he was a huge part of their sound. If you check out their performance of 'Vernal Equinox' on the music show The Old Grey Whistle Test, it will blow your mind....
Kony 2: Sequel to Video That Went Viral Receives Its Online Premiere
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It was one of the most successful viral campaign videos ever, supported by A-list celebrities and drawing praise for making the Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), globally notorious.But while the film had 100 million...
Labour Must Create 'Jobs for the Boys', Warns Brown Aide
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A former aide to Gordon Brown has warned that Labour will not regain power until it offers hope and jobs to a generation of young men who have turned their backs on the party.Kirsty McNeill, one of Mr Brown's closest advisers while he was Prime Minister,...
Last Night's Viewing
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I don't know whether you've ever examined your bank account to find an unexplained cash withdrawal from an ATM in Chigwell, but if you have you might find it comforting to know that the unpleasant shocks can travel in the other direction. In one of the...
Lawrie Rolls Back Years as Brit Pack Start Well
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Scotland's former Open champion in fine form but red-hot Stenson sets early pace Paul Lawrie isn't everyone's, or indeed anyone's, idea of this week's major comeback story here, but the former Open champion restated his suitability to the golfing primetime...
Leave Our Kids Alone - or Pay a Heavy Price
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Politics Nothing provokes such visceral feelings among people as their children. Anything that threatens their security, their wellbeing or their future triggers some of the most profound emotional responses that humans are capable of. I have no kids...
Liz Green Bush Hall, London ****
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"It's going to be a whole lotta of fun tonight," Liz Green sings, in her jazz-coated tones, on the perky "Midnight Blues". That's about as jaunty as the 28-year-old's music gets. She even warns us, jokily (and Green's very droll, like a blend of Victoria...
Look Back in Hunger
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Evidence is mounting that thousands of children in the UK are not getting enough food to eat - and that, as financial hardship spreads, their numbers are increasing rapidly. Charlie Cooper investigates a silent, scandalous epidemic Chris is 10. He and...
Love and Grief for Dummies
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THE BEGINNER'S GOODBYE by Anne Tyler Chatto & Windus, Pounds 14.99, 198pp Pounds 12.99 from the Independent Bookshop: 08430 600 030 In her 19th novel, Anne Tyler revisits old ground with a passive male protagonist, Aaron, the familiar Baltimore setting...
Love Me, Love My Gunk
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American Mark Vanhoenacker delights in introducing his British partner to New York's cuisine. But one foodstuff jeopardises their special relationship: peanut butter The stateside popularity of Downton Abbey has observers on both sides of the shining...
Mancini: If Mario Was My Team-Mate I'd Punch Him
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City manager reveals frustrations with striker Balotelli but insists his other players must continue to support unpredictable Italian The smile on Roberto Mancini's face did not look like a disguise when in the course of one of his most frank discussions...
Mancini: If Mario Was My Team-Mate I'd Punch Him
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City manager reveals frustrations with Balotelli but insists other players must support the Italian, who crashed his car yesterday The smile on Roberto Mancini's face did not look like a disguise when in the course of one of his most frank discussions...
Maverick Sabre Musician
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MusicRecently I've been listening to a record with Ella Fitzgerald on one side and Billie Holiday on the other side, and lots of music by Ahmad Jamal. I'm really into old jazz; I find it quite relaxing. It stems from when I was about 14 years old and...
'Merchant of Death' Waits to Learn His Fate
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The world's most notorious arms dealer faces the prospect of the rest of his life behind bars Viktor Bout, the convicted Russian arms dealer described as "the Merchant of Death", may be spending the rest of his days in a federal prison despite his lawyer's...
Middle England Goes Green with Hosepipe Envy
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Not much happens in Manton, a tiny village in the Wiltshire countryside. Its residents enthuse about horse-racing - after all, some of Britain's best stallions are housed in stables there. The villagers also enjoy gardening. The place is full of greenery...
Millions at Risk as Main Malaria Drug Loses Potency
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Millions could die as resistance to new malaria drug takes hold The world's most effective malaria drug is losing its power, threatening the lives of millions of people around the globe.Tests on the border between Thailand and Burma show that the most...
Ministers May Be Told to Focus on Minorities in Key Seats
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Conservatives look to Canada to learn how to broaden their appeal to ethnic voters Conservative Cabinet ministers could be ordered to attend Diwali festivals, Eid celebrations and other ethnic community events under plans to broaden the party's electoral...
New Pesticide Link to Sudden Decline in Bee Population
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US study says nerve agent causes Colony Collapse Disorder. By Michael McCarthy A commonly used nerve-agent pesticide is the likely culprit in sharp worldwide declines in honey bee colonies in the last five years, a scientific study claimed yesterday.Imidacloprid,...
New Releases
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ALABAMA SHAKESBoys & GirlsRough Trade*****This storming debut album from the hot-ticket Alabama soul-rock quartet fully delivers on the groundswell of anticipation built up by already legendary live performances and the acclaim of peers such as Adele...
Observations
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Why Bruckner makes me lose the will to live BY JESSICA DUCHENThe conductor/pianist Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin explore Bruckner's last three symphonies over three nights at the Royal Festival Hall, this month.I don't like Anton Bruckner....
Offshore Tax Deals: Legal but Wrong
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LEADING ARTICLE How about a "Double Luxembourg", or perhaps a "Double Irish", or even a "Double Irish Dutch Sandwich"? When it comes to avoiding corporation tax, there is certainly no shortage of options. The scandal, therefore, is not so much that Amazon...
One Comedy, Two Audiences: UK Hit Tailored for Broadway
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Playwright Richard Bean reworks James Corden show to suit American theatregoers Playwright Richard Bean understands the quip about a common language dividing Britain and America better than most. Tonight marks the first Broadway performance of his National...
On Education, Teachers Do Not Always Know Best
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LEADING ARTICLE In saying, as she did in her closing address to the Association of Teachers and Lecturers this week, that UK schools were stratified along class lines, with "toxic" consequences for the poor, Dr Mary Bousted might have meant to shock....
On the Menu
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Food news & reviews THIS WEEK IVE BEEN EATING...CONGEEA few months back, while interviewing the writer, chef and all- round nice man Simon Hopkinson for My Life in Food in these pages, he mentioned congee, a Chinese porridge, which, he said, was great...
Operations for Appendicitis Could Be Cut out for Good
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One of the most common operations performed in Britain - on which generations of trainee surgeons have honed their skills - is outmoded, research suggests. Surgery for appendicitis should be abandoned and replaced with a course of antibiotics, experts...
Out-of-Tune Donald Hoping for Happier Encore
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The thunder that was forecast for late Thursday afternoon arrived a lot earlier in Luke Donald's eyes. As if first tee nerves aren't enough to contend with, Donald had to stew gently for six minutes in the humid 80-degree heat before his opening drive...
Pandas' Brief Encounter Fails, but the Ducks Did It
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Making beautiful babies is clearly more of a problem for giant pandas than for rare ducks. Britain's panda pair, Tian Tian and Yang Guang at Edinburgh Zoo, ran out of mating time yesterday as their much-hyped but limited breeding season drew to an unsuccessful...
Paperbacks
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LONDON UNDER by Peter AckroydVintage 7.99 (202pp) 7.59 from the Independent Bookshop: 08430 600 030Ackroyd's London: The Biography (now available in a concise edition from Vintage) is the non-fiction masterpiece of this prodigiously productive author....
Parsifal: Mariinsky/Gergiev Barbican, London ****
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Wagner made very sure people would pay attention to the meaning of the opera he called his "farewell to the world" by decreeing that it should only be performed, like a sacred ritual, in his theatre in Bayreuth. And, though it was conceived as - and...
Poker
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At the heads-up stage in a tournament, a player who has a stack that amounts to 90 per cent of the chips on the table to an opponent's 10 per cent is certainly in a dominating position. But this as not as strong as it looks and the chip leader is by...
Police in Crisis after Flood of Racism Complaints
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Five officers suspended as Scotland Yard refers eight new cases to official watchdog Complaints revive charge of 'institutional racism' The Metropolitan Police has revealed new allegations of racist abuse, bullying and violence involving 20 officers...
Quickening Heartbeats of History
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CIRCULATION: WILLIAM HARVEY'S REVOLUTIONARY IDEA by Thomas Wright Chatto & Windus, Pounds 16.99, 272pp Pounds 13.99 from the Independent Bookshop: 08430 600 030 How anyone recovered from serious illness in the 1600s is beyond me. According to Thomas...
Ricky's Back at the Office
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After his "mong" controversy on Twitter, about the whether or not the word is still used pejoratively against people with Down's syndrome, and his recent spat with American fundamentalists when he posed as Christ crucified on the cover of New Humanist...
Roger Jenkins, Managing Partner, BTG Pactual
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SPOTLIGHT ON... One half of the Jenkins brothers right?Wrong. Try Britain's best-paid banker, reputedly making up to $75m (47m) a year when he left his role as head of Barclays' tax- planning business in 2009.That's a meaty old pay packet. Does that...
Rudderless Heroine Adrift in the Boys' Own World
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BY BATTERSEA BRIDGE by Janet Davey Chatto & Windus, Pounds 12.99, 293pp Pounds 11.69 from the Independent Bookshop: 08430 600 030 Anita Mostyn, the shadowy heroine of Janet Davey's novel, is in peril and at sea. Brought up to feel inferior to her elder...
Scandal and Wonder by the Euphrates and the Thames
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HONOUR by Elif Shafak Viking, Pounds 12.99, 352pp Pounds 11.69 from the Independent Bookshop: 08430 600 030 Honour, a Turkish-Kurdish family saga set in London, takes Elif Shafak into new literary territory. Shafak is a prolific, controversial and critically...
