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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 February 25, 1999
Arts: How Penge Got Its Groove Back Dull, Narrow-Minded, Parochial, Repressed: The Suburbs Have Always Been the Object of Sophisticated Scorn. but Behind the Net Curtains a Cultural Revolution Is Taking Place. and John Peel Has Gone in Search of Its Creative Energy
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Curtains will twitch. Lawnmowing will cease. Wheelie bins will sit untended and unloved, cars unwashed. Across the UK in the coming months, life as many of us know it will have to pause as we look for evidence of the most unlikely phenomenon: the sudden...
A Woman Behaving Badly When She Was a Lecturer, Her Dress Style Made Denise Van Outen Look like a Puritan Maid
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IT'S BEEN a rare treat all this week to witness The Daily Telegraph indulging itself in an excess of heroine addiction. Germaine Greer, "the high priestess of feminism", has been spread liberally across its pages in daily extracts of her book, The Whole...
Ballet: Modern-Day Carmen Goes West
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CARMENNORTHERN BALLET THEATREGRAND THEATRE LEEDS IF CHRISTOPHER Gable had lived to see Northern Ballet Theatre's Carmen he would surely have loved the way it has turned out. He had the initial idea, but then roped in a team of collaborators to develop...
Basketball: Burns Is Ready to Become All Star
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DERBY STORM'S Joel Burns could be elevated to All-Star status today if, as expected, the season-long ban on team-mate Rico Alderson is confirmed by the English Basketball Association's appeals committee.Alderson was selected for the North to play the...
Birds Breed on Gas Platform
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SEABIRDS HAVE nested on a British production platform for the first time since the offshore energy industry began 30 years ago.Kittiwakes, the most sea-going members of the gull family, have colonised British Gas's Morecambe Central Gas Platform, midway...
Birds Breed on Gas Platform
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SEABIRDS HAVE nested on a British production platform for the first time since the offshore energy industry began 30 years ago.Kittiwakes, the most sea-going members of the gull family, have colonised British Gas's Morecambe Central Gas Platform, midway...
Britain Could Sign Up to Euro in 2001
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BRITAIN COULD join the single currency within months of a "yes" vote in the referendum expected to be held in 2001.Although euro notes and coins would not replace the pound until 2004, sterling could be "locked in" to the single currency by 2002, it...
Cellnet Internet Service to Link E-Mail and Phone
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CELLNET, the mobile phone operator, yesterday jumped on the Internet bandwagon by launching a free Internet service which will also allow customers to receive messages on their mobile phones.Cellnet will launch the Internet service next month, to be...
Centrica to Pay out Extra Pounds 530m
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CENTRICA YESTERDAY rewarded the loyal army of Sids who have stuck with the company since the break-up of British Gas by announcing a pounds 530m special dividend for its 1.3 million shareholders.The 12p-a-share payout is the first dividend from Centrica,...
Changes to Climate Bring Earlier Spring
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SPRING IS coming earlier and autumn is arriving later, according to a study of European gardens that concluded a warmer climate has extended the growing season by at least 10 days since 1960.The findings lend powerful support to the idea that a warmer...
Chinese Jet Crashes after Mid-Air Blast
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AN INTERNAL flight crashed near the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou yesterday, killing all 61 people on board and hindering the country's attempts to improve its reputation for air safety.The aircraft, a Russian-made Tupolev 154, was the same make as...
Chinese Jet Crashes after Mid-Air Blast
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AN INTERNAL flight crashed near the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou yesterday, killing all 61 people on board and hindering the country's attempts to improve its reputation for air safety.The aircraft, a Russian-made Tupolev 154, was the same make as...
Classical: Champion of the Clarinet
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ALAN HACKER BIRTHDAY CONCERTPURCELL ROOM, LONDONREGINALD KELL, Jack Brymer, Alan Hacker, Antony Pay, Michael Collins. Britain has produced a remarkable crop of clarinettists. Alan Hacker, whose 60th birthday was celebrated in a concert presented by the...
Classical: Thanks for the Melodies
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L'INVITATION AU VOYAGEST JOHN'S, SMITH SQUARELONDON WHEN CLASSICALLY trained voices sing in English, they normally change some of its vowels in order to produce a good, full sound. Only singing actresses, such as Julie Andrews, sing RP English. In art-song...
Cricket: Australians Settle for a Draw
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RAIN FRUSTRATED any chance Australia had of beating a West Indies'Cricket Board XI on the third and final day of their opening tour matchin St John's, Antigua, yesterday.The Board XI had reached 121 for 4 by the close after 65 minutes werelost in three...
Cricket: Australians Settle for a Draw
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RAIN FRUSTRATED any chance Australia had of beating a West Indies' Cricket Board XI on the third and final day of their opening tour match in St John's, Antigua, yesterday.The Board XI had reached 121 for 4 by the close after 65 minutes were lost in...
Cricket: Bribery Report Rebukes ACB
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A TWO-MONTH independent inquiry has cleared Australian cricket of any involvement in match-fixing or bribery. But the man in charge of the investigation, Rob O'Regan, a lawyer, criticised the Australian Cricket Board's (ACB) handling of the Shane Warne-Mark...
Cricket: India Punish Sloppy Sri Lanka
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SANDAGOPPAN RAMESH struck his maiden Test century and Rahul Dravidalso scored a hundred to give India the upper hand against Sri Lanka intheir Asian Test championship match.India were 351 for 3 at the close of the first day with Sachin Tendulkar,who...
Cricket: India Punish Sloppy Sri Lanka
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India 351-3 v Sri LankaSANDAGOPPAN RAMESH struck his maiden Test century and Rahul Dravid also scored a hundred to give India the upper hand against Sri Lanka in their Asian Test championship match.India were 351 for 3 at the close of the first day with...
Cricket: India Punish Sloppy Sri Lanka
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SANDAGOPPAN RAMESH struck his maiden Test century and Rahul Dravid also scored a hundred to give India the upper hand against Sri Lanka in their Asian Test championship match.India were 351 for 3 at the close of the first day with Sachin Tendulkar, who...
Derek Nimmo Dies Aged 68
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THE ACTOR Derek Nimmo died of pneumonia yesterday, aged 68. Hehad been in hospital for nearly three months after injuring himself ina fall.Nimmo - a comedy actor and producer who made his name playing ineffectualvicars and upper-class twits - had spent...
Derek Nimmo Dies Aged 68
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THE ACTOR Derek Nimmo died of pneumonia yesterday, aged 68. He had been in hospital for nearly three months after injuring himself in a fall.Nimmo - a comedy actor and producer who made his name playing ineffectual vicars and upper-class twits - had...
Dilemmas: My Doctors Are Too Informal
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Sally Palmer is fed up with being addressed as `Sally' by doctors, when they expect her to call them `Dr'. Will she sound pompous if she makes her feelings clear?VIRGINIA'S ADVICEIf addressed as "my love" by total strangers, my grandmother used to say:...
Directors Ousted as M&S Axes Top Jobs
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MARKS & SPENCER has reacted to its stumbling performance on the high street with a drastic management clear-out at its Baker Street head office in London and the threat of more to come.Britain's biggest retailer is ousting three members of its board...
Directors Ousted as M&S Axes Top Jobs
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MARKS & SPENCER has reacted to its stumbling performance on the high street with a drastic management clear-out at its Baker Street head office in London and the threat of more to come.Britain's biggest retailer is ousting three members of its board...
`Don't Call Me Fonzie' Happy Days Are Here Again. So How Come Henry Winkler's Wearing Tweed?
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Jo, the charming PR woman who has set up my interview with Henry Winkler - aka Arthur "the Fonz" Fonzarelli, coolest man on earth - has two black eyes. She not very coolly walked into a glass door. Winkler seems to have that effect on people. While we...
Education: Dyslexia Goes Independent Many Bright Children Have Literacy Problems, and Fee-Paying Schools Are Coming to the Rescue
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WHEN A highly academic school such as Westminster provides a specialist teacher for dyslexics, it is probably safe to assume that society's understanding of the condition has reached a critical level.The Dyslexia Institute (DI) can congratulate itself...
Education: Expecting Too Little Could Cost Us a Lot Too Many Adults Have Dismally Low Expectations of What Children Will Read When They Should Be Stretching and Challenging Them
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Award-winning children's writer, Anne Fine, is worried that we are expecting far too little of children. It deeply concerns her that books that she has written for seven-year-olds, such as Bill's New Frock, are being used extensively in secondary schools....
Education Letter: We'll Have to Pay Up or Drop Out
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YOUR ARTICLE "Never mind the fees, feel the quality" (Education, 21 February) includes a brief outline of some of the developments in higher education in Australia in the last few years, but leaves out some important facts. Firstly, the most important...
Education: Oddly Enough
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Truncated education: Enticed by trees and water in the schoolyard, five elephants in north-west Namibia disrupted teaching at a primary school. According to Henry Mapanga, the school principal, the Sori- Soris school was closed after frightened parents...
Education: The Worst Years of Their Lives? Are We Asking Four-Year-Olds to Do Too Much?
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Last week the academic grip on nursery education strengthened with the publication of new proposals for a nursery school curriculum. They are tougher than the rules already in existence and they beg an obvious question - are we pushing our youngest children...
Education: View from Here There Seems Little Doubt That Schools Prefer to Recruit Younger Teachers
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IS THERE really a crisis in teacher supply, or could it be that schools are guilty of ageism? Whenever shortages are reported, there is a flurry of letters from older teachers complaining that they cannot get jobs.This happens even in science and maths....
'England's Tourism Is Sidelined'
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THE GOVERNMENT'S long-awaited tourism strategy will downgradethe idea of England as a holiday destination, the Conservatives have claimed.Chris Smith, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, will unveilthe plans at the Millennium Dome in Greenwich...
'England's Tourism Is Sidelined'
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THE GOVERNMENT'S long-awaited tourism strategy will downgrade the idea of England as a holiday destination, the Conservatives have claimed.Chris Smith, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, will unveil the plans at the Millennium Dome in Greenwich...
Euro Will Help Slay Our Inflation Dragon the UK Might Avoid Its Predicted Recession and Emerge from the Next Couple of Years in an Enviable Economic Position
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WANNA GET the inflation rate down? Easy. Change the way you measure it.One of the side effects of British preparation for the euro will be for us to adopt the European measure of inflation. It won't happen for a year or so, but eventually we will shift....
Euro Will Help Slay Our Inflation Dragon the UK Might Avoid Its Predicted Recession and Emerge from the Next Cou Ple of Years in an Enviable Economic Position
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WANNA GET the inflation rate down? Easy. Change the way you measure it.One of the side effects of British preparation for the euro will be for us to adopt the European measure of inflation. It won't happen for a year or so, but eventually we will shift....
Fast Track: A-Z of Employers - NatWest
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Age: 31History: The origins of the group can be traced back to 1658, but NatWest was officially formed in the Sixties when the National Provincial Bank and the Westminster Bank merged. These, in turn, were the product of the amalgamation of nearly 200...
Fast Track: Learning on the Job Contrary to Received Wisdom, Working through College Can Be Beneficial
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So you've got two big essays to complete by next week and, because your student loan has just run out, you've also got to work extra shifts at the local pub. Sounds familiar? Even if you've graduated, it's probably a reality that seems to have existed...
Film Also Showing: You've Got Mail, Titanic Town, Painted Angels, Practical Magic
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You've got mail nora ephron (pg) n Titanic Town Roger Mitchell (15) Painted angels jon sanders (15) n Practical Magic Jamie Blanks (18)I WOULD have taken bets before watching You've Got Mail that Meg Ryan would be seen at some point wearing bedsocks....
Film: More Beefcake, Sir? No Thanks, Says Javier Bardem. I'm Ready for Something Just a Little More Serious
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MOUTH TO Mouth, Golden Balls, Live Flesh: they sound like movies you might find on the shelves of a Soho sex shop. In fact, they're all titles from the testosterone-charged filmography of the Spanish actor Javier Bardem, art house stud and crotch-grabbing...
Film: New Films
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AFFLICTION (15)Director: Paul SchraderStarring: Nick Nolte, James Coburn, Sissy Spacek, Willem Dafoe See The Independent Recommends, right. West End: ABC Shaftesbury Avenue, Chelsea Cinema, Renoir HOLY MAN (PG) Director: Stephen Herek Starring: Eddie...
Film: Please Excuse My English Sacre Bleu! Jean-Jacques Beineix's New Film Is in English. Linguistic Treachery, Surely
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"I'M AFRAID the decadent frogs are starting to speak English," said Jean-Jacques Beineix, the French director best known for his film Betty Blue. The mock apology refers to his latest project, Deal of the Millennium, a Paris-set romantic vampire comedy,...
Film: The Big Picture - Psychological Warfare
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THE THIN RED LINE (15) DIRECTOR: TERRENCE MALICKSTARRING: SEAN PENN, JIM CAVIEZEL, BEN CHAPLIN, NICK NOLTE, ELIAS KOTEAS 170 MINSWHEN A film-maker disappears after tantalising the world with glimpses of an extraordinary talent, your curiosity is naturally...
Football: Baiano Stokes Smith's Dream
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JIM SMITH'S greatest wish after three decades in management, tolead a team out in the FA Cup final, could yet be granted. Coming frombehind against spirited First Division opposition in a pulsating replayat Pride Park last night, his Derby side earned...
Football: Baiano Stokes Smith's Dream
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JIM SMITH'S greatest wish after three decades in management, to lead a team out in the FA Cup final, could yet be granted. Coming from behind against spirited First Division opposition in a pulsating replay at Pride Park last night, his Derby side earned...
Football: Blatter Bows to Pressure from Europe
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IN A significant victory for Europe over the rest of the world, the concept of a biennial World Cup was postponed for at least 18 months yesterday in order for the radical proposal to be discussed more fully.After meeting for almost two hours in a Geneva...
Football: Campbell Seeks Move after 'Cannibal' Insult
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KEVIN CAMPBELL said he was determined to leave the Turkish club,Trabzonspor, following what he said were racist insults from the club'schairman."I am first of all a black man," Campbell said in a statement. "I canaccept routine criticism but, when comments...
Football: Campbell Seeks Move after 'Cannibal' Insult
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KEVIN CAMPBELL said he was determined to leave the Turkish club, Trabzonspor, following what he said were racist insults from the club's chairman."I am first of all a black man," Campbell said in a statement. "I can accept routine criticism but, when...
Football: Cup Rematch Troubles Irish FA
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THE IRISH Football Association has accused Fifa of double standards over its handling of the Arsenal-Sheffield United FA Cup rematch. The IFA chief executive David Bowen urged world football's governing body to clarify its position or risk throwing the...
Football: Ginola Illuminates Spurs
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TWO STUPENDOUS goals by Tottenham Hotspur turned the tide of athrilling fifth-round replay at White Hart Lane last night, where Spursmoved through to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup at the expense of agallant Leeds United.With two teams so evenly matched,...
Football: Ginola Illuminates Spurs
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TWO STUPENDOUS goals by Tottenham Hotspur turned the tide of a thrilling fifth-round replay at White Hart Lane last night, where Spurs moved through to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup at the expense of a gallant Leeds United.With two teams so evenly...
Football: Hamilton Honour for Late Rangers Winger
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THE FORMER Rangers winger Davie Cooper is to be honoured by his home town of Hamilton in the form of a statue that his old friend Ally McCoist will unveil next month.The civic ceremony will mark the fourth anniversary of the talented winger's death in...
Football: Manager's Office Where Reporters Feared to Tread
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NO AMOUNT of Football Association fog, of which there is an endless supply, can obscure the fact that media skills are up there with tactical acumen and motivational powers in the quest for a permanent coach of the England football team.Evident from...
Football: Palace Fans to Stage Protest
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CRYSTAL PALACE supporters are planning a mass protest to call for the resignation of the chairman, Mark Goldberg, at Sunday's televised First Division game against Barnsley.The fans will hold aloft 5,000 cards with the message "Goldberg out" to register...
Football: Palace Fans to Stage Protest
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CRYSTAL PALACE supporters are planning a mass protest to call for the resignation of the chairman, Mark Goldberg, at Sunday's televised First Division game against Barnsley.The fans will hold aloft 5,000 cards with the message "Goldberg out" to register...
Football: Return to Real for Toshack European Football: Hiddink's Departure Clears Way for Welshman's Second Spell in Charge at the Bernabeu Stadium
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ONE WEEK after his erstwhile Liverpool co-striker Kevin Keegan took over one of the most important jobs in international football, John Toshack became coach of one of the world's biggest clubs.The Welshman was confirmed as the new man in charge at Real...
Football: Return to Real for Toshack European Football: Hiddink's Departure Clears Way for Welshman's Second Spell in Charge at the Bernabeu Stadium
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ONE WEEK after his erstwhile Liverpool co-striker Kevin Keegan took over one of the most important jobs in international football, John Toshack became coach of one of the world's biggest clubs.The Welshman was confirmed as the new man in charge at Real...
Football: Ronaldo Back in Training
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ALEX FERGUSON'S circumspection on Tuesday when told that Ronaldo was in danger of missing next week's European Cup quarter-final appeared to be vindicated yesterday when the Brazilian resumed full training after five weeks of using a special sand-based...
Football: Rovers Stunned by Saha Strike
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KENNY DALGLISH, Ruud Gullit - the identity of the manager doesnot seem to matter. Newcastle might frustrate in the League, but whenit comes to the FA Cup they assume a more compelling nature.Last year, under Dalglish, they reached the final and last...
Football: Rovers Stunned by Saha Strike
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KENNY DALGLISH, Ruud Gullit - the identity of the manager does not seem to matter. Newcastle might frustrate in the League, but when it comes to the FA Cup they assume a more compelling nature.Last year, under Dalglish, they reached the final and last...
French Rap Singer Jailed for Punching Air Hostess
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JOEY STARR, one of the most popular French rap musicians, was jailed for two months yesterday after being found guilty of insulting and beating up a female flight attendant at a hotel lobby in Montpellier in the south of France last year.Starr, 32, whose...
FTSE Soars to New Record as Pound Falls on Euro Fears
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SHARE PRICES in London jumped to a new high yesterday, with the FTSE 100 index gaining 152.4 points to end at 6,307.6.The index has climbed 7 per cent so far this year, pushed ahead by the string of special dividends in recent days. It stands 2 per cent...
Golden Cricketing Moments with Dame Iris Murdoch Albert Camus Cut Lazily at a Rising Ball outside the off and She Equally Lazily Let It Through
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IN THE wake of the death of the late lamented Iris Murdoch, I have received many letters of tribute to her and think it only right to print a selection of them today.From Mr George "Gubby" Trotter OBESir, In all the many and fitting tributes to the late...
Golf: Montgomerie Fumes on Way to Early Exit Scotsman Starts the Rot as All Five British Players Suffer a Humiliating Early Exit in New World Tournament
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FRANKIE MINOZA, of The Philippines, was the first but not the only player to discover that San Diego is a long way to go for a day trip. All five British players, including Colin Montgomerie and Lee Westwood, were among those who ended the first day...
Golf: Montgomerie Fumes on Way to Early Exit Scotsman Starts the Rot as All Five British Players Suffer a Humiliatin G Early Exit in New World Tournament
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FRANKIE MINOZA, of The Philippines, was the first but not theonly player to discover that San Diego is a long way to go for a day trip.All five British players, including Colin Montgomerie and Lee Westwood,were among those who ended the first day of...
Golf: Price's Quick Start Leaves Time to Spare Golf: Zimbabwean Never Troubled by Overrated Filipino as Early Conditions in World Matchplay Favour Leonard
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FRANKIE MINOZA became the first player to face the harsh reality of the Andersen Consulting World Matchplay Championship. Minoza managed only 15 holes at La Costa before returning to the Philippines following his 4 and 3 defeat by Nick Price. If San...
Golf: Price's Quick Start Leaves Time to Spare Golf: Zimbabwean Never Troubled by Overrated Filipino as Early Conditio Ns in World Matchplay Favour Leonard
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FRANKIE MINOZA became the first player to face the harsh reality of the Andersen Consulting World Matchplay Championship. Minoza managed only 15 holes at La Costa before returning to the Philippines following his 4 and 3 defeat by Nick Price. If San...
Governor Seeks Friends in the North
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"WHERE'S THE apology, Eddie?" The question from the unemployed of Newcastle upon Tyne to the governor of the Bank of England was simple enough. But Eddie George, on his first trip to the North-east in five years, had no intention of delivering any apology.Mr...
Grammys Cover Gloom with Glitz
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THERE HASN'T been much to celebrate in the American music industry recently, what with corporate restructuring, mass lay-offs and the looming threat of competition from the Internet. So there was only ever one way to stop last night's 41st Grammy awards...
Historical Notes: The Real Amazons: Pragmatic, Mysterious
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THE AMAZONS are always with us, whether they be Lara Croft, contemporary heroine of the Cyberworld Tomb Raider or Penthesiliea, cruelly speared by Achilles in a lost Greek epic from Homer's time. They are certainly alive in our imagination, but did they...
Investment: Cadbury Weighs Up Acquisition or Payout
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CADBURY SCHWEPPES, the confectionery and soft drinks group, said yesterday it is on the look-out for acquisitions but will return surplus capital to shareholders if no suitable targets can be found.Cadbury is set to receive pounds 1.1bn from the sale...
Investment: CGU Profits Slump but Shares Jump
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SHARES IN CGU, the insurance giant, jumped by 6 per cent yesterday in spite of a 38 per cent fall in profits in 1998, one of the toughest years in recent memory for the insurance business.Profits from general insurance halved to pounds 504m as CGU was...
Jasper Learns Lessons of Race Hate
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THE TOWN of Jasper will start to breathe again today, as its traumatic year in the spotlight draws to a close. The murder of a black man, dragged to his death behind a pick-up truck, has focused attention on white race hatred and made the town into a...
Law: Farewell to a Non-Fat Cat Benedict Birnberg Is Closing His Files for Good. Will We Ever See His like Again?
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For over 40 years, from his cramped offices on Borough High Street, solicitor Benedict Birnberg has acted for clients ranging from the eccentric to the eclectic - from high-profile cases such as Derek Bentley, Richard Branson and Vanessa Redgrave, to...
Law: Our Learned Friend - It Can Pay to Be Prudent
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THE BUDGET next month has had lawyers and accountants trying to predict what the Chancellor of the Exchequer may introduce on 9 March and what people should do before then.One case that has had advisers trying to second-guess Gordon Brown is the decision...
Lawrence Report: Prospect of a Force for the Community
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MASSIVE CHANGES will sweep through the police service, transformingdaily working practices and how officers deal with race crimes.If the reforms announced yesterday take hold, black and Asian officerswill be seen in every city and town, individuals who...
Lawrence Report: Prospect of a Force for the Community
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MASSIVE CHANGES will sweep through the police service, transforming daily working practices and how officers deal with race crimes.If the reforms announced yesterday take hold, black and Asian officers will be seen in every city and town, individuals...
Lawrence Report: Straw: Make Britain a Beacon of Race Equality Commons Debate
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THE DAMNING report of the inquiry into Stephen Lawrence's murdershould be a "watershed in our attitudes to racism", Jack Straw, the HomeSecretary, said yesterday. Mr Straw said the report placed "responsibilityon each of us", encouraging MPs to make...
Lawrence Report: Straw: Make Britain a Beacon of Race Equality Commons Debate
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THE DAMNING report of the inquiry into Stephen Lawrence's murder should be a "watershed in our attitudes to racism", Jack Straw, the Home Secretary, said yesterday. Mr Straw said the report placed "responsibility on each of us", encouraging MPs to make...
Law: Trial by TV: The Jury Is Still out the OJ and Louise Woodward Trials Have Damaged the Case for Allowing Cameras into Courts
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TRIAL BY media may be a tired old cliche, but for lawyers and editors it is a live issue.In 1912, a photograph appeared in the Daily Mail of Frederick Seddon being sentenced to death for murder at the Old Bailey. Its publication outraged the judiciary,...
Leading Article: This Report Places a Responsibility on the Whole Nation
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MRS DOREEN Lawrence secretly feared that her son's killers would not be caught and punished because he was black, "but I still hoped for justice". Sir William Macpherson's inquiry has proved that her fears were justified and her hope was forlorn. His...
Letter: Transplant Consent
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Sir: The issue is about the consent that an individual gives when he or she signs a donor card, or that Professor John Harris proposes should be enacted in legislation. That consent must be informed, and for this to be the case the individual must be...
Letter: Transplant Consent
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Sir: Dr Michael Wilks, chairman of the BMA's ethics committee (Right of Reply, 23 February) rejects my call (Comment, 19 February) for the automatic availability of cadaver organs for transplantation. He rejects my analogy with coroner-ordered post-mortem...
Market Report: Shares Rise to a New Peak in Hectic Trading
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SHARES STRETCHED to a new peak, with Footsie for the first time topping 6,300 points.In a remarkable session the blue chip index rose 152.4 points to 6,307.6 in often hectic trading. Supporting indices, although moving ahead, were far less ebullient,...
Minister Faces Resignation Calls over Sandline Leak
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THE FOREIGN Office minister Tony Lloyd faced calls for his resignation last night after allegations that he misled the House of Commons over a leaked committee report.The Labour MP Ernest Ross was also facing possible disciplinary action after admit-ting...
Monitor: All the News of the World - British Press Comment on the Macph Erson Report into the Death of Stephen Lawrence
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THIS INQUIRY has shown up a huge gulf in the experience of different racial groups in Britain. While the revelations from the inquiry shocked white society they were nothing new to black people, merely an affirmation of what we have held to be self-evident...
Motor Racing: Pollock Primed to Rock the Boat British American Racing's New Machine Is Stirring Up Politics of Envy in the World of Formula One
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IN FORMULA ONE, waiting around is a way of life. Most of the time the reason is some high-technical hitch, the sort of nuts-and-bolts problem that afflicts even the best-prepared outfit.But, at Silverstone this week, the British American Racing team's...
Motor Racing: Pollock Primed to Rock the Boat British American Racing's New Machine Is Stirring Up Politics of Envy I N the World of Formula One
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IN FORMULA ONE, waiting around is a way of life. Most of the time the reason is some high-technical hitch, the sort of nuts-and-bolts problem that afflicts even the best-prepared outfit.But, at Silverstone this week, the British American Racing team's...
Mr Prescott's Huffing and Puffing Won't Fix His Train Set the Government Would Not Have Chosen Privatised Railways as a Testing Ground for the Third Way
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MAKE SURE you catch a news bulletin tonight. For you will see the owners of the privatised railway companies receive public carpetings, not only from John Prescott, but from some of the poor sods who rely on their services. Part of today's Rail Summit...
Obituary: General Andre Devigny
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THE NAME of Devigny was for a time the best known of any hero of the French Resistance. In April 1943 Andre Devigny was arrested by the Germans and taken to Lyons where he was imprisoned in Fort Montluc. There he was tortured by the infamous Gestapo...
Obituary: Karin Waehner
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KARIN WAEHNER was not widely famous, but she exercised a far- reaching influence and enabled others to become famous. She came from Germany, but worked in France, where along with two Americans - Alwin Nikolais and Viola Farber, who was also of German...
Obituary: Lady Pansy Lamb
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LADY PANSY Lamb was a curious link between the so-called Bright Young Things of the 1920s and a very different world of intellectual and spiritual aspiration. Not that she herself was a bright young thing in the accepted sense. When Brideshead Revisited...
Obituary: Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Martell
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HUGH MARTELL joined the Navy from Edinburgh Academy in 1926 and left it in 1968, giving the impression that he had enjoyed all 42 years.He is remembered by an unusually large sample of naval society because of his forceful role as Admiral Commanding...
Olympic Games: Ganga Loses Home Support
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AS THE Salt Lake City bribery scandal claimed another victim, the African Olympic official at its heart is trying to mobilise African support for his fight against expulsion from the International Olympic Committee.Jean-Claude Ganga, the IOC member accused...
Outlook: Knives out after Nightmare on Baker St
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PETER SALSBURY, the new broom at Marks & Spencer, has not been in the hot seat for long, but he is already generating a great deal of noise. In just a few weeks he has managed to squeeze in a calamitous profits warning and now a management re-shuffle....
Outlook: Underwriting
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SO THAT'S it then. After a year-long investigation, presumably at a cost of several hundreds of thousands of pounds, the MMC has produced a report on the City underwriting cartel which is a masterpiece of irrelevance and a warning to all of the dangers...
Pandora
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FASHIONABLY LATE? No longer - fashionably early is the new black, according to Anna Wintour. The formidably correct British-born editor of American Vogue arrived at Tommy Hilfiger's ritzy glitz opening of his eponymous store on London's New Bond Street...
Podium: Racism Festering on My Doorstep
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Paddy AshdownFrom a speech by the leader of the Liberal Democrats to the Commission for Racial Equality in LondonTHE HUMAN significance of the events surrounding Stephen Lawrence's death should not be lost amidst the inevitable political fallout and...
Pru Drops Plan to Buy UK Bank
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THE PRUDENTIAL, Britain's largest life insurance company, has given up its ambition to acquire a UK mortgage bank following the runaway success of Egg, its new banking business.Deposits taken since last year's launch have topped pounds 3bn, with more...
Publican in Court over Omagh Case
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THE FIRST person charged in connection with the Omagh bombing appeared yesterday at Dublin's anti-terrorist Special Criminal Court. Armagh-born Colm Murphy, 48, a building contractor who also runs a Dundalk pub, was charged with conspiracy with an...
