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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 November 18, 1998
Activists Back Challenge to Texas Anti-Gay Laws
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TWO MEN are due to be arraigned for sodomy in Houston, Texas on Friday, in a case that has provoked outrage among gay groups across the country. The fact that homosexual acts between consenting adults in private are still outlawed in Texas is one cause...
American Times: Los Angeles: Look What's Talking Now
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THE PHONE rings, but nobody is there. Or rather, nobody human. "A call is coming through for you," says a computer voice. "Please don't hang up."The voice sounds at once authoritative and almost comical: evidently, the call has come through at such lightning...
Army Reserve Will Be Cut by 13,000
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"WEEKEND WARRIORS" in the Territorial Army could be compelled to serve abroad under plans announced yesterday by the Secretary of State for Defence, George Robertson, to modernise the role of the reserve armed forces.Mr Robertson announced plans to cut...
Athletics: Hemery Choice for Resurrection Role
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DAVID HEMERY, the very model of an English sporting champion - or should that be sporting English champion? - was announced yesterday as president of the re-emergent body now running British athletics.The 54-year-old MBE, who will always be remembered...
Bashir Leaves BBC to Work with McDonald
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MARTIN BASHIR, the BBC journalist who interviewed Diana, Princess of Wales and the former au pair Louise Woodward, defected to Granada Television yesterday. The move has prompted speculation that Granada will step up its attempts to secure the worldwide...
Blair's Secret Purge of MEPs
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AS THE Government faced an unprecedented constitutional battle with peers over the European elections voting system, an internal party document disclosed that several "old Labour" MEPs will be sacked.The report, leaked to The Independent, threatens to...
BOC Shares Jump despite Profits Plunge
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BOC, the industrial gases group, yesterday continued the shake- up of its businesses which will see 5,000 jobs disappear worldwide with news of a further 400 job cuts in the Asia/Pacific region.Chief executive Danny Rosenkranz, who is moving the group's...
Brown Too Optimistic on Growth, Warns OECD
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THE OECD yesterday predicted that UK economic growth would be considerably weaker than Treasury and Bank of England forecasts, and recommended further cuts in interest rates.The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - which cut its forecasts...
Carey Warns on Church Schools
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THE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury last night criticised government plans to reduce the Church of England's control of its schools.Dr George Carey told the General Synod that he feared a clash with the Government over proposed legislation, which would reduce...
Classical: A Fairy-Tale of Polished Complexity
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MANCHESTER HENZE FESTIVALMANCHESTER HAS developed a good line in festivals. Tippett, along with Debussy, was feted in a special concert series, while Lutoslawski, Grecki and Dutilleux also came to Manchester to hear their music. Numerous composers, from...
Complete Fixture Guide to the 1999 Cricket Season
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DERBYSHIRE(Match duration in brackets; NL: National League; County Championship or university match unless stated)April 20 Glamorgan, Derby (4) 25 Sussex, Hove (1,NL) 28 Kent, Canterbury (4) May 3 Glamorgan, Cardiff (1,NL) 8 World Cup warm up match:...
Cricket: Pain Drain on Atherton
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THE ENGLAND physiotherapist Wayne Morton yesterday revealed the full extent of the pain and discomfort that Michael Atherton has been forced to endure from a back problem which may rule him out of contention for the first Test.Atherton suffers from a...
Don't Drop Your Tights, Lord Irvine Dressed like a Glittering Beadle, He Can Blame His True Ludicrousness on Something Else
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NOW, IS he absolutely sure about this? The Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine, fresh from establishing his credentials as an upholder of Heritage Britain in a small matter of some hand-blocked wallpaper, is, it appears, somewhat less historically minded in...
Education: Ballot on Future of Grammar Schools Rigged, Say Tories
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GOVERNMENT PLANS to hold ballots on Britain's remaining grammar schools would "rig" the vote in favour of abolition, Tory MPs claimed yesterday.The shadow Schools Minister, Damien Green, led an opposition onslaught on the proposals during a heated debate...
Euro Elections: Blair Furious at Hereditary Peers' Revolt
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THE GOVERNMENT was dealt a massive constitutional blow and faces the loss of legislation on the voting system for next year's European elections after it suffered an unprecedented fourth defeat by defiant peers yesterday.In an increasingly bitter clash...
Euro Elections: Hereditary Peers Reject Bill Again
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THE GOVERNMENT was dealt a massive constitutional blow and faces the loss of legislation on the voting system for next year's European elections after it suffered an unprecedented fourth defeat by defiant peers yesterday.In an increasingly bitter clash...
Europe's Insurers Eye UK Market News Analysis: The Euro Is Likely to Ignite Merger Mania among Insurance Giants
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CONSOLIDATION IN the financial sector is back on the agenda, with both banks and insurance companies dusting down the files on their favourite bid targets in the wake of the 25 per cent fall in share prices since September.The temporary pause in activity...
Fashion: Cutting a Dash Next Time You Admire Cherie Blair's Clothes, It Might Be Your First Glimpse of Louise Kennedy's Work
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I've long held this view about certain fashion labels and trends: I just can't be doing with them. It's my fault really, probably my age, but I have no real longing to be wearing a name that just everybody would kill for. And by the time I get round...
Fashion: Pssst! Can You Keep a Secret? These Are the London Shops That the Fashion In-Crowd Doesn't Want You to Know about. Melanie Rickey Opens Her Address Book
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It was while leading a friend through the hodgepodge of stalls that make up Soho's Berwick Street market - first left, then along a dark alley-way, through a small doorway, along a tiny corridor, and then up rickety stairs to a loft containing Vexed...
Fed Cuts Rates as Concern Grows for Corporate Profits
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THE UNITED States cut interest rates again yesterday because of continuing worries about the financial health of America's corporations.The Federal Reserve announced a quarter-point cut in the Federal Funds rate, taking it to 4.75 per cent from 5 per...
Finance: Sharing the Risks and the Rewards the Chancellor Wants to Encourage Workers to Have a Greater Share in Their Companies. Tony Butcher Examines His Budget Options
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The Chancellor, Gordon Brown, has just set out two main objectives for increasing employee share ownership. In his pre-Budget report earlier this month, Mr Brown said he wanted to reward long-term commitment by employees and encourage a new enterprise...
First Peek at Baby Dinosaur
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THE FIRST glimpse of a baby dinosaur's skin has been revealed by scientists who discovered thousands of dinosaur eggs buried in an ancient flood plain.A streak of scales appears to run down the back of the embryo, which was still encased in its shell...
Football: Barnard Caps Quakers' Revival Darlington 3 Burnley 2
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ONLY 5,059 souls were there to witness it, but the Quakers' revival at the Riverside Stadium last night was quite an occasion to behold.Darlington were 2-0 down and seemingly out of the FA Cup until the final 10 minutes of a dramatic first-round tie...
Football: Campbell Handed the Lead Role International Football: Opposition Place 'Special Importance' on Wembley Date with Hoddle's Patched-Up Side
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IF A TEAM'S endeavours reflect the demeanour of its coach then the 40-odd thousand expected to brave the elements and turn up at Wembley tonight can expect a pretty subdued England performance against the Czech Republic.Whether it was the nature of yesterday's...
Football: Clubs Approve New Champions' League
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THE LEADING 14 clubs in Europe gave the green light for an expanded Champions' League of 32 teams at a meeting in Madrid yesterday.Manchester United, Real Madrid and Internazionale were among the sides who agreed to increase the current 24-team format...
Football: Czechs Ready for English Experiment
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JOZEF CHOVANEC, the Czech Republic's coach, was eager to appear diplomatic yesterday ahead of his side's friendly against England. When asked how he felt about the prospect of facing an experimental side devoid of Alan Shearer and Michael Owen, he replied...
Football: England Rue Lampard's Missed Penalty
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FRANK LAMPARD'S disappointment at missing out on a place in the England senior squad was compounded last night when his spurned penalty three minutes from time cost him a fourth goal in successive Under-21 games and Peter Taylor's team their undefeated...
Football: Ferdinand Sweeps to the Fore International Football: England Coach Hoddle Set to Take Ultimate Gamble on the Young Defender He Rates So Highly
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SOMEHOW GLENN HODDLE'S future as England coach seems to be irrevocably linked to the development of Rio Ferdinand. Ever since he succeeded Terry Venables it has been his profound wish that the national team play with the sweeper, just as he did at Swindon...
Football: Freedman Stakes Claim
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DOUGIE FREEDMAN believes he can form a powerful strike partnership with Pierre van Hooijdonk for Nottingham Forest.Freedman scored his first home Premiership goal, and second in the top flight, during his side's thrilling 2-2 draw with Derby on Monday.Freedman...
Football: Ignored Cole Calls Hoddle a 'Coward'
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ANDY COLE, the Manchester United striker who was stunned to be left out of Glenn Hoddle's squad for tonight's friendly at Wembley, has sent a letter to the Football Association to complain about comments made about him by the England coach.Cole, also...
Football: McMenemy Envies Moldova Pedigree
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LAWRIE McMENEMY is playing mind games ahead of Northern Ireland's Euro 2000 qualifier against Moldova at Windsor Park today. McMenemy says his side are the underdogs, even though Moldova are ranked 23 places lower at 116th in the world standings.McMenemy...
Football: Papin Announces End to Glittering Career
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JEAN-PIERRE PAPIN, one of France's greatest strikers, ended his playing career yesterday. "I am going to grant myself a long break devoted to my family, especially my daughter Emily, who is disabled," Papin said.The 35 year old, who scored 326 goals...
Football: Players' Union Opposes United's Antwerp Deal
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THE Professional Footballers' Association will attempt to block Manchester United's "feeder club" deal with Royal Antwerp. Gordon Taylor, the PFA's chief executive, says he will complain to the European Commission, world governing body Fifa and Uefa."I...
Football: Rangers Apologise to Aberdeen
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RANGERS ISSUED a full public apology to Aberdeen last night for labelling a section of the Pittodrie club's support "scum" in last Saturday's Ibrox matchday programme.Stewart Milne, the Aberdeen chairman, protested to Bob Brannan, the Rangers chief executive,...
Football: Wright Takes off the Kid Gloves Ipswich's Young Keeper Is Ready If He Gets the International Call
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IT SEEMS a long time since England had a promising young goalkeeper to shout about, and given David Seaman's return to top form for Arsenal it may be a few years before one is needed. But in Richard Wright of Ipswich Town, Glenn Hoddle's goalkeeping...
Golf: Rose Chases the Card to His Future They Are All Aiming to Be School-Leavers but Only 35 Players Will Graduate after a Gruelling Six-Day Examination
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THE USUAL assumption is that golf pros lead a glamorous life. "A week on the Costa del Sol at this time of year, lovely jubbly," is the kind of comment they attract.Every good theory has an exception that proves the rule and in the lifestyles of the...
Gulf Crisis: Rebels Seek US Arms to Oust Saddam
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THE IRAQI opposition intends to establish a provisional government in southern Iraq, exploiting American military aid to create a "liberated zone".The main Iraqi opposition leader, Dr Ahmed Chalabi, was in Washington yesterday to meet members of the...
Gulf Crisis: UN Weapons Inspectors Back in Iraq
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THE UNITED Nations mission to search for and destroy Iraq's weapons of mass destruction returned to the Iraqi capital with the threat of force hanging over the Baghdad government should it fail to co-operate with the UN agency.Richard Butler, the chairman...
Historical Notes: The Undisputed `King of the Dandies'
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THE REGENCY buck, beau or dandy is an immortal figure. Urbane, elegant and totally masculine, he was an icon to his contemporaries and has been celebrated in romantic fiction ever since. He is not to be confused with his 18th- century predecessors, the...
If I Can't Be Mayor of London, Am I Fit to Be an MP? Discuss There Is the Prospect of a Wholesale Purge of MPs in the Wake of the Jenkins Commission
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EVERY NOW and then in politics, you have a week when your feet hardly touch the ground. This last week has certainly been one of them for me. It is now just over seven days since the decision of the Greater London Labour Party to recommend to Labour's...
Investors Go Cool on F1's $2Bn Bond
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THE ATTEMPT by Bernie Ecclestone to raise $2bn (pounds 1.2bn) through a corporate bond backed by revenues from his Formula One motor racing empire looked to be running into trouble last night as investors went cool on the offer.A presentation to 200...
Israeli Assembly Backs Wye Peace Deal with Palestinians
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THE ISRAELI parliament voted overwhelmingly last night in favour of the land-for-security agreement reached with the Palestinians. The decision paves the way for an Israeli troop withdrawal from the West Bank.Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister,...
Leading Article: A Silly Intervention That Shores Up an Unwanted Regime
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WITH ONE ill-judged speech, blatantly tailored to presidential politics at home, Al Gore may have achieved a seemingly impossible feat: that of strengthening the position of Mahathir Mohammed, Malaysia's autocratic and repressive Prime Minister. Only...
Le Pen Ban Exposes Rift in Far Right
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THE NATIONAL Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen was banned from politics for one year by a French appeal court yesterday, halving his previous sentence but presenting him with a potentially explosive dilemma.If he accepts his punishment, Mr Le Pen will be...
Letter: Iraq's Travails
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Sir: Once again the United States has manufactured a "crisis" out of Iraq's desperate plea to have eight years of genocidal trade sanctions lifted, and once again the coverage of this issue in the popular press has conformed perfectly to the classic...
Letter: Life from Space?
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Sir: Recent comments on the crossing of the Leonid meteor stream have all overlooked an interesting and potentially important consequence. It is now widely accepted that comets carry complex organic molecules, including amino acids, that might at the...
Lewinsky Has It Taped
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IF MELODRAMA is your addiction, then run to get hold of the Lewinsky- Tripp tapes. The young White House intern poured out her heart to her "friend" Linda Tripp, seeking advice on her disintegrating relationship with a boyfriend - the President of the...
Local Ballots Will Seal Grammar Schools' Fate
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THE GOVERNMENT yesterday paved the way for the end of selective education after MPs approved regulations putting the future of the remaining grammar schools in the hands of local communities.A Commons committee approved by nine votes to five the regulations...
Loss-Makers from Nowhere Grab Fortune in the Internet Gold Rush
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THERE WAS a new and prestigious symbol listed on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. It was "DSX" and it stands for DaimlerChrysler, the new combination of two of the world's most venerable car-makers - corporations with both track records and profits....
Lottery Bonanza over for Advisers
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CONSULTANTS WHO make lucrative sums from organising National Lottery applications are likely to be sidelined as the Government tries to ensure cash goes to the most deserving causes.Chris Smith, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, will...
Malaysia Fury at Al Gore's 'Interference'
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A SUMMIT of Asian, American and Pacific leaders degenerated into bickering yesterday as the American Vice-President, Al Gore, was accused by the Malaysian government of encouraging political enemies bent on overthrowing it.In a furious response to a...
Market Report: Safeway Puts Footsie on a Lean Diet
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SAFEWAY, the supermarket chain where profits are under pressure, fell 6.5p to 276p, uncomfortably close to the 12-month low. Half-year profits are due today and they are expected to be disappointing: say, 17 per cent down at pounds 190m. For the year...
Mobile Phone Shortage Looms
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A SHORTAGE of mobile phones looms in the UK as the industry prepares for its most frantic selling season ever, Vodafone warned yesterday.Chris Gent, chief executive of the UK's largest mobile phone operator, predicted that the supply of handsets would...
Money: Give Elvis Some Credit Affinity Cards Are a Cost-Free Way to Donate
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WHEN LAURISSA Thompson read that Bank of Scotland had issued an Elvis Presley credit card, she not only applied for one on her own behalf but for her boyfriend, too."I had been thinking of getting a credit card and when I saw the Elvis card I thought...
Money: Have Trust in Trusts the Fixers
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I TOOK a call from a potential client last week, Mr McNish. A few weeks previously he had asked for some investment recommendations. He had pounds 30,000 and wanted income. The call was to query these recommendations which he had received. "What I don't...
Money: The Best Laid Plans Can Turn to Rubble Your Family May Have Lived in the Same House since the Beginning of the Century, but It's All for Nothing If the Lease Is about to Run Out
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I want a fair and simpler process. I think the leasehold system should go. When you buy a house or flat, you should be buying the ground it stands on, the two parts of the property can't be separated. Once you buy, the property should be yours." So...
Monica's Put on Weight. Now That Really Is Unacceptable. She Behaved like a Sad, Stressed, Deserted Human Being. She Broke the Rules and Got Fat
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AMERICA HAS always wanted its own Diana, Princess of Wales. Now it is going to get one.The President's most troublesome squeeze has just signed a book deal with Andrew Morton, the ghost-writer who channelled the late Princess's unhappiness into the public...
Monitor: Comment on the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-Operation Summit All the News of the World
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WE CAN only have little hope for the Apec forum. Clinton is absent because of the crisis over Iraq. This is a pity as most of the countries in the region will obtain benefits if the US can help those that suffer from the financial turmoil. Some said...
New Inquiry into Football Payments
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FIFA, THE world governing body of football, is to be asked to investigate the transfer of two Chinese players to the United Kingdom after an inquiry by The Independent uncovered a pounds 400,000 shortfall in the deal.Crystal Palace, the club that bought...
New World's New Labor to Fill Union Gap
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THEY WANT a 32-hour week, a national health service and the right to work to be made a legal requirement. Welcome to New Labor.The significancethere is the missing letter "u". The Labor Party in question is a new arrival on the American political scene,...
No More Fishing-to-Kill in Effort to Save Salmon
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ALL SALMON caught by anglers in England and Wales in the first half of the year will have to be put back into their rivers alive, the Environment Agency announced yesterday.In a drastic attempt to protect rapidly dwindling stocks, it also announced restrictions...
Obituary: Harold Lightman
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HAROLD LIGHTMAN was an example of someone who overcame initial disadvantages to reach the peak of his profession.He was born in Leeds in 1906. His parents were Lithuanian Jews who had fled Russian pogroms and his father set up a furniture manufacturing...
Obituary: Kenny Kirkland
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BEGINNING HIS career as a teacher of classical music, Kenny Kirkland next became a jazz musician. Later he emerged from his jazz chrysalis as a practitioner of exotic pop/rock music and finally shed his wings to follow the mundane but financially more...
Obituary: Monica Baly
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THE FOUNDATIONS of modern-day nursing in Britain were little documented until, in retirement, Monica Baly put pen to paper with a series of influential studies on the history and development of the profession.She based her findings on a first-hand understanding...
Obituary: Monty Williams
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THE CRICKETER Monty Williams was nicknamed "Boogles" in his native Barbados, in tribute to the dexterity of his quickish leg breaks and googlies. He was also a good enough right-hand batsman to be classed as an all-rounder but it was as a teacher, diplomat...
Obituary: Professor Stuart Sutherland
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STUART SUTHERLAND started life as a journalist, and spent much of the last 20 years as a writer, reviewer, columnist and novelist. But in between, he lived the blameless (well, fairly blameless) life of a successful academic psychologist, initially at...
Outlook: Pit Stop for Bernie's Grand Prix Bond
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OTHER THAN Bernie Ecclestone himself, everything about Formula One is big. The hype is mighty, the crowds enormous and the TV audiences gigantic. What Mr Ecclestone and the bankers at Morgan Stanley are about to discover is whether the risks attached...
Outlook: The FSA
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IT'S ODD that an organisation whose creation when announced a little more than a year ago was generally welcomed as a bold and necessary reform is now the object of such a wall of hostile comment and rhetoric. That organisation is, of course, the Financial...
Pandora
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PADDY ASHDOWN may have won the first round in his effort to convince the Liberal Democrats to accept closer policy links with the Labour government, but only after he lost a vote of censure by the party's federal executive on Monday. The executive body...
Parkinson's Disease Drug Ban after Deaths
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A DRUG that is used to treat thousands of people suffering from Parkinson's disease was withdrawn by its manufacturer last night after three patients taking it died.The multinational pharmaceutical company Roche said that the drug, Tasmar, had been taken...
People and Business: The Bar Loses at Cluedo
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DAVID KNIGHT, a 38-year-old City of London barrister who happens also to be the Northern Ireland Cluedo Champion, put up a very creditable challenge in last weekend's UK round of the World Cluedo Championships.Mr Knight played as The Reverend Green at...
Performance-Related Pay 'Inevitable' for Teachers
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EVERY TEACHER will be able to aspire to a merit pay award under far-reaching plans for the future of the profession being prepared by the Government.A Green Paper to be published next month will propose performance- related pay for teachers in return...
Podium: Zero-Tolerance for Racism
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GeneralColin PowellFrom a speech by the former head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff to a Ministry of Defence conference MY TASK today is to share with you the experience of your American colleagues. Despite our common heritage there are enormous differences...
Protests Force Paris to Scrap Riverside Menagerie
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THE RABBITS huddle in their cages. The hens squawk and preen. The ducks, close to the river but unable to swim, simply look bored. The birds and animals of the open-air market along the Quai de la Megisserie are one of best-known sights of Paris, loved...
Public Rejects Genetically Modified Food
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MOST BRITONS reject genetically modified food, according to private research for Monsanto, the company promoting it worldwide.The research, conducted by Stan Greenberg, opinion pollster to Bill Clinton and Tony Blair, indicates that the US biotechnology...
Pursuits: Bridge
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"I WON!" exclaimed West to his partner after this deal. "You did two bad things; I did only one!" I wish that I could be so cheerful after a disaster...South opened Four Hearts and West overcalled with Four Spades. North went on to Five Hearts, which...
Pursuits: Chess
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YESTERDAY, I described the bedlam surrounding the play-offs in the Andorra zonal tournament. Today, the game which got me into them.Black against Jeroen Piket, I had to win - as did he - and decided to adopt my favourite English Defence as in Jim Plaskett's...
Racing: New Rules to Cut National Deaths
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THERE WILL probably never be another Grand National as murderous as the disturbing spectacle we witnessed on 4 April this year.On that day, just six of the 37 horses which embarked over the marshy terrain came back through the rains to the sanctuary...
Rail Watchdog Has Wrong Kind of Service
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THE LETTER seemed to be like every other complaint about an appalling train journey - but this time the rail industry had encountered the wrong sort of commuter. And he was angry.The commuter was John O'Brien, responsible for overseeing the passenger...
Royal Engagements
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The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, opens the Financial Services Authority building at Canary Wharf, London E14; visits Merrill Lynch, London EC2, to meet staff working in foreign exchange, gilts and UK mergers and acquisitions; visits Electra,...
Rugby League: Connolly and O'Connor Fit for Ireland
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GARY CONNOLLY and Terry O'Connor, Wigan's Great Britain internationals, have won their battle to be fit to play for Ireland against Scotland in the last game of the professional season tonight. The two, both carrying knocks from the series against...
Rugby Union: Fiji's Speed and Bulk Overwhelm Students
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Cambridge University 13 Fiji 49THE FIJIANS are here acclimatising themselves in readiness for next year's Rugby World Cup. It is doubtful they will encounter conditions when they play their group matches in France such as yesterday's at Grange Road....
Rugby Union: Skinstad Stakes Claim for Test Edinburgh Reivers 3 South Africa 49
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SOUTH AFRICA'S second string outclassed the Edinburgh Reivers super district in a seven-try exhibition at Easter Road last night. Several of the Springbok reserves gave the coach Nick Mallett further food for thought before Saturday's Test against Scotland...
Rugby Union: Sullivan Strides in from Wings
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ANTHONY SULLIVAN is confident he can handle the huge weight of expectation surrounding his rugby union representative debut tonight. The St Helens and Great Britain rugby league winger lines up for Wales A against Argentina at Pontypridd with just...
Rugby Union: Wood Gives in for Love of Green Shirt
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KEITH WOOD may not be overjoyed at the prospect of spending the next 12 months at the beck and call of the Irish Rugby Football Union's promotions department, especially as they could theoretically ask him to open every new supermarket between Carrickfergus...
Russian Spies 'Running Protection Rackets'
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RUSSIA'S SECRET service, successor to the KGB, is being used to carry out assassinations, seize hostages and extort money from big business, agents have claimed.In an extraordinary public appearance, Federal Security Bureau (FSB) officers said the agency...
Russian Spy Chiefs 'Run Rackets'
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RUSSIA'S SECRET service, successor to the KGB, is being used to carry out assassinations, seize hostages and extort money from big business, agents have claimed.In an extraordinary public appearance yesterday, Federal Security Bureau (FSB) officers said...
Sales Threat to Microsoft in Legal Battle
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MICROSOFT YESTERDAY faced the prospect of having to pull its top- selling Windows 98 software from the market because it has allegedly used the software to hit one of its key rivals.The decision is a major blow to the software giant and its boss, Bill...
Sandline Boss Gave Advice on Angola Kidnap
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THE MERCENARY chief at the centre of the "arms to Africa" affair has had contact with the Foreign Office three times on other matters since the scandal broke in May, a senior official revealed yesterday. Tim Spicer, who runs Sandline International,...
Schools Menace: Minister on Attack
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THE GOVERNMENT went on the offensive yesterday over the issue of drugs in schools, with the Education minister Estelle Morris accusing her Tory critics of "hypocrisy or ignorance".Ms Morris caused controversy on Monday when she advised schools to think...
Secretarial: It Doesn't Have to Hurt Staff and Bosses Find Them Painful, but an Appraisal Can Be Tolerable
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Alice Speight was horrified when she entered her boss's office for her latest annual performance appraisal. "To be honest, I hate doing these damn things and I don't really know how they work. Do you?" said the manager to his legal secretary from Buckinghamshire.Alice...
Secretarial: When It Rains, Pour Some Pints the Temp
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THE CITIZEN'S Advice Bureau (I managed to find one that wasn't closed down by the last government) says that it's true. Martin's got me over a barrel and that, without written corroboration, my supposed verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written...
Shackleton's Adventure Comes in from the Cold
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PICTURES NEVER seen before of Shackleton's expedition to the South Pole are to be published in a new book. The images tell an astonishing story of the crew's months of waiting to be rescued after their ship had sunk; and they show the chilling beauty...
Suicides and Bombs as Kurds Step Up Protest
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TWO KURDS set themselves on fire in Moscow yesterday and a Kurdish woman killed herself in a suicide bombing in Turkey as the diplomatic crisis across Europe deepened over Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish guerrilla leader arrested in Italy last week.His...
Television Review
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A RECURRENT THEME in the testimony of people who have found themselves caught up in conflict is the strange and shocking moment when they realise that what they have in common with their enemy, apart from a pressing desire to do harm, is a shared humanity...
Tennis: Sapsford Saps Wilkinson's Self-Belief
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DANNY SAPSFORD, ranked No 518 in the world, joked that he quits playing every week. Chris Wilkinson probably wishes it was true. The top seed crumbled against Sapsford in the first round of the National Championships here yesterday.Wilkinson, No 1 in...
Theatre: On the Fringe
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Just when Conor McPherson's The Weir seemed to be the last word in pub theatre, along comes Jack Shepherd's mightily impressive Half Moon at the Southwark Playhouse. Although boasting a more densely populated catchment area than McPherson's Leitrim watering...
Theatre: Time Is of the Essence Why Leave Time Travel to Doctor Who and Nicholas Lyndhurst? Playwrights Have Been Doing It for Years
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There are two things that the chattering classes know about Harold Pinter's 1978 play, Betrayal. One is that it is based on the author's own affair with the journalist and television presenter Joan Bakewell. The other is that it dramatises the story...
Theatre: You Can't See the Wood for the Trees
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INTO THE WOODS DONMAR WAREHOUSELONDONTHE DONMAR's latest show presents Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and host of other fairy-tale characters but it's no pantomime. Instead, it's a smart revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical morality...
The Irritations of Modern Life 18: Unisex Gyms
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NEW LABOUR has decided to overhaul the Sex Discrimination Act. Marvellous, we cry, this is a Good Thing. But just look at the small print. Nestling among the plans on equal pay is something most subversive. The Government is planning to oust any "special...
