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The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
The Independent on Sunday is the Sunday edition of The Independent, a daily newspaper in London, England. The Independent Sunday covers local, national, and international news, sports, business, politics, and weather.
Articles from June 8, 2008
1666 and All That
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How the Great Fire of London gave birth to modernity The Phoenix By Leo Hollis Weidenfeld Pounds 20Throughout history there have been patterns to thrill the numerologist. Ronald Knox pointed out in his book Let Dons Delight that certain events seem...
24/7 Party People
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Economic crisis? Where? Not on the new-look summer circuit, where ever more exclusive events mean A-listers no longer need to slum it at Ascot and Henley. Rachel Shields on the invitations very few of us will getGloomy weather and still gloomier economic...
A Billion Reasons Why This Racket Won't Be Buried
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The Competition Commission is taking the payment protection insurance industry - or racket, as I prefer to call it - to task.In what was one of the most strongly worded statements I can remember from the commission, PPI was rightly condemned as overpriced...
A Child Is Gone, but a Reputation Is Reborn
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Film THE BIG TICKET Ben Affleck's directorial debut was withdrawn last year because of the McCann case. It still makes disturbing viewing Gone Baby Gone Ben Affleck 133 MINS, 15Ben Affleck - who knew he had it in him? Admit it, you thought the affable...
After They Dropped the Go Away Bomb
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The Gone-Away World By Nick Harkaway Heinemann Pounds 17.99There were whispers of nepotism when this debut novel by John le Carre's son was bought for a reputed 300,000 last year. But on reading this magnificent, sprawling, epic work, it's clear it...
Age Concern over Defence but France Are Formidable
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GROUP OF DEATH Magical midfield and exciting young strikers may make even pessimist Domenech smileFrance's 1-0 win over Colombia in their final warm-up match for Euro 2008 last week was described rather condescendingly in the press as "une petite victoire"....
Alison Moyet & Vince Clarke
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How we met 'Suddenly we were in a really successful band but we hadn't even ever gone for a pint'Alison Moyet 46was one half of the 1980s pop duo Yazoo, alongside Vince Clarke. Her subsequent solo career included the top-10 hits "All Cried Out" and "Love...
All Back to Ours!
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Between the rows and break-ups, Massive Attack have always worked with their friends and heroes. So, as Robert Del Naja tells Phil Johnson, curating the Southbank Meltdown season is business as usualAs portfolios go, it is a rather slim one. Since their...
All You Need to Know about the Next First Lady
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RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE Their CVs couldn't be more at odds. The Democrats have Michelle - a law-school graduate from modest origins - the Republicans can call on Cindy, the drinks-industry heiress and a former rodeo queenBackgroundBorn 44 years ago...
America's Next Top Model
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Race for the White House: The contenders Fast forward to 2012 to see how the US and the world fares under America's 44th commander-in-chief. Rupert Cornwell, one of the most experienced and eloquent observers of the nation's politics, gazes into the...
An Armoury of Visual Aids and One Invisible Lady
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This year's open-air opera season kicks off with an all-Italian fixture, and an easy win for Puccini Classical Il Trovatore Opera Holland Park LONDON La Fanciulla del West Grange Park Opera HAMPSHIRELampooned by the Marx Brothers and famously difficult...
A Nasty Case of Utopian Dogma
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Old Labour practices live on in the cruel rule that prevents NHS patients paying for extra cancer treatmentOnce upon a time, at the very beginning of New Labour, before it was even called New Labour, Neil Kinnock made the speech of his life that would...
An Epic Biopic Minus the Meaty Bits Seems a Bit like a Ghengis Con
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Film 2 Mongol - the Rise to Power of Genghis Khan Sergei Bodrov 126 MINS, 15 The Waiting Room Roger Goldby 105 MINS, 15Mongol was nominated for this year's Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, and it certainly fits the stereotype of what an Oscar- nominated...
Approach Conquers Epsom but Not Detractors
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THE DERBY From being a doubtful runner less than a week ago, Bolger's colt lands British racing's blue riband. By Sue Montgomery at EpsomConvoluted the build-up was, but here yesterday three remained calm. Jim Bolger, Kevin Manning and the faithful Metamorphosis...
A Right Royal Break for Your Little Princess
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The Elms offer aneo-classical splendour for the family to enjoy - and a new spaHaving promised my daughters we were going to stay in a castle, it was with some trepidation that we set off for The Elms, a Queen Anne-era mansion in Worcestershire's rolling...
A Right Royal Break for Your Little Princess
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HOTEL OF THE WEEK The Elms offer aneo-classical splendour for the family to enjoy - and a new spaHaving promised my daughters we were going to stay in a castle, it was with some trepidation that we set off for The Elms, a Queen Anne-era mansion in Worcestershire's...
A Suspicious Cellar Gets the Hollywood Treatment
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CultureForget the summer of 2008. What will the big blockbusters of 2009 be? One candidate is a film about a cache of 30 or so bottles of wine purportedly from the cellar of Thomas Jefferson, the American president. After selling for hundreds of thousands...
At Last, Time for Golfers on the Fringes to Enjoy the Fairer Way
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The Hacker'Hackers of the world unite - we've nothing to lose but our balls.' That's the title of a book I've been intending to write for some time, but it will do as a clarion call for the time being.Fated to plough a lonely divot on the outskirts of...
Banks in Distress: Should Shareholders Answer the Cash Call?
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RIGHTS ISSUES Investors invited to raise their stake should think before they buy. By Laura Harding and Julian KnightThanks to the credit crunch, many of the UK's biggest banks have run short of ready cash. They need to shore up their finances and one...
B&B Launches Charm Offensive to Woo Investors
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::: Bank's embattled chief must persuade furious shareholdersRod Kent, the embattled chairman of Bradford & Bingley, will launch a charm offensive this week to persuade furious shareholders that the new rights issue and rescue package put together last...
Behind by a Nose
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Thanks to a ban for cocaine use, Kieren Fallon was just another Derby punter yesterday. So how is the finest flat rider of his generation coping with life out of the saddle? And can he defy the racing establishment to stage a popular comeback?They will...
Be More Active to Feel Better about Ageing
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How to be happy'I am beginning to feel old and it is getting me down. What can I do to make ageing feel less miserable?' D.Step 1 We are all getting older and will never be younger than we are today. Despite the reality of the ageing process, our chronological...
'Be Sure as Hell He'll Shake It Up'
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"B&B might not be a big investment in the whole scheme of things, but you can be sure as hell he will shake things up over there." That's the assessment of a former colleague of David Bonderman, the man behind buyout group TPG.With an estimated 1.7bn...
Biotech Giants Demand a High Price for Saving the Planet
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Companies accused of 'profiteering' as they attempt to patent crop genesGiant biotech companies are privatising the world's protection against climate change by filing hundreds of monopoly patents on genes that help crops resist it, a new investigation...
Bradford & Bingley: The Sleepwalk towards the Abyss
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The bank bought US mortgages when everyone else was running away. It refused to sell a stake and then relented. It denied it needed a rights issue and then announced one anyway. What now? asks Simon EvansNearly three months ago, when the rumour mill...
Britain vs Britton
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CELEBRITY WEIGHT LOSS Critics have lined up to accuse Fern Britton of lying and cheating after it was revealed that she didn't tell the public about having surgery to help her lose weight. Give the woman a break, says Katy GuestQuestion: which news event...
Broadsides a Sideshow as Support Act Fails to Sparkle
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Ryan Sidebottom was in a frightful lather at Trent Bridge yesterday. When Gareth Hopkins, New Zealand's diminutive wicketkeeper, turned the ball late and neatly off his legs and took a single to fine leg, Sidebottom looked at him as if he had said something...
Brough's Luck Helps Pluck Points from Cas
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RUGBY LEAGUE Castleford 16 Wakefield 32 Half-time: 10-18 Att: 8,236Wakefield rode their luck to take their winning run against their neighbours to nine games and move into the play-off places.Castleford were highly competitive but finished up with another...
Bush's Former Iraq Ambassador to Seek Afghan Presidency
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With Hamid Karzai seen as ineffective, many people are looking to someone with serious influence in WashingtonIn his time, he has been President George Bush's point man in Baghdad, Kabul and the UN, as well as a lobbyist for both the Taliban and international...
Carter Brilliant but Irish Miss Glorious Chance to End Hoodoo
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NEW ZEALAND v IRELAND New Zealand 21 Ireland 11 New Zealand Tries: Sivivatu, Nonu Con: Carter Pens: Carter 3 Ireland Try: Wallace Pens: O'Gara 2 Half- time: 8-8Ireland have been on the All Blacks' case for more than a century now, and have nothing more...
Charlie to Take His Chances in Absence of Jonny and Danny
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ENGLAND IN NEW ZEALAND Fly-half back in reckoning after being overtaken and overlookedChampagne Charlie is not his name. He was, briefly, the toast of England, but then he choked on a canape and dropped a Bollinger. Charlie Hodgson's curse was that his...
Cheated out of Medals but Cook Has No Regrets
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ATHLETICSAfter more than 20 years out in front in the pages of the British record books, time might be about to start catching up with Kathy Cook. "It's got to be probable, hasn't it?" she said of the prospect of the national 400m record she set as a...
Children at Breaking Point
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Special report: British youth Knives, guns, bullies ... a shocking look at growing up in today's UK As a survey of 1,700 young people paints a damning picture of the way we treat the young, we ask our own panel - just how do they cope? By Jane Merrick...
Citizen Journalists Leave No Hiding Place for Politicos
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As the Clintons have found to their cost, we are all the media now and no remark goes unremarked. Stephen Foley reports from New YorkAs his wife reluctantly bows out of the presidential race that she lost days - perhaps weeks - ago, spare a thought this...
Clash between Shreck and Sutton Overshadows Croft's Century
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ROUND-UPThe England and Wales Cricket Board are reportedly concerned about misbehaviour in club cricket but perhaps their attention should be on the county game, if Lancashire's current Championship match with Nottinghamshire at Old Trafford is anything...
Comic-Strip World of 'Barbarella' Laid Bare as Man Behind the Lens Reveals All
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CENTRE PIECE THE WORLD IN PICTURESWhen Barbarella was released 40 years ago, most critics thought it nonsense. A sci-fi movie based on a French comic strip was too weird, even if the opening striptease - starring a stunning Jane Fonda floating in zero...
Confucius Says This Man Is a Genius
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Radio The Reith Lectures RADIO 4When I mentioned to my friend, the broadcaster, polymath and fountain of knowledge Kevin Jackson, that this year's Reith lecturer was to be Professor Jonathan Spence, his response was to roar, "He's a genius!" (Actually,...
Court Defies Mugabe by Overturning Ban on Opposition Rallies
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Movement for Democratic Change can campaign in presidential election as police are told not to interfereDefying the crackdown on the opposition by President Robert Mugabe's government, Zimbabwe's High Court yesterday overturned a police ban on rallies...
Dave's Centrist Hair Is No Electoral Stunt. It's Vanity
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Shortly after his party's stunning victory in the Crewe by- election, I can exclusively reveal, Dave Cameron was summoned to a top secret strategy meeting by his balding, crop-headed guru Steve Hilton."Dave," said Steve. "New Labour's toast. You're a...
Destination Danger: The Uninsured Who Travel in Hope
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HOLIDAY COVER Many Brits will pay an arm and a leg if a trip goes bad - so don't scrimp on your policy, says Kate HughesTravel insurance is yet another in a long list of costs as we head overseas for a little rest and relaxation this summer, so it is...
Don't Bite the 'Magic Bullet': Beware of Quick Fixes If You Fall Behind on Your Mortgage
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PROPERTY More and more households are hitting trouble with their debts, says Julian Knight, but there are better solutions than IVAs or sale and rent-back'People feel the bills mounting up and then they are falling behind with their mortgage. Often they...
Dresses, Jets and Not Living on a Wing and a Prayer
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Wealth check She owns a boutique, he's in the RAF and they want to build wealth without flying too close to the sun. By Harriet MeyerThe patientsAs a young family keen to secure their financial future, Karen Bremner, 36, and Darren Lownds, 34, want to...
Dutch Doubts as Van Basten Plays It Safe
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If a response to this summer's irritatingly persistent BBC query "Who will you support?" had been elicited at the fag end of the last millennium, there would have been no doubt about our instinctive response. It had to be Holland, didn't it? The nation...
Five Divers Rescued from Remote Beach after Two Days Adrift
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Three Britons and their companions, found alive by Indonesian fisherman, suffer just cuts and dehydrationThree British divers feared dead after they disappeared for two days in Indonesian waters were found alive last night on a desert island populated...
Foreigners to Speed Up UK Nuclear Build
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Britain's nuclear regulator is in talks with its US and French counterparts to speed up the licensing of a new generation of reactor designs to meet the Government's strict build timetable.The move follows concerns that the Government could miss out...
From Spam Sales to Rice Riots - the Food Crisis Bites
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GLOBAL HUNGERSpam flies off the shelves of American supermarkets; looted shops burn in Port-au-Prince, Haiti; and the food crisis elbows climate change off the UN's agenda at a summit that draws more heads of state and media than any in recent memory...
Gatland Sees His 'Rabbits' Skinned by Hungry Boks
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SOUTH AFRICA v WALES Six Nations champions caught on the hop by pace and aggression of revitalised hosts South Africa 43 Wales 17 South Africa Tries: Jantjes, De Villiers, Spies, Montgomery Cons: James 4 Pens: James 5 Wales Tries: Roberts, Williams Cons:...
GPs Pledge to Fight 'Unfair' Health Reforms
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Doctors say they feel 'rubbished' by proposals that they claim will lead to NHS privatisation and do irreversible damage to patient careBy Nina LakhaniGPs will confront Gordon Brown this week in an attempt to stop wholesale changes to GP services. They...
Guitar, Check. Drums, Check. Hoover, Check!
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THE WORD ON THE WEBStraight outta east London, Micachu is otherwise known as 21- year-old singer, songwriter and producer Mica Levi. Backed by her band the Shapes, she conjures up a unique blend of electro, hip- hop, pop and grime.A student at the Guildhall...
Harrington Fights Himself
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US OPEN Irishman ignores the Tiger talk to explore the contradictions at the centre of his gameIf the build-up to this year's US Open has confirmed anything, it is merely that the game revolves around Tiger Woods with a sun-like dependency. Following...
Hayemaker Lands Blow for Fellow Fighters
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BOXING CLEVER Heavyweight 'saviour' talks with more than just his fists as he sets up company to promote low-profile pugilists. By Alan HubbardDavid Haye is an unlikely revolutionary. The Che Guevara of the thick-ear trade has a couple of million or...
Health Risk of Long-Term Mobile Phone Use to Be Studied by Scientists
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Scientists have started work on a massive official study to discover whether the long-term use of mobile phones causes brain cancer, and Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.The study - whose launch vindicates an Independent on Sunday campaign to draw...
Hedge Fund Managers Shy Away from Signing Compliance Code
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Hedge funds have given a voluntary code for the industry a collective thumbs-down - not a single firm has signed up to the compliance standards since they were launched in January.Nearly five months ago the Hedge Fund Working Group (HFWG) published a...
He May Not Be Interesting, but Pierce Sells Us Face Gunk Because He's Worth It
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ON ADSWe all secretly like the idea of the completely unutterable wonderfulness of wonderful people, although Brits don't believe it for a minute. Not only staggeringly beautiful, stonkingly rich and famous but also caring, thoughtful, giving and accomplished....
Here Come the Girls
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There's a new genre in Tinseltown, and - sorry, boys - it's all about female friendship. By Guy Adams in Los AngelesBlockbusters are Hollywood's favourite films, right? Wrong. There's a new genre in town that has turned conventional wisdom about cinema-goers...
His Dark Materials
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You tinker with the little black dress at your peril. Osman Yousefzada is going one step further: he's reinventing itThe perfect wardrobe, we are often told, is built around a core of garments known as "investment pieces". Expensive, timeless and perfect-fitting,...
His Skin Colour Won't Stop Obama. the Colour of His Politics Might
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America's swing vote lies with those who may be relaxed about race but fearful and suspicious of the Democratic candidate as a member of the educated, liberal elite, writes Sarah ChurchwellEver since Barack Obama clinched the Democratic nomination, one...
Hockney and McCartney Are Hardly OAPs
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There's nothing more irritating than the fashion for converting all our opinions into "isms". You know the kind of thing - "smokeism"for objecting to smokers. Or "lookism", the new name for discrimination against people with less than perfect appearances....
How Many Women Could Be So Strong?
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Vicious criticism could deter future candidates, says Joan SmithShe has had to endure months of sniping, mostly in the form of spiteful personal remarks. They said she was too old, not up to it, and some of the attacks were so vicious that they made...
How 'Scoop' on Jolie Twins Embarrassed Top US Broadcaster
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Red faces and apologies at CBS's 'Entertainment Tonight' after it announced that actress had given birthThe American news media is carrying out a fresh round of soul- searching after the most respected showbusiness broadcaster was forced to retract the...
Hushed Awe as the Master Bows out on a High Note
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Rock 2 Ravi Shankar Barbican Hall LONDONThe atmosphere at the Barbican Hall on Wednesday was one of hushed reverence ... and slight trepidation. Ravi Shankar, right, had cancelled the five preceding shows of his Farewell to Europe tour and, when he didn't...
'I Ask You to Work as Hard for Obama as You Have for Me'
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::: Clinton bows out with gracious endorsement of her Democratic rival ::: She vows to battle for his victory - and leaves door open to be his running mateHillary Clinton formally suspended her presidential campaign yesterday, graciously and enthusiastically...
Idowu on Top of World While Sayers Delivers Golden Throw
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Sport in briefPhillips Idowu was sitting on top of the world rankings in the triple jump yesterday and Goldie Sayers was lying second in the javelin, writes Simon Turnbull. Sayers threw 63.92m in Kassel, Germany to claim the scalps of Christina Obergfoll...
If the Deficit Escalates, We Can Borrow Our Way out of Trouble. but Brown Will Be in Too Deep
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ECONOMIC VIEWIt was the OECD's turn to put the cat among the pigeons last week. Along with the International Monetary Fund, it does about the best official economic forecasting work there is - not always right, but measured and sensible in both the predictions...
'I Hear You, Brother'
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Thanks to drugs, bullying and overcrowding, the number of 'vulnerable' young offenders is spiralling. Who better to help them cope than fellow inmates?Conspiracy to rob seemed a ridiculous charge to Daniel Wolday. Why should you be accused of some-thing...
I'm Not Just a Sex Freak
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Tim Fountain's one-man show 'Sex Addict' caused ire all round. Now he's back with a guide to sexual shenanigans up and down the country. Partly, as he tells Peter York, to discover if he's all that unusual The book Rude Britannia By Tim Fountain Weidenfeld...
I'm out of Form but One Knock Can Turn It All around for Me
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BATTING UNDER PRESSURE Matter of time before a good player gets a big score - and the Twenty20 and ODIs offer a sense of freedomI cannot complain about the way I was out, third ball, for a duck. The ball from Iain O'Brien was up there, straight, and...
In Lehmann's Terms, Nothing to Worry about - but Jens Is Mad
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Former Arsenal goalkeeper parries away criticism and anxiety over Germany's defencesThey powered to the finals by qualifying before every other nation; they broke the goal-scoring record along the way (knocking 13 past San Marino); they are in the easiest-looking...
Inside Lines
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Time for young talent to take a bowYes, Britain's got talent, though judging from recent TV offerings of performing dogs and rain dancers there is more of it in sport than showbiz. It may have gone unnoticed that across the globe in recent weeks young...
Isle Be Back
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Skye Gyngell didn't just taste the delights of the Isle of Bute's inaugural food festival - using the tastiest local, seasonal produce, she prepared a feast for 185 hungry guestsBute is a little island half an hour from Glasgow that is accessible only...
It Looks Even Better in a Bikini
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Want to sunbathe without the neighbours staring?Emma Townshend has a fragrant solution...The perfect climber is a tall order: "I'd like something that smells lovely, looks pretty, is thick and privacy-enhancing all year round, and - key - is idiot-proof,"...
'It's Been a Women's Year. Let's Celebrate It'
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INTERVIEWSOrange Prize-winner Rose Tremain talked to 'The Daily Telegraph' about the trouble with literary awards."All prizes exclude somebody, some group. If you look at what's happened this year - A L Kennedy wins the Costa prize, Anne Enright wins...
It's Quite an Expedition to the Top of Mera Peak
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ACTIVITY HOLIDAYS Nepal's complex fee structure calls climbing this mountain a 'trek'. Don't be fooled by the terminology, says Stephen GoodwinFrostbitten toes, swollen and purple, are a sobering sight when you're bound for the same cold, high place...
It Takes More Than 42 Days to Save a PM
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Gordon Brown's belief that a Commons win on detention of terror suspects will revive his premiership is mistakenIn January 1961 I was in the United States, and listened to J F Kennedy's inaugural address on American television. It had been snowing but,...
Ivanovic Buries Bad Memories to Secure First Grand Slam Title
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FRENCH OPEN Serbian puts misery of defeat in last year's final behind her to break battling spirit of Safina. By Ronald Atkin in ParisJustine Henin, holder of the trophy and champ-ion at the French Open for four of the past six years, was on the winners'...
James Keeps South Africa Way Ahead of the Joneses
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After all the smiles in the Six Nations, a kick in the teeth on the high veldt. It was reality time for Wales yesterday as South Africa flexed their muscles as world champions.Very little went right for the Welsh and they certainly got no favours from...
Jan Morris, the Patron Saint of Travellers and Transsexuals
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Hero or Villain?A man, a woman, a husband and a wife. Jan Morris has been them all. But with any luck it will be for producing some of the most beautiful and subtle travel writing of our time that the 81-year- old Welshwoman will be remembered.Last week...
John Bird
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Credo Social campaigner and founder of The Big Issue, 62 I believe...Homelessness hits you when it becomes associated with break-ups. My family was made homeless when I was a child and I ended up in an orphanage, separated from my brothers and my parents....
Kiwis Nothing to Shout about as England See the Finish Line
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THIRD TEST McCullum and Flynn put up a fight but the tourists have been outclassed this series. By Stephen Brenkley at Trent BridgeIt is one of the eternal sporting truths that a team can only beat the opposition with which they are presented. Never...
Last-Gasp Pole for Hamilton as Cold War Heats Up off Track
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CANADIAN GRAND PRIXLewis Hamilton put together the perfect lap on his final run in yesterday's qualifying session to snatch pole for today's Canadian Grand Prix away from Robert Kubica. The Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa slid on to the second...
Love as Flat-Pack Furniture, Delivery by Minghella
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Dance Reading Room Queen Elizabeth Hall LONDONThere is no loss, however unhappy, that doesn't benefit someone. And there's no doubt that the London premiere of Jonathan Lunn's Reading Room, a full-evening expansion of a duet that was pipped to win the...
Match of the Day
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Wayne Rooney and Coleen McLoughlin are having the ultimate football royalty bash this week - a Pounds 5m wedding. And that's after hen and stag parties that have gone on for days. It wasn't always thus. The biggest names of the past 50 years had far...
Media Watch: Please Don't Interview Players during Matches
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Tongue in CheekThe Football Association's Respect campaign (the one that applies to Raggety-Arse Rovers on a Sunday morning but not Wayne Rooney yet) appears to have struck a chord with Uefa. The 10,000 media representatives here are being urged to abide...
Meet Racing's New Wave - It's the Grand Prix of the Sea
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Speed, noise, champagne ... and scantily clad girls - so can the 14-race powerboat circuit pull in the petrolheads? asks Martin BakerFormula One, image problems notwithstanding, still has its imitators. Today marks the end of the Malta Grand Prix of...
More of the Same fromMr Nice Guy
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We love Dave Grohl and his Foo Fighters, but a bit of variety wouldn't go amiss Rock Foo Fighters City of Manchester Stadium MANCHESTER Hercules and Love Affair Soho Revue Bar LONDON'Do you mind," Dave Grohl asks several thousand Mancunians, "if we play...
Mother Nature Clouds Sussex's Title Defence
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COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE Kent 47-0 SussexThe weather has not been kind to Sussex, the start to their County Championship defence has been drenched by rain. There has been one victory over Nottinghamshire and one defeat to Durham.The other four...
'Movies from the Soul' That Will Rule the World
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Can Bollywood really be box office? The head of London-listed Eros International insists to James Moore that it can - with no moral compromises'The Aviator, The Shawshank Redemption, Ben Hur, Pulp Fiction and Harry Potter - I like Harry Potter." Bollywood...
Munitions Dumps 'Kill More' Than Landmines: UK Firm Seeks Cash to Clear Them
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John Reid is the man who developed those little security tags that go "beep" when thieves do a runner out of shops. By Reid's own admission, that made him "a lot of money".Opening up his laptop - and once past the screensaver of Gnasher, his black Labrador...
Nadal on Brink of History as Borg Waits in Wings
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MEN'S FINALHistory is in the air at Roland Garros, that beautiful and venerable home of the French Open. It could, and should, be made this afternoon by the incredible Rafael Nadal (pictured right) in his fourth successive final here, and his third against...
New Recycling Plant to Create a Virtuous Circle for Plastic
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A small corner of east London is set to help tackle the UK's waste mountain by turning used drinks bottles into safe, reusable food packagingAs a new survey reveals that packaging waste is now the biggest environmental concern in the UK, Britain is poised...
No Delays Allowed for Hughes on the Sky Blue Runway
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The Nick Townsend column Sven's successor will be under just as much pressure to succeed at 'Chelsea Lite' as he would have been in Abramovich's empireWhen, by Tuesday night, it became apparent that Roman Abramovich did not see his club's former striker...
No Longer Joined at the Hip: Why 'Tony's Twin' Is on His Own
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He was by Blair's side for the whole 10 years in Downing Street, intimately involved in everything. Now the formerly reticent aide solves the greatest mystery of the Northern Ireland peace process - and reveals the true nature of his relationship with...
Omens Not Good for Unchanged Side after Axe Fell on Shrewsbury's Men
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Trent Bridge DiaryEngland, as everybody now knows since the Diary mentioned it, have been unchanged for five successive matches only twice. The present lot may like to learn what was in store for the last bunch back in 1884. Having kept faith (if that...
One Day at a Time for Colly and Bell to Save Test Spots
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UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIES Change of pace offers under-fire batsmen a chance as jostling for Twenty20 places intensifies with a new $5m Champions LeagueIt used to be much more fun waiting for England teams to be picked. The selectors could be relied on...
One in the Eye for PPI: The Cover That Is out of Credit
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LENDING As payment protection insurance is slammed by the competition watchdog, Kate Hughes asks if anyone should be buying these policiesPayment protection insurance (PPI), condemned by consumer groups as a "rip-off", is set for a shake-up.Customers...
Outside Edge
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ENGLAND FOOTBALLERS are sulking at the Fifa/World Anti-Doping Agency suggestion that as from January next year they will have to make their whereabouts known to drug-testers for one hour a day. Doping's just not an issue in this country, they insist,...
Pass Me the Iguana Virility Soup - I'm Due on Set
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I'm in Managua, capital of Nicaragua and one of my new favourite places. I mainly love it because I haven't seen a single tourist here since I arrived and that's always a great sign. Everyone told me I was crazy to come here. "It's a war zone," they...
Phipps in the Frame for Head of UK Business Vacancy at Standard Life
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Robin Phipps, the former head of UK operations at Legal & General, is believed to be on an early shortlist of candidates drawn up to fill the vacant role of head of UK business at Standard Life.Executive headhunter JCA Group is thought to have sounded...
Poker
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The usual thought which goes through the mind of the player in big blind position in hold'em is this: I hope I don't get raised. If the rest of the table merely passes or calls, the big blind player gets to see the flop free of charge. The volatility...
Poll Shows Irish Voters Poised to Lead Way in Rejecting EU Treaty
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Irish voters are expected to reject the Lisbon Treaty in a poll on Thursday, putting pressure on MPs and peers to halt the ratification process in the UK.A poll in the The Irish Times showed "no" campaigners had the backing of 35 per cent of voters,...
