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So what gift do you get for the man who has everything? When that man is Sir Philip Green, billionaire and holder of a celeb-tastic 60th birthday party in the Caribbean,...
continue reading »The fields of miscanthus (elephant grass) have all been harvested, leaving rows of foot-high, bamboo-like stubble clumps. Red spikes are thrusting up around them...
continue reading »I am posting for the Guardian earlier than usual this month as I am off on an actual holiday, as opposed...
Cardboard? Really? It’s the common reaction to the idea of making buildings out of thick paper,...
Large windfarms can increase local night time temperatures by fanning warmer air onto the ground, new...
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Archaeologists find it hard agree about the relative merits of excavating the ancient past or leaving...
Manufacturers recovered their poise in the first three months of the year after a panicky period before Christmas when the euro crisis hit exports and paralysed...
continue reading »Britain can and should expect better. Last week, we learned that output is still an incredible 4.3%...
Spain’s precarious economic situation has worsened after the ratings agency Standard & Poor’s...
An attempt to give regulators the power to cap the cost of payday loans and other high-cost forms of...
The news that Britain has dropped into its first double-dip recession since the 1970s, makes us want...
Social unrest is expected to grow in Europe as governments impose steep welfare cuts and fail to implement...
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continue reading »Last year’s Cars 2 received some of the most lukewarm reviews ever experienced at Pixar headquarters...
“I’ve got a cold and I can’t interview Christian Grey, the enigmatic multimillionaire...
Exhibition of the week: Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist A human foetus nestles in a womb that is like the...
As the author of nine novels (the most recent, The Detachment, published by Amazon) and four...
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So what gift do you get for the man who has everything? When that man is Sir Philip Green, billionaire and holder of a celeb-tastic 60th birthday party in the Caribbean,...
continue reading »Alexandra Shulman, as befits a woman who has been editor of Vogue for 20 years, lives in an impeccably...
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William Klein is one of the giants of post-war photography: his vibrant pictorial essays on cities like...
The line about her wedding day being the happiest day of a girl’s life is a big lie. Packing two...
As students, we are lampooned for our lack of culinary ability. There is some truth in the cliche. We’re overly dependent on can openers, have a liberal attitude...
continue reading »Take me there: Wales Coast Path At 870 miles long, the Wales Coast Path (walescoastpath.gov.uk) will...
This week, two bare banana cakes, without icing or decoration. The aim here was to capture the rich...
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It’s ages since I reviewed a full-on French restaurant – a restaurant of the type the French...
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Microsoft is accused of trying to exert clandestine influence on a UK government consultation which could slash the software giant’s ?700m income from the...
continue reading »Bob Garton, the headteacher of Gascoigne primary school in the London borough of Barking and Dagenham,...
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Tony Blair described himself as an “irresponsible nincompoop” for bringing in the Freedom...
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Nikica Jelavic extended his remarkable scoring spree as Everton ran in a glut of goals for the third successive Premier League match against a Fulham side who were...
continue reading »The court of arbitration for sport will announce its decision over the validity of the British Olympic...
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The international players’ union have issued a plea for clemency by Uefa for six Chelsea and Bayern Munich players suspended for the Champions League final. FIFPro...
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Millions of Asian people are contracting fatal diseases at work but their suffering is ignored, unreported and uncompensated, according to a new report by a labour...
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So what gift do you get for the man who has everything? When that man is Sir Philip Green, billionaire and holder of a celeb-tastic 60th birthday party in the Caribbean, the answer would be a ?1m spoof of 1980s TV classic Dynasty. And, the …
Microsoft is accused of trying to exert clandestine influence on a UK government consultation which could slash the software giant’s ?700m income from the UK’s public sector. The Cabinet Office has thrown out one “independent” expert who had been helping organise a public discussion on …
Bob Garton, the headteacher of Gascoigne primary school in the London borough of Barking and Dagenham, has a slightly faraway look in his eye. “There used to be playing fields,” he says, “big enough for a proper football pitch.” Standing at the first-floor window, we …
As students, we are lampooned for our lack of culinary ability. There is some truth in the cliche. We’re overly dependent on can openers, have a liberal attitude towards best-before dates and aren’t great at washing up. With exams looming, things are just getting worse. …
Take me there: Wales Coast Path At 870 miles long, the Wales Coast Path (walescoastpath.gov.uk) will present walkers with one major problem when it opens on 5 May: which of the many glorious stretches of footpath to tackle first? From the golden bays of the …
The fields of miscanthus (elephant grass) have all been harvested, leaving rows of foot-high, bamboo-like stubble clumps. Red spikes are thrusting up around them from the bases of last year’s stems. It seems the farmer is sticking with the crop for another year. After planting, …
Manufacturers recovered their poise in the first three months of the year after a panicky period before Christmas when the euro crisis hit exports and paralysed much of industy, according to a CBI survey. Figures showing modest growth amid a general recovery in optimism for …
The international players’ union have issued a plea for clemency by Uefa for six Chelsea and Bayern Munich players suspended for the Champions League final. FIFPro says there is an argument to allow the players, three from each club, who all picked up yellow cards …
Millions of Asian people are contracting fatal diseases at work but their suffering is ignored, unreported and uncompensated, according to a new report by a labour rights group. Asia Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC) says poisoning in unhealthy workplaces is creating untold numbers of “invisible victims …
Nikica Jelavic extended his remarkable scoring spree as Everton ran in a glut of goals for the third successive Premier League match against a Fulham side who were never in the game. The Croatia international scored twice to take his tally to 10 in 13 …