Topshop tycoon heads up a new Dynasty
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Microsoft accused of trying to secretly influence government consultation
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The growth of the Titan schools
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...
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Students: whats in your fridge?
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...
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Coastal paths, beach huts and flea markets in Antwerp
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Country diary: Glapthorn, Northamptonshire: The lek of love for dung flies
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Manufacturing still growing, CBI says
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Uefa should pardon banned Chelsea and Bayern players, says union
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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Workplace poisoning killing millions of Asians each year, says new report
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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Everton 4-0 Fulham
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...
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PMQs and Jeremy Hunts statement to the Commons: Politics live blog
8.30am: What a day. For anyone remotely interested in the way Britain works, the next 12 hours are going to be fascinating. Rupert Murdoch has exercised extraordinary...
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Dwain Chambers and David Millar find out date for Olympic Games fate
The court of arbitration for sport will announce its decision over the validity of the British Olympic Association’s bylaw which bans drugs cheats from all...
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Country diary: Glapthorn, Northamptonshire: The lek of love for dung flies
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Housing transfer from Leeds city council worries helpers of asylum seekers and refugees
I am posting for the Guardian earlier than usual this month as I am off on an actual holiday, as opposed...
Are cardboard buildings the future?
Cardboard? Really? It’s the common reaction to the idea of making buildings out of thick paper,...
Windfarms can increase night time temperatures, research reveals
Large windfarms can increase local night time temperatures by fanning warmer air onto the ground, new...
Is Argentina right to nationalise Spanish-owned oil assets?
48.3% Yes, a country should be in charge of its own energy resources 51.7% No,...
Moles dig up buried treasure where human trowels are banned
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Business
Manufacturing still growing, CBI says
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Osborne is intellectually broken and the real enemy of business
Britain can and should expect better. Last week, we learned that output is still an incredible 4.3%...
Spains credit rating downgraded
Spain’s precarious economic situation has worsened after the ratings agency Standard & Poor’s...
Payday loans set for parliamentary vote
An attempt to give regulators the power to cap the cost of payday loans and other high-cost forms of...
Buying British: how to spend our way out of recession
The news that Britain has dropped into its first double-dip recession since the 1970s, makes us want...
Social unrest on the rise in Europe, says ILO report
Social unrest is expected to grow in Europe as governments impose steep welfare cuts and fail to implement...
Culture
Readers panel: The Beach Boys
Earlier this week we asked readers to tell us their thoughts on the Beach Boys. Here are a few of the responses we received. Simone Scott Warren, AKA simonesw Growing...
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Pixar hoping Day of the Dead will offer a new lease of life
Last year’s Cars 2 received some of the most lukewarm reviews ever experienced at Pixar headquarters...
Digested read: Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James
“I’ve got a cold and I can’t interview Christian Grey, the enigmatic multimillionaire...
Leonardos anatomy, Picassos etchings and spiders penises – the week in art
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Why trailblazing Amazon should take on the publishing establishment
As the author of nine novels (the most recent, The Detachment, published by Amazon) and four...
Domestic goddess wanted: whos going to be the next Nigella Lawson?
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Fashion
Topshop tycoon heads up a new Dynasty
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Never out of Vogue: Alexandra Shulman
Alexandra Shulman, as befits a woman who has been editor of Vogue for 20 years, lives in an impeccably...
Facial exfoliators
If cleanliness is next to godliness, then exfoliation is standing right above them both, beaming. Facial...
Jaeger fashion brand sold to Jon Moulton in ?20m rescue deal
The Jaeger fashion brand has been sold in a rescue deal as the retail empire built by one of the UK’s...
The big picture: William Kleins Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? 1966
William Klein is one of the giants of post-war photography: his vibrant pictorial essays on cities like...
Dieting brides v the custom-fitted tyrant of the wedding dress
The line about her wedding day being the happiest day of a girl’s life is a big lie. Packing two...
Lifeandstyle
Students: whats in your fridge?
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Coastal paths, beach huts and flea markets in Antwerp
Take me there: Wales Coast Path At 870 miles long, the Wales Coast Path (walescoastpath.gov.uk) will...
Bare banana cake recipes
This week, two bare banana cakes, without icing or decoration. The aim here was to capture the rich...
Holy cows
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Restaurant: Morgan M, London EC1
It’s ages since I reviewed a full-on French restaurant – a restaurant of the type the French...
Crossword roundup: emo fillips
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Politics
Microsoft accused of trying to secretly influence government consultation
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...
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The growth of the Titan schools
Bob Garton, the headteacher of Gascoigne primary school in the London borough of Barking and Dagenham,...
PMQs and Jeremy Hunts statement to the Commons: Politics live blog
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Doctors back denial of treatment for smokers and the obese
A majority of doctors support measures to deny treatment to smokers and the obese, according to a survey...
The conversation: Is the Freedom of Information Act a good thing?
Tony Blair described himself as an “irresponsible nincompoop” for bringing in the Freedom...
Rupert Murdoch: myth, memory and imagination
Rupert Murdoch has apparently lost a great deal of his power of memory, but nature has compensated by...
Sport
Everton 4-0 Fulham
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...
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Dwain Chambers and David Millar find out date for Olympic Games fate
The court of arbitration for sport will announce its decision over the validity of the British Olympic...
County cricket – as it happened
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Saturday football clockwatch – as it happened
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Nigel Adkins has the vision and grounding for life in the top flight
Nigel Adkins punched the air as Southampton rattled in their goals on a gloomy yet glorious afternoon...
Saturday Sundae: Graham Turner; lots of goals; and swearing on the BBC
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Uefa should pardon banned Chelsea and Bayern players, says union
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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OUT OF THEIR BIG CUPS After a week in which Spain’s top clubs were dumped out of Big Cup despite...
NFL draft 2012 – live!
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Uefa undaunted by Ukraine bomb blasts in run-up to Euro 2012
Uefa has no new concerns over security measures for Euro 2012 despite a series of explosions in the...
Fernando Torres shows Chelsea what to expect when Didier Drogba goes
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QPR pay hefty price for failing to cut off Chelseas supply lines
Roberto Di Matteo shuffled his pack and the positive effects of doing so were obvious right from the...
World
Workplace poisoning killing millions of Asians each year, says new report
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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Comparative far right politics, US and Europe
Last Sunday, in the hours after the first round of the French presidential election, the top two finishers...
Osama bin Ladens three widows and children deported from Pakistan
Osama bin Laden’s three widows and his children have been deported from Pakistan and were en route...
Does aid to Africa from Brics countries differ from traditional aid?
It is not original to remark that there is a modern-day scramble for Africa taking place. Economic growth...
French elections: tell me your stories
The second round of France’s presidential elections will determine the country’s course...
Ukraine bomb blasts injure dozens ahead of Euro 2012
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Topshop tycoon heads up a new Dynasty
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 accused of trying to secretly influence government consultation
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 …
The growth of the Titan schools
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 …
Students: whats in your fridge?
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. …
Coastal paths, beach huts and flea markets in Antwerp
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 …
Country diary: Glapthorn, Northamptonshire: The lek of love for dung flies
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, …
Manufacturing still growing, CBI says
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 …
Uefa should pardon banned Chelsea and Bayern players, says union
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 …
Workplace poisoning killing millions of Asians each year, says new report
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 …
Everton 4-0 Fulham
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 …
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