On Google+
On Twitter
Top writers
Places
Politics
The Independent
i Newspaper
Women, the first casualties of recession
01 May 2013 04:56 PM
The mothers our writer met while recording a Radio 4 programme were ‘skint’, with no cash to spare, no savings, and fears about the future
Seen everywhere, sold for a snip: Tretchikoff's Chinese Girl shows art valuations are bonkers
21 March 2013 05:14 PM
The more that something is displayed, the less it seems to be valued
Like the soon-to-be carpenter Daniel Day-Lewis, all Oscar winners should go off and do something else
25 February 2013 08:02 PM
'Showbiz folk' are more subject than most to the perils of believing your own hype. A second career isn't just wise - it's essential for their sanity
Is Andre’s ‘Bricks’ a pile of old bricks or a magnificent piece of art? We still can’t decide
01 February 2013 05:41 PM
The 1970s row over whether ‘Bricks’ is art lingers on
The Shard is the height of fashion, so could we live in a tower block?
24 January 2013 06:02 PM
High-rises suffer from a bad reputation, but they can be more comfortable for occupants than ground-floor living
Why do our politicians seem to hate the arts?
20 January 2013 07:24 PM
Perhaps it's because they can be difficult to understand
Don't knock celebrity diving, the brave no-hopers on Splash! shows us all how to take the plunge
10 January 2013 06:54 PM
Newspaper critics unanimously declared ITV's new Saturday night offering a belly-flop, but it can only boost the profile of the sport in Britain
Modernity is here – we have acquired a milkman and glass bottles
18 December 2012 06:16 PM
And, why David Hasselhoff is the perfect reader for bedtime stories
Take it from a veteran – laughing isn’t funny at a nativity play
04 December 2012 05:47 PM
And if you want to beat the PTA to prime seats, arrive forty minutes early
Carla Bruni doesn't understand that being bourgeois and feminist are essentially the same thing
27 November 2012 09:31 PM
The glamorous singer and former French First Lady has a limited understanding of the bourgeoisie. Living in Islington, our Notebook writer should know
- 1 'Sickening, deluded and unforgivable': Bloody attack brings terror to capital’s streets
- 2 Mothers' diets may harm IQs in two-thirds of babies
- 3 Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage
- 4 Eyewitness gives extraordinary account of her confrontation with Woolwich attackers
- 5 Woolwich attack: The EDL might have a sinister plan as a soldier is murdered in suspected Islamic terrorist attack
Get your summer started with British Military Fitness
BMF is the UK’s biggest and best loved outdoor fitness classes
Visit York
Find out what The Independent's resident travel expert has to say about one of the most beautiful small cities in the world
Enter the latest Independent competitions
Win anything from gadgets to five-star holidays on our competitions and offers page.
Business videos from commercial thought leaders
Watch the best in the business world give their insights into the world of business.
Day In a Page
Edward VIII’s phone calls - and how MI5 bugged them
Hollywood's random acts of red-carpet kindness
Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last
How to say ‘I’m a sellout’
