Blogs

Open House

Open House is The Independent's flagship comment blogging site, where such erudite and various figures as Johann Hari, Simon Carr and Adrian Hamilton offer their two cents' worth on the day's political and social issues.

A Nice Green Leaf

A Nice Green Leaf is written by The Independent on Sunday's gardening columnist, Emma Townshend, who has a garden in West London which she regularly hears passing children refer to as "the Amazon Jungle". She has spent years researching Victorian horticulture and teaching history of science in adult education, while growing the biggest plants she can.

Asian (con)Fusion

Asian (con)Fusion is by The Independent's Asia Correspondent Andrew Buncombe. Though he is based in Delhi, his dominion ranges over India, Pakistan, Burma, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sir Lanka, occasionally parts of South East Asia and - or at least he is hoping - the Maldives.

Cash Crusader

The Cash Crusader blog is here to keep the financial services industry honest - turning the spotlight on mis-selling, unfair contracts and rip-off products. As well as calling the industry to account, we'll also keep the pressure on ministers to treat taxpayers fairly. Help our crusade by sharing your experiences and naming the worst culprits.

Cyberclinic

Journalist and musician Rhodri Marsden has been addressing common technology problems by stripping away the jargon and enlisting the help of readers in his Cyberclinic column in The Independent for the past two years. Recent blog topics have included top Google tricks, BitTorrent for Dummies and the phenomenon that is Wiki-ocracy.

Cyclotherapy

A collective column by cycling enthusiasts on the newspaper, Cyclotherapy provides discussion and analysis on all areas of cycling - from commuting and maintenance to road biking.

Diplomatic Licence

Diplomatic Licence is the blog of Diplomatic Editor Anne Penketh who has worked in Moscow, Paris and New York, as well as having written on conflicts and crises ranging from North Korea to Iran. In Diplomatic Licence she shares some of the diplomatic whispers from the corridors of power (and the not so powerful corridors)

Eat

The restaurant critic for The Independent on Sunday, Terry Durack is the Glenfiddich Restaurant Critic of the Year and the 2007 World Food Media Awards Best Restaurant Critic. He has written six books including Yum, Noodle and Hunger. Eat is his new food, cooking and eating column.

Ethics Girl

Another day, another ethical dilemma. Should I shop local or keep it organic? Is it OK to fly to Timbuktu and back if I grow some cress in my kitchen? When not deconstructing the deluge of eco/enviro/ethical greenwash, Sophie Morris writes features for The Independent’s Media Weekly and Extra sections. No ethical crisis is too small for Ethics Girl, the blog which tries to tackle that tricky web of ethical living in which we are all entangled.

Games Mistress

When not playing all the latest video games, our very own Games Mistress Rebecca Armstrong is a feature writer for The Independent. Past posts have covered subjects from debating the top titles of the last year to finding the greatest Guitar Hero in the world.

Minority Report

Jerome Taylor joined The Independent's Foreign Desk in 2005 and is now a Home News reporter with a particular interest in religious affairs. In Minority Report he explores issues affecting Britain's religious and ethnic minority communities from the myths of immigration to exploring how British Pakistani communities are handling the unfolding political crisis in Pakistan.

Our Man in the North

Manchester-based journalist Ian Herbert has worked for The Independent for nine years. He lives in south Cheshire, dodging footballers’ wives across the North and proving there’s a lot more to see there than south of Watford Gap.

Sleeping Around

The Independent's no-holds-barred sex and dating columnist Catherine Townsend published her first novel Sleeping Around: Secrets of a Sexual Adventuress last year. She is now writing a second book and appearing in How to Have Sex After Marriage on Five. Born in Arkansas, Catherine was a gossip columnist for New York Magazine before moving to London in 2003, since when she has had a very interesting - and pretty public - private life...

The Gutter Sniper

From Kate Moss to Victoria Beckham, the Gutter Sniper offers an irreverent and thoroughly low-brow take on all the week's celeb news.

Today in Politics

Today in Politics is Andrew Grice's up-to-the-minute politics blog, giving a Westminster eye's view of the day's scandals, blunders and highly occasional moments of ministerial competence, straight from the heart of the establishment.

Wild Wild Web

Tim Walker's Wild Wild Web roams the dark corners of the internet, charting such discoveries as life-casting, pregnancy time-lapse photography and Tim's Press Release of the Week .

On the Campaign Trail

Throughout the US presidential elections our correspondents Leonard Doyle, Andrew Gumbel and David Usborne will be posting the news behind the spin on our 'On the Campaign Trail' blog, following the candidates across the country in the race for the White House.

Extra Time

The Independent's sports blogs offer an inside-view on the sports news, from such veteran sports writers as Sam Wallace, Stephen Brenkley, Our Man in the North Ian Herbert and Angus Fraser.