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Brian Viner: Pietersen has style of original Brylcreem Boy
The Last Word: Andrew Strauss tells us that the South African origins of himself, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior and Jonathan Trott are "a non-issue" for England's cricketers.
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Dylan Jones: 'For a period in the Sixties, Eel Pie Island became so popular it even began issuing its own passports'
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Talk Of The Town
Richard Ingrams's Week: Politicians need all the scientific help they can get
Saturday, 7 November 2009
The scientific community is still spluttering about the sacking of the Government's drugs adviser Professor David Nutt, and there is plenty of high-falutin' talk about the integrity of scientists and the value of the independent advice they offer to politicians.
David Lister: The pulsating battle to rule the arts
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Who should be the next chairman of the London Regional Arts Council? There's a question that invites the reader to turn the page. But this seemingly arcane question has become intriguing, controversial even.
Brian Viner: 'Much as it pains me to say it, Yorkshire is the best source of unusual words'
Thursday, 5 November 2009
My friend Ian, who has lived all his 50-odd years in a village on the Herefordshire-Shropshire border, introduced us some years ago to an expression so localised that nobody I've tried it on in Leominster, eight miles down the road, understands what I'm on about.
Jaci Stephen: 'At my Beverly Hills gym there's only Victoria Beckham for company'
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Way Out West
John Walsh: 'Fleetwood Mac survived 42 years of madness, sex, drugs, failure and success'
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Tales of the City
Brian Viner: 'Up' and away with you, critics
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
There are certain films we are almost arm-locked into admiring
Tom Sutcliffe: Let's be clear about what we're eating
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
It hasn't really been a good few days for this Government, when it comes to the relationship between simple scientific facts and public health. Their commitment to giving the people the facts doesn't apparently extend to giving them facts that might contradict current political orthodoxies. But they do have a modest opportunity this week to show themselves to be on the side of useful scientific intelligence. Tomorrow, the House of Commons debates a 10-Minute Rule Bill put forward by the Labour MP Helen Southworth, in which she calls for a legal requirement for a uniform system of food labelling on the front of packaged food.
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