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Alexa Chung: 'Moonlighting as a DJ, I spun nu-metal to a room full of drunk hipsters'
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Tom Sutcliffe: Twittering on is not the way to provide news
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
Like a lot of people, I expect, I found myself following the attacks in Mumbai last week by means of the BBC's News website – which, from quite early on in the events, added a live update element to its coverage. And in one respect this was an almost Platonic conjunction of message and means.
When the literati come to party, it's time to clean up your bookshelves
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
Tales of the City
Tales of the suburbs: 'What happened to the future they promised us on Tomorrow's World?'
Monday, 1 December 2008
I was once told, by someone who knows about these things, that the key to being relaxed and happy is to fill your spare time with an absorbing hobby.
Dom Joly: How a bog-standard lilo might turn me into a world champion
Monday, 1 December 2008
With so many 'sports' out there, I think it might be possible for me to fulfil my dream
Dom Joly: I'm sick of mingling with the rich and famous
Sunday, 30 November 2008
Finally, the breakthrough. After six years slogging away on the Cotswolds social scene desperately trying to avoid Ruby Wax and Laurence Llewelyn Bowen, I get the call. I'm going to meet the kingpin, the head of the social salon: Jeremy Clarkson.
Brian Viner: How theatre replaced drama of cricket for captain Coney
Saturday, 29 November 2008
The Last Word
Richard Ingrams’s Week: Oh brother, can you spare me a few blushes?
Saturday, 29 November 2008
As if all his troubles weren't enough, George Osborne now finds himself being pestered with press enquiries about his brother Adam.
David Lister: They should put the Bard on the box
Saturday, 29 November 2008
Political leaders tend not to speak about the arts. I'm not sure why. Perhaps they fear it looks a little "soft" or peripheral to the "big issues". Whatever the reason, they certainly give the subject a wide berth. We've been bombarded with Barack Obama's collected speeches and philosophy, but I defy anyone to give me chapter and verse on his cultural policy. I'm not sure that I know where Gordon Brown stands on cultural issues either.
Dylan Jones: At heart, Barney Bubbles was an artist –which led to the creative strain he put himself under
Saturday, 29 November 2008
Talk of the Town
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- Archie Bland: Pick of the commentators
- Chris Schuler: Life on Mars
- Catherine Gordon: The boxer rebellion bands and some casual Johnny Borell hating
- Andrew Grice: Brown tries to defuse VAT bombshell
- Catherine Townsend: Google Sex Searches NSFW
- Jane Merrick: Peace reigns in the Labour Party
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- The Life Browser: Scrooge Williams and friends
- The Independent starts blogging
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• Deborah Orr: One more inquiry isn't going to help
I don't believe a public inquiry into the Baby P case is necessary
• Hamish McRae: It will take time, but we'll recover
If officialdom seems over-optimistic in its forecasts, the markets seem too pessimistic
• Janet Street-Porter: Mother does not always know best
One of the most sensitive subjects for writers is the mother-daughter relationship
• Mark Steel: Never mind the baby, just get back to work
The next thing will be an exciting new scheme known as the 'workhouse'
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