http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/hermione-eyre/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/hermione-eyre/hermione-eyre-if-you-dont-think-philosophy-can-make-you-happy-you-havent-read-seneca-917167.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/hermione-eyre/hermione-eyre-if-you-dont-think-philosophy-can-make-you-happy-you-havent-read-seneca-917167.html <p>How do you fit everything in? There's so much out there. Every day the paper recommends another film you mustn't miss, a book you have to read. Every article leads to a link to another; every TV programme ends with a trailer. Missing a programme isn't an excuse any more. You can catch everything again online. Every day ends too soon; isn't life desperately short for living?</p> Hermione Eyre Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/hermione-eyre/hermione-eyre-nonsense-at-least-the-tories-are-thinking-894376.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/hermione-eyre/hermione-eyre-nonsense-at-least-the-tories-are-thinking-894376.html <p>Let's be clear: the Policy Exchange's suggestion that certain northern cities are not worth regenerating is pure, steaming nonsense. Government funding should be used to correct the gravitational pull of money and commerce to the south, not to reinforce it. But however ill-judged that particular report may be, and however much bad publicity it has caused for David Cameron (closely allied with the Policy Exchange, he was a guest speaker there in July) it is a sign of something good: the Tories are thinking. </p> Hermione Eyre Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:01 +0100