There comes a moment in practically every Robert Edric novel when the setting (Victorian Cumberland, African jungle, dystopian future) melts away and some elemental human dilemmas begin to declare themselves.
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Sex Pistols star Glen Matlock to headline 'anti-Jubilee' concert ... in aid of a charity run by the Princess Royal
Tuesday 08 May 2012
Member of band which gave us 'God Save the Queen' to commemorate 1977 at alternative festival
Wines of the week: Old Vines Carignan 2008; Domaine de L'Espigouette Plan de Dieu Cotes Du Rhone Villages 2009; Saint Mont Le Passé Authentique 2010
Sunday 29 April 2012
Terry Kirby selects the best bottles to buy
Pedestrian zone will transform a 'flawed icon'
Monday 23 April 2012
A new public realm to rival Trafalgar Square and Covent Garden will be created in an overhaul of London's iconic Centre Point tower under £350m plans by the developer Almacantar.
Piazza and apartments to bring new life to brutalist Centrepoint in £350m makeover
Monday 23 April 2012
A new public realm to rival Trafalgar Square and Covent Garden will be created in an overhaul of Centre Point tower in London by the developer Almacantar.
Breakthrough announced in ageing genes study
Friday 20 April 2012
Four "Father Time" genes that help determine how fast we age have been uncovered by scientists.
Trending: Insert your own 'Mama don't preach' headline
Tuesday 27 March 2012
One can only imagine what it's like to be Lourdes Leon (above), daughter to Madonna and her erstwhile fitness coach Carlos Leon. Yes, she has a wardrobe to steal from, the private jets to swank about on, celebrity friends to boast about at school, etc.
Mugabe blows £600,000 on birthday party
Thursday 01 March 2012
Who said Robert Mugabe doesn't have friends? The President of Zimbabwe might have few allies on the global stage but thousands of supporters turned out for the finale of the week-long party celebrating the leader's 88th birthday.
Diary: 'Nasty man' lurks in background at Leveson
Tuesday 28 February 2012
Ray Bellisario, one of the original paparazzi, who was annoying the royals when everyone else treated them with deference half a century ago, is not pleased with Lord Justice Leveson.
Album: Dodgy, Stand Upright in a Cool Place (Strike Back)
Friday 17 February 2012
Sixteen years on from their last album, the second of this week's comebacks finds former Britpoppers Dodgy reborn in the form of Teenage Fanclub, plying winsome folk-rock harmonies of an American flavour, imbued with a gentle melancholy and the warmth of hard-won experience.
Average age of retirement increases
Thursday 16 February 2012
The average age of retirement has risen, official figures showed today, as those approaching state pension age struggle to pay for their later years.
'Black-hole' resorts: Turn up, tune out, log off
Wednesday 15 February 2012
'Black-hole' resorts where mobiles are banned and the internet is anathema are set to be huge this year
Fun in the sunset years
Tuesday 14 February 2012
A new movie follows a group of retirees moving to India to seek low-cost care, a gentler climate and a culture of respect for the elderly. For thousands of Britons, this is already a reality, discovers Sam Judah
Fun in the sunset years
Tuesday 14 February 2012
A new movie follows a group of retirees moving to India to seek low-cost care, a gentler climate and a culture of respect for the elderly. For thousands of Britons, this is already a reality
Eurozone debt crisis threatens UK economy, says think-tank
Wednesday 01 February 2012
Chancellor George Osborne has scope for temporary tax cuts of up to £20 billion in his March Budget to boost growth, a respected economic think tank said today.
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- 2 Gove’s lesson: spare the comma, spoil the child
- 3 Heading for America? Prepare for the longest US immigration queues ever
- 4 Grace Dent on TV: Extreme Couponing, My Strange Addiction, and Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, TLC
- 5 Join Ryanair! See the world! But we'll only pay you for nine months a year
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