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This, the first British swimmer to win two Olympic gold medals in 100 years, is the ever-smiling face of the athletes who will, we're confident, make us all proud at London 2012.
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Agenda: Aesop; Mark Grist; Burial; Women of the World; tobacco cocktails
Sunday 19 February 2012
A fabled beauty comes to town
Mary Ann Sieghart: How far right are we going?
Monday 15 August 2011
If Cameron isn't careful, he will find that Miliband has painted a more coherent picture of the causes of the riots
Colour Me English, By Caryl Phillips
Sunday 14 August 2011
These coruscating essays benefit from 20 years of deep thinking about race and racism, identity and Englishness...and Luther Vandross
Why, oh why? The week the pundits ran riot
Friday 12 August 2011
The disorder of recent days has provoked a torrent of pontificating from the nation's opinion formers. Here is a sample from across the political spectrum
Letters: This is what happens when underclass values triumph
Friday 12 August 2011
Coming from a working-class family and having lived for 20 years on a council estate, I beg to differ with your paper's analysis of the situation on Britain's streets.
A must-read: youth leader's plea for the socially alienated
Wednesday 10 August 2011
A column in yesterday's Independent has caused widespread debate about the reasons behind the violence which has swept the country.
Leading article: Britain has experienced its Katrina moment
Wednesday 10 August 2011
At the weekend the levees burst and we have been witnessing the ugly results
Camila Batmanghelidjh: Caring costs – but so do riots
Tuesday 09 August 2011
These rioters feel they don't actually belong to the community. For years, they’ve felt cut adrift from society
Number's up: The end of the little black book
Saturday 30 July 2011
Mobile technology has transformed journalism – and besides enabling phone hacking, it has also erased the status of that once-prized possession, the contacts book
Ed Miliband: The Big Society: a cloak for the small state
Sunday 13 February 2011
Two leading backers of David Cameron's flagship idea have lost faith in it. We are seeing the recontamination of the Tory brand
Here come the girls! How to bring up daughters
Sunday 16 January 2011
Rules and boundaries. White lies and love. Our guide to raising female teens
Remembering Damilola: The killing goes on, but the fightback is under way
Sunday 21 November 2010
The schoolboy's murder 10 years ago this week sparked a national outcry and a new approach to teenage crime. Now experts warn government cuts could destroy any progress they are making
What drives a child to commit sexual abuse?
Sunday 24 October 2010
Horrific behaviour is often triggered by spiral of violence and neglect that goes back generations, says study
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