Communities in England were today offered £17 million to help them take advantage of a new scheme allowing them to build facilities like family homes, shops, children's playgrounds and community halls.
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Two in hospital after factory fire
Monday 28 May 2012
Two workmen were taken to hospital following a fire at a factory.
Explosion hits downtown Nairobi
Monday 28 May 2012
An explosion ripped through a building full of small shops in the downtown area of Kenyan capital Nairobi today, wounding an unknown number of people.
The Insider: How to add interest to splashbacks
Sunday 27 May 2012
A friend is re-doing her kitchen and wants to incorporate an interesting splashback to replace the simple square, coloured tiles she has. So I did a bit of hunting around for some off-piste ideas...
Sheditecture: designer gardens make their mark at Chelsea
Wednesday 23 May 2012
People really are going to work in the garden. This year’s Chelsea Flower Show not only inspired gardeners, it inspired homeworkers too
Master and God, By Lindsey Davis
Wednesday 23 May 2012
For the background to this novel, Lindsey Davis picks up on Suetonius's biography of the Roman emperor Domitian, as well as more recent histories. Suetonius's dramatic account of Domitian is perhaps now unfashionable, but his spindly-legged madman stabbing flies with a pen is far more fun than the rather swotty legislator of modern scholarship.
Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death, By James Runcie
Monday 21 May 2012
There is a bloody battle afoot in the world of crime fiction. Few would deny that the status quo in the fictional worlds of murder and detection these days is a grim and gritty one, with operatic levels of violence practically obligatory. And this isn't just the male practitioners of the genre; many female writers now cheerfully out-Herod Herod when it comes to upping the body count.
Hockney joins battle to save derelict cinema
Sunday 20 May 2012
Bradford-born artist backs campaign to preserve 'splendid' Art Deco building in his home town
Great Works: Last Stand of the Kusunoki Heroes at Shijo-Nawate 1851 (left to right: 38cm x 26.2 cm; 38.2cm x 25.7cm; 38 cm x 25.8 cm) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Saturday 19 May 2012
British Museum, London
Revealed: Osama Bin Laden's lair in miniature
Friday 18 May 2012
The once top-secret scale model of Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan used to plan the raid that killed the al-Qa'ida chief has been revealed at the Pentagon in Washington.
Report demands more homes to tackle housing crisis
Thursday 17 May 2012
More new homes must be built to tackle "the country's burgeoning housing crisis", a new report has said.
James Moore: A marketing tool that doubles as a scapegoat
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Outlook Corporate Britain is loving the Olympics, and not just for all the opportunities it presents for entertaining and advertising. The Games are a dream come true for companies in certain sectors that need a little something to keep their investors sweet.
24-hour room service: House Hotel Bosphorus, Istanbul
Friday 11 May 2012
A modern view in an ancient landscape
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