Contestants who did caused a scandal in the 1950s and cheating has just been uncovered at Harvard. But perhaps we shouldn’t be so quick to judge
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London Underground fined over runaway train that hurtled through seven stations narrowly avoiding 'terrible tragedy'
Friday 01 March 2013
During the incident a passenger train that was in front of the maintenance wagon was told to keep going and not stop
Q: What is one of Britain’s fast-growing pastimes? A: The pub quizzes that are seeing big screens switched for answer sheets
Friday 22 February 2013
Quizzes are replacing football as the best way for pub landlords to draw in punters
Lynne Featherstone: Fighting for the rights of women - all over the world
Monday 10 December 2012
Charlotte Philby meets the Lib Dem minister on a mission to end abuse
Meet the iQuiz-master
Wednesday 21 November 2012
Introducing The Independent's resident trivia expert, Simon O'Hagan
Police investigate burglary at DJ Chris Moyles' home
Saturday 25 August 2012
Police have launched an investigation after burglars ransacked the home of Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles and stole two cars from his driveway.
Man held over Birmingham mosque bomb threat
Monday 12 December 2011
A man has been arrested after a message was posted on Facebook threatening to bomb a mosque.
Kehua!, By Fay Weldon
Friday 19 August 2011
"Your writer," states Weldon, "in telling you this tale of murder, adultery, incest, ghosts, redemption and remorse, takes you first to a comfortable house in Highgate, North London..."
Looking for cheap accommodation in London? Try camping in a stranger's garden...
Saturday 25 June 2011
If you need somewhere to stay while tackling the 78-mile Capital Ring long-distance footpath, Campinmygarden.com might have the answer.
An Uncertain Place, By Fred Vargas (trs Sian Reynolds)
Sunday 24 April 2011
A detective with his head in the clouds
Farewell to an erudite and searingly honest art critic
Friday 28 January 2011
Figures from the art world joined friends, family and colleagues at the funeral of The Independent's art critic Tom Lubbock yesterday.
Cyclo-therapy: 'The Chilterns run begins just after 7am at Finchley Road Tube. By 8.15am, we’re bowling along the remote lanes'
Saturday 08 January 2011
I've been taking a keen interest in the debate over the high-speed rail link that would cut right through the Chilterns. Not because I live in the Chilterns, but because I go there to cycle, and so magical is the landscape that I can fully understand why the plans have caused such an outbreak of Nimbyism.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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