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Japan 23 Wales 8 match report: Wales wilt in historic Japan victory
Sunday 16 June 2013
Eddie Jones’ emerging side leave second-stringers with shattered egos and one broken nose
Photography book review: Kodachrome, By Luigi Ghirri
Saturday 15 June 2013
In 1978, Luigi Ghirri self-published his first book, an avant-garde manifesto for the medium of photography and a landmark in his own remarkable oeuvre.
Tan Twan Eng wins Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction with The Gardening of Evening Mists
Saturday 15 June 2013
Tan Twan Eng has won the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction with The Gardening of Evening Mists, beating double Man Booker winner Hilary Mantel to the title.
Cyber Culture: If Al Capone had a digital money reserve...
Wednesday 12 June 2013
The chances are that the recent shutdown of the payment service Liberty Reserve didn't impinge much on your consciousness, unless you have a habit of making no-questions-asked transactions online.
Who said what, Kanye West or Steve Jobs? You decide
Wednesday 12 June 2013
Answers at bottom of page
Paperback review: The Daylight Gate, By Jeanette Winterson
Sunday 09 June 2013
Winterson's novella reconstructs the pursuit of the "Pendle witches" in 1612.
House prices up by 0.4%
Thursday 06 June 2013
The May figures represent the fourth consecutive monthly increase
James Lawton: Wayne Rooney strike for England against Brazil lifts Roy Hodgson's mood
Monday 03 June 2013
Here was something to lift the embattled self-regard of English football
Boyd Tonkin: We need to talk about Germany. Politicians won't - but a fine historian can
Friday 31 May 2013
The Week in Books
The Apprentice 2013: Zeeshaan Shah hits back at claims of male chauvinism in the boardroom
Wednesday 29 May 2013
Apprentice candidate Zeeshaan Shah was fired by Lord Sugar last night after being accused of chauvinism by fellow contestants Natalie Panayi and Leah Totton.
Australia: Indigenous weekend blighted by racist slur after 13-year-old girl calls top sportsman Adam Goodes 'an ape'
Sunday 26 May 2013
The incident happened on Friday evening during a football match celebrating the contribution of Aborignal players
Toronto mayor Rob Ford clings on as 'crack video' scandal grows
Friday 24 May 2013
Rob Ford has spent a week ducking a media storm over footage that allegedly shows him smoking crack
Call for hotline serving grown-up victims of child abuse
Thursday 23 May 2013
Call follows wave of victims coming forward in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal
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Alan Pardew's warning to Joe Kinnear: I am still the Newcastle manager
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Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
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Charles Saatchi accepts caution for assault over incident in Scott’s restaurant when he put his hands on throat of wife Nigella Lawson
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Exclusive: Cristiano Ronaldo advised to stay at Real Madrid for another 18 months before making possible switch to Manchester United
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Iran to send 4,000 troops to aid President Assad forces in Syria
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