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Sebastian Coe: 'It would be naive of me to sit here and say that nothing could go wrong'
Monday 15 August 2011
The Brian Viner Interview: Despite the riots in London, the ever-unflappable figurehead of the Games remains confident that the Capital is right on track as preparations enter the final straight
Cuts will cost charities £3bn over five years
Sunday 07 August 2011
Voluntary organisation calls for ‘informed debate’ on the future of services
Geraint Bowen: Archdruid of Wales who campaigned against nuclear dumping and championed Welsh-language television
Friday 05 August 2011
As Archdruid of Wales from 1979 to 1981, Geraint Bowen was renowned for his hard-hitting speeches from the Logan Stone in the ceremonies of the Assembly of Bards of the Isle of Britain (the Gorsedd). Not only did he speak out against the Anglicisation of Wales and in defence of the Welsh language, as Archdruids are expected to do, but also lent his authority to the campaign for a fourth television channel broadcasting in Welsh and against the burying of nuclear waste. In this he ran the risk of upsetting some of the more pusillanimous officers of the National Eisteddfod, to which the Gorsedd is closely affiliated.
A fringe outside the fringe
Friday 29 July 2011
Pleasance Theatre is raising £1.5 million to directly support a theatre network that is currently not 'effective enough.'
English Heritage awards 16 London Underground stations Grade II-listed status
Thursday 28 July 2011
Chris Beanland asks the experts why these stops are worthy of underground preservation
Leading article: We need more honesty about the benefits of these Games
Thursday 28 July 2011
The costs of London 2012 were grossly underestimated and the economic benefits grossly overestimated
16 Tube stations get listed status
Tuesday 26 July 2011
Sixteen of the Tube's best-known stations have been given listed building status.
99 Days out for the family: Pursue the past 79-89
Sunday 24 July 2011
Travel back in time at a range of historical happenings around the country this summer.
Premier League could use goalline technology by 2012 reveals Richard Scudamore
Wednesday 20 July 2011
The Premier League could be the first in the world to introduce goalline technology from the start of the 2012-13 season, according to its chief executive Richard Scudamore.
High Court legal bid to block library closures
Tuesday 19 July 2011
Library closures across the country are challenged for the first time at the High Court today.
Fight to save local libraries gets its day in court
Sunday 17 July 2011
As the first judicial reviews are heard this week, protestors warn David Cameron they will not give up
Market Report: Bookmakers fall on fears tax breaks could end
Friday 15 July 2011
As the proposal of new gambling legislation raised fears that tax breaks could be removed, the bookmakers were struggling to find backers yesterday with both Ladbrokes and William Hill finishing off the pace.
Jeremy Hunt pressed on BskyB ruling delay
Thursday 07 July 2011
The Government should explain its decision to apparently delay approval of Rupert Murdoch's bid to take over BSkyB, Labour said today.
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