South African criticises lack of watering
Great Works: Madame de Pompadour at Her Toilette, 1750-c1760 (81.2cm x 64.9cm), by François Boucher
Saturday 26 May 2012
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Quins flourish by playing the generation game
Friday 25 May 2012
London club hope home-grown talent will graduate with honours against Leicester
Metal thefts 'costing £1m a week'
Monday 21 May 2012
Insurers are paying out more than £1 million a week to the victims of metal theft, the industry's association said today.
Worker's remorse over death of baby
Monday 14 May 2012
A workman who cut the base of a lamp post that later fell, fatally injuring a baby, wishes he had died instead, an inquest heard today.
Man rescued from factory fire
Saturday 12 May 2012
A plastics worker is lucky to be alive after a large blaze broke out at a factory.
Weak demand and prices hit ENRC
Friday 11 May 2012
FTSE 100 Kazakh miner ENRC warned yesterday that its revenue decreased "significantly" in the first quarter, as the group was hit by weak demand and declining prices.
Being Modern: Auto-Tune
Sunday 06 May 2012
It is as influential and manipulative as Simon Cowell. And, as psych-trance enthusiasts are wont to declaim at house parties, it's just as responsible FOR THE DEATH OF MUSIC. Few technological advancements outside of a nuclear arms race have been as divisive as Auto-Tune.
The world's most threatened tribe
Sunday 29 April 2012
Survival International's campaign, backed by the actor Colin Firth, seeks to protect the life and lands of Brazil's Awa people
Biggest ever collection of Chinese artefacts set to arrive in Britain
Saturday 28 April 2012
The largest collection of ancient Chinese royal treasures ever permitted to leave China will go on display in Britain next week.
First profit in four years for UK Coal, but pit closure still likely
Saturday 28 April 2012
UK Coal posted a profit for the first time in four years yesterday – but said it is still in talks about closing its Daw Mill pit in the West Midlands.
From the depths to the heavens: star director sets out to mine asteroids
Wednesday 25 April 2012
After his journey to the bottom of the sea, James Cameron has a new far-flung idea
Matthew Norman on Monday: A Ukip alliance? Murdoch may have news for Leveson...
Monday 23 April 2012
Here's one to file under the header of Idiotic Predictions Not Worth a Second Thought, assuming it merits a first thought, but is Rupert Murdoch preparing to put The Sun's electoral weight behind Ukip?
Miner close to Afghan rights
Sunday 22 April 2012
Afghan Gold, a venture formed by Ian Hannan – the star rainmaker recently accused of market abuse – has been shortlisted for a string of mining licences in the war-torn state.








