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One Minute With: Mark Billingham, crime writer
Friday 20 April 2012
Where are you now and what can you see?
Hippies head for Noah’s Ark: Queue here for rescue aboard alien spaceship
Sunday 25 March 2012
Thousands of New Agers descend on mountain they see as haven from December's apocalypse
Nicholas Lezard: Who cares who killed Kennedy?
Tuesday 20 March 2012
These are the nut-jobs who believe Obama is a Muslim and the Jews were behind 9/11
Randy Newman, Royal Festival Hall, London
Gotye, Shepherds Bush Empire, London
Sunday 04 March 2012
Wouter de Backer, aka Gotye, may have a No1 under his belt, but he's a reluctant star. For a lesson in performance, over to Randy ...
Wenger furious over fixtures 'conspiracy'
Saturday 14 January 2012
Arsenal manager accuses rivals of using TV firms to 'fix' schedules to suit them
James Franco signs first-novel deal with Amazon
Thursday 05 January 2012
Who needs publishers? Not James Franco, the artsy Hollywood star who has just signed a deal to write his first novel; and not Amazon, the vast online retailer which beat the traditional giants of the industry to secure the high-profile author.
As celebrities choose Amazon, is this the end for publishers?
Thursday 05 January 2012
Deal for James Franco book fuels fears that online giant has become too dominant
Andrew Tyrie: 'Just carrying on as we are isn't an option'
Thursday 24 November 2011
The Business Interview: The chairman of the Treasury Select Committee has brought vigour and increased public examination to the role
Coe plays down IAAF voting snag
Thursday 25 August 2011
Lord Coe yesterday dismissed any notion of conspiracy theories after a second ballot was needed to elect vice-presidents of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) at the governing body's congress.
Novelist may have been victim of psychics' $40m scam, court told
Monday 22 August 2011
A best-selling romance novelist whose books sometimes explore themes of the paranormal may have been among the victims of a Fort Lauderdale-based fortune-telling scam.
Scientists and humanists fear creationist teaching is set to creep into more classrooms
Thursday 07 April 2011
Last summer the British Humanist Association co-ordinated a letter from scientists and educators to Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, urging him to specifically include the teaching of evolution in the primary schools curriculum. The Department of Education's reply indicated that this would be too prescriptive. However it went on to discuss creationism and intelligent design (ID), saying that, because they are not scientific, they do not form part of the national curriculum and should not be taught in science class.
Horoscopes: A sign of the times
Thursday 20 January 2011
Whether you're a believer or a sceptic, the allure of horoscopes is hard to ignore. But new findings suggest there may be more to the zodiac than meets the eye. By Genevieve Roberts
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