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  • All aboard!
    Saturday, 21 September 2002

    Internal link First canal since 19th century is opened in wave of restoration Down here in this space we are susceptible to a timely piece of symbolism. Imagine, then, the wry nods and arched eyebrows which gre...

  • The exams crisis should prompt a deeper rethink of the purposes of education
    Saturday, 21 September 2002

    Before the controversy over this year's A-levels becomes too mired in the defence of fixed positions, we should seize the chance to ask some fundamental questions. Not just about examinations but about the issue beyond that – the purposes of the educ...

  • A long march away from liberty and livelihood
    Saturday, 21 September 2002

    Tomorrow's march for Bloodsports and Subsidies is easy to mock. The incoherence of its demands, the hunting horns, the fancy dress, the block bookings of some of London's finest hotels and the balls (not parties) to round off a day of waving placards...

  • No pension? We'll just have to think creatively
    Saturday, 21 September 2002

    To those of us who have already laid careful plans, the latest bombshell from the Pensions Office was little more than water off a duck's back. I'm talking about the state pension, of course, the one I thought I'd be collecting on my 60th birthday, a...

  • Chris Bridge: Has the system reached breaking point?
    Friday, 20 September 2002

    Even this year, A-Level Results Day seemed to be going well. The usual pale faces came into the hall to pick up their results. Reluctant hands stretched out for the envelopes and hesitant feet moved students away to the corners of the room before the...

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Editor's Letter: Images of Woolwich suspects were used in public interest

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Farewell, Shameless. Your heirs have work to do

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Ian Rankin

Man About Town: Fake Psy just one bubble in the Cannes champagne

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