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01 December 2009

How Victoria Pendleton got it wrong with her first Olympic gold

How Victoria Pendleton got it wrong with her first Olympic gold Looking back on things 15 months after her finest sporting achievement, the cycling sprint Olympic gold, Victoria Pendleton reckons her tactics went a bit awry in Beijing.

Not on the track, obviously, where the British, Commonwealth and world champion sprint cyclist eased to victory with a cold-eyed assurance that was almost frightening to observe. But in the press...

30 November 2009

Royal Society's 350th anniversary year begins

Some of the most famous scientific papers in the history of the Royal Society are published online today to mark its 350th anniversary.

Sir Isaac Newton's landmark account on how white light is comprised of the colours of the spectrum and Professor Stephen Hawking's early writing on black holes are among 60 papers to be put...

27 November 2009

Is Brad Pitt's Dubai dream in ruins?

Is Brad Pitt's Dubai dream in ruins? There's trouble in paradise – and Brad could suffer because of it

Lost in Showbiz was almost too upset to come to the keyboard to type this, but I'm afraid there's horrid news from the paradise that is Dubai. By paradise, I mean, of course, a Middle Eastern...

26 November 2009

Champions League: Porto v Chelsea - as it happened

Champions League: Porto v Chelsea - as it happened John Terry thinks Chelsea are getting scary again.

You can't say Carlo Ancelotti lacks chutzpah. OK, you can. But you'd be wrong. When it was put to the Italian (the one I mentioned in the first sentence ... I suppose I could simply have repeated his...

25 November 2009

Record levels of domestic abuse in Scotland

Record levels of domestic abuse in Scotland Record numbers of Scots men and women are being beaten up by their partners, with domestic abuse levels soaring eight per cent in the past year.

Official figures show police forces across Scotland recorded 53,681 incidents in 2008-09, an increase of 4,026 on the previous year and more than 10,000 since 2004-05.Women were the victims in 84 per...

24 November 2009

Margaret Thatcher returns to Downing Street

Margaret Thatcher returns to Downing Street Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher returned to 10 Downing Street to attend the unveiling of her portrait.

Dressed in a long royal-blue jacket, Baroness Thatcher was greeted on the steps of her former residence by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah.Mr Brown shook hands with Lady Thatcher, who...

23 November 2009

Bradshaw takes the gloves off

Bradshaw takes the gloves off On the eve of the bill determining Britain's digital future, Ben Bradshaw attacks the Tory leader's 'pact' with the Murdochs and defends the BBC, if not its Trust, from its 'circling enemies'. He speaks to James Robinson

After years of debate, two weighty reports and endless agonising over BBC funding, the future of Channel 4 and how best to prop up ITV, the sense of anticlimax is palpable. Published on Friday, the...

20 November 2009

The History of D Johann Faustus

The History of D Johann Faustus Royal Festival Hall

Between Two Worlds, the London Philharmonic's Schnittke festival, is very much a pet project of the orchestra's music director Vladimir Jurowski. The spine of its programme is the series of four...

19 November 2009

Coraline author Neil Gaiman received 'hate mail' for liking Rudyard Kipling

Coraline author Neil Gaiman received 'hate mail' for liking Rudyard Kipling Neil Gaiman, the author behind the surprise film hit Coraline, received "hate mail" for professing that Rudyard Kipling was one of his literary heroes.

Gaiman has just been awarded the Booktrust Teenage Prize for his first full-length novel since Coraline, called The Graveyard Book, which is based on The Jungle Book.But he said some of his readers...

18 November 2009

Can recession resuscitate our theatre?

Can recession resuscitate our theatre? The affluent days of government grants could end with the election – just the thing to give teeth to our idling arts sector

After a dozen fat years, it seems there will follow as many lean ones for the arts world. However politicians fudge it, the cuts that are coming after the election will be deep. They will also bring...

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