News Reports Archive March 2008
Hard Graft Pays Off As America Falls for Latest British Pop Diva
Show Me the Money
The Gentle Giant of Paris
Covent Garden Looks Done for
Keeping Labour Spirits Up
Jobs Are Used to Justify Anything, But the Numbers Don't Add Up
Save the Bbc From These Murdoch-pleasing Predators
In Praise of ... Sodom and Gomorrah
April Fools' Dismay
Welcome to the Worldwide Sitting Room
And Now, Log on for Net Losses
CIA Puts the World at Your Fingertips
Brailsford's Dark Night of the Soul Ended By Gb's Golden Dawn
Safety First
Beat the Retreat
Clarkson for Prime Minister? It's Time Women Fought Back
Painful Truth Behind the Revenue's Slipped Disk
Forget Restoring the Status Quo, It's Time to Put the World to Rights
All Middle Class, Maybe. All the Same? No
Those Who Control Oil and Water Will Control the World
A Shameful Way to Treat Women Prisoners
Terminal 5, Another British Cock-up That Had to Happen
According to Local Sources, This Could Be a Real Winner
Making a Movie Twice
In Praise of ... Howard Brenton
A Euro-army is Fantasy Land. We Need Our American Ally
Why Are We Still There?
Show Me the Money
Internet Angst
One Small Electoral Change Could Rouse the Sulking, Apathetic Hordes
I Got Caught Speeding and Had to Attend a Workshop - It Was Worse Than Getting Points on My Licence
With So Many of Our Local Post Offices Destined for the Chop, What Will Become of the Pensioners?
Are Subnotebooks Stepping Out of the Shadows at Last?
In Praise of ... the Land Rover
Called to Account
Sex, Pies and Videotape: Manager Bids for Posterior-ty
We're More Angry and Less Able to Deal With It
This is Not About Men
Brown and Straw's Best Bet is to Go Out Like Butch and Sundance
Bloodshed in Basra
Put Out More Flags
In Praise of ... 35mm Film
New Wave Should Sweep Away the Old Guard
Diary
Price and Perception
On the Buses
The Ogaden: a Forgotten War Draining a Forgotten People
The True Chill Factor
In Praise of ... Epitaphs
The Naive Armchair Warriors Are Fighting a Delusional War
Conscientious Objections
If the City Won't Put Its House in Order, Politicians Must
They Led Us Into a Disastrous War, Yet Still They Prosper. Why?
Why is Poor Dr Walshaw in the Soup?
Come On, Let's Give Heather the Thumbs-up for a Change
The Day My Father Put a Song in My Heart
Tall Tales
In Praise of ... Evan Davis
False Memoir Syndrome
Anti-natal
A Shot of Southern Comfort Can Unite the Warring Halves of Labour's Brain
In Trouble, Again
In Praise Of... the Council of Nicaea
London's Election Holds the Future for Progressive Politics, Not Just Ken
Fear and Flying
Food Fixation is the Real Enemy - Not Fray Bentos
Cameron's Down-home Hokum is Going to Backfire
In Praise of ... the Duchess of Medina Sidonia
Tightrope Walk for Cameron on Tax
Diary
Seeking Shelter From the Storm
How to Spend a Year Turning Your Life Into a Book
Lessons to Be Learned
Tipping Points
In Praise of ... Mayors
If It's Classy Commentary, It Must Be Peter O'sullevan
You Should Be Very Careful in Your Rush to Judge Scarlett's Mother
Less Happy Families, More Ideas, Please
As Scarlett's Mother Mourns, Middle England Should Take Heed
How Many Jobs Does an Ex-pm Need?
My Lulu of an Idea to Save the Planet
We're Getting Choice, Whether We Want It or Not
Let's Introduce a Gcse in How to Handle Money
Offering the Gift of Life - for Free
Snapshot Polls: Cheap, Cheerful and Unfocused
What Price for Our Papers in Tough Times?
Channel 4's Cultural Shock
By the Book
Elitism for Everyone
In Praise of ... Gavin and Stacey
The Land Where the Hippy Trail Reaches a Historic Impasse
Peace and Justice
This Crisis Has a Life of Its Own
England's Lucky Jumper Lives to Dye Another Day
Better Times
There is Nothing Dull About a Budget That Rescues Thousands From Poverty
Exit, Stage-right
Mothers and Monsters
The Big Squeeze
A Paler Shade of Green
Dangerously Dull
The Internet is the Ultimate Labour-creating Device
Riveting It Most Certainly Wasn't
This Po-faced Rectitude
Citizen Goldsmith
In Praise of ... Budget Tradition
Botched Job
Hard Times
Science and Faith Slug It Out Again
For the Government and the Consumer, the Party's Over
Charlie Brooker's Screen Burn
The Dead Parrot Defence Used to Be Just Farcical. Now That Killers Are Using It Things Are Getting Serious
Málaga to Manchester
In Praise of ... Chiwetel Ejiofor
To Tackle Sleaze, Parliament Needs a Chief Executive
Clegg's Comeback
Harsh Truth Behind Oil at $105 a Barrel
Oh No, Not Another Psychopathic Nun
Darling's Budget Must Set a Bold Agenda
Channel 4 Must Turn a Crisis Into a Drama
The Devastating Price of Britain's Cocaine Habit
September 21 1988: Thatcher Sets Face Against United Europe
An End to the Lav Affair
This Shambles is in Fact a Sign of Lib Dem Strength
An Unconvincing Contest
The Politics of a Comedown
Preserve and Be Damned
A Country of Gulfs
In Praise of ... Confession
Our Modern Madeleines
Britain's New Black Power
In Praise of ... Dungeons & Dragons
Look Back in Anger
Sorry, I Binge Responsibly
In Praise of ... Placebos
Painful Admissions
All is Not Lost for New Leader
Pomp and Ignorance
Shelter's Hard Choices Will Strike Others
Life's an Admission Lottery
When We're Treated Like Criminals, Not Victims
In Praise of ... the British Space Programme
Super Tuesday, Again
Reassuringly Expensive No More
The Dreadnoughts Battle on
I Cry Over Anything Lately. Is It Because I'm Getting Old?
Don't Invite Traders to Your Barbeque
Sarko Goes Nuclear
Is This Upbeat Feeling in Brussels Warranted?
Dodgy Dealing Hits Fantasy Stock-picking Contest
Coal and Steel in Celebratory Mood at Eu Birthday Party
Spare a Thought for the Hedgies
Imitation of Life
Hail, Hail, Rock'n'roll
Let's Dance
Don't Mention the Crunch
At Home With Uncle Sam
Expect Change Only in Name As 'putvedev' Takes the Reins
Entrepreneurs Come Out of the Webwork
Why Can't a Man Be More Like a Car?
Our Ministers Should Forget America and Study the Mail
The Creation of a Hero Prince Hides the True Cost of War
Nothing for Something
Official: Onion Makes Your Eyes Water
Cherchez La Femme
An Unsustainable Scam
In Defeat, in Denial
Carla Dresses for Success
Will Dave Be Dancing in Beijing?
What the Contestants on The Apprentice Need is a Good Slagging Off. Allow Me to Get the Ball Rolling ...
Shia Cleric Orders Followers to End Iraq Clashes
Can Fabio Turn Double Negatives Into Positives?
In Praise of ... Paper Airplanes
Playing the Boycott Game
Bliss of the Bus-crawl
America Lauds Martin Luther King, But Undermines His Legacy Every Day
Brown Should Not Rule Out a Beijing Boycott
Me Misspeak? Now You Mention It ...
I'm Proud to Carry the Olympic Torch Despite Tibet
All That Smooching Was Far Too Cordiale
Core Values That Turned Apple Into the Best Store in Town
Indy Guerrillas in the Irish Mist
In Praise Of... Arsčne Wenger
Mugabe's Last Stand
Why Piracy Isn't Such a Bad Thing for Music
Band of Brothers
One is Not Amused. But the Rest Are Wowed
'Look at Me! I'm at the Castle!'
England Leave Capello With Much to Ponder
In Praise of ... Service Compris
Timid Brown Must Catch Up With Reality
Mr Brown's Getting a Grip on Number 10, But Not on Voters
A Clarion Call
Health Warning
Italy's Industrialists Angry and Impatient for Change
In Praise of ... Citizens Advice
Whitehall Could Put 'scroungers' to Work
Beijing's Hammer Blows
Carbon Capture is Turning Out to Be Just Another Great Green Scam
PM Gabbles As Storm Swirls
Carry on Polluting
We Talked to the Ira, So Why Can't We Talk to Al-qaida?
A Deluded Wall Street Threatens the World Economy
Five Years On, the Hard Lessons That We Must Learn From Iraq
Greece and its Investments in the Balkans: Trojan Horse or Reliable Partner?
Terminated Yugoslavia – Exploding ‘Ethiopia’
Unpopular Populist
Brown Shouldn't Deny the Potency of Climate Change
Credit Crunch, Act Two
In a Fix
In Praise of ... Sparkling Wine
All the Troubles in the World
UN Heading for Iraq-style Disaster in Darfur, Warn Officials
Never Mind the Media, What About the Crisis?
Sudan Warns West of 'iraq-style Disaster' in Darfur
A Job Well Done
Speedo Slows Down
To Rescue the Two-state Solution, Israel Must Make Peace With Syria
Follow China's Aid Lead, Sudan Urges West
Making Gps More Accessible is Just a Disguised Concession to Big Business
This Minister for Fatcats is Stuck in a Blairite Time Warp
What Will Happen When Thatcher Does Fall Off Her Perch? Will Anyone Remember Who She Really Was?
Sudan Rounds on Western Critics
Mississippi Delta Lawyer's Murder Recalled 11 Years Later; Questions Remain
Labour's Handling of Legal Aid Makes a Mockery of Its Rhetoric on Fairness
It Might Be Successful, But Does It Make Sense?
It is Hard to Tell Who is the More Despicable: the General or Pinochet's Fellow-travelling Apologists in Britain
My Silence About the Terrorists Was Only Partly Cowardice
Sinking Into Recession
A Quick Steer on the Way to Tackle Rugby's Big Beasts
Clubbers and Music Fans Are Damaging Their Hearing. The Answer? Earplugs With Bling
This is About Power, Not Shared Sexual Characteristics
Prescription for Change
It Has Been a Farce, But This Crisis Needn't End in Tragedy
A Bright Future for Luxury Cars?
It Pays to Think Big With Digital Camera Sensors
A Dangerous Raid
Did the Standard Tell the Truth About the Heathrow Climate Change Camp?
Meles Urges West to Change Tack on Kenya
Crisis is One More Storm in East Africa
Is Mccain the New Comeback Kid?
NGOs Accuse Miffed Mandy of Neo-imperialism
Will Eu See the Light?
Auto Ice Man Puts the Freeze on Rivals
Nobody Expects the Spanish Acquisition to Succeed
Chicago - the Emerald City?
Fighting the Motown Blues
Back in Black
Euro Fat Cats Under Attack
Obama Must Build a Movement to Take Him Beyond the White House
Harry's Tour Masks a Deeper Afghan Malaise