News Reports Archive September 2009
It's the Piddling Issues Wot Might Win It
Why Has Andrew Marr Been Criticised for Asking Gordon Brown If He Was on Antidepressants?
Fifa v Pro Evo: the War for Your Calloused Thumb
Nils Pratley: Bankers and Bonuses
Sir Stuart Rose: Capitalism's Knight in Shining Armour
Polly Toynbee: A New Public Services: Ed Balls's Promise to Cut £2bn From Schools is Typical of This Disastrous Fastest-axer-takes-all Fight
Jonathan Freedland:a New Public Services: Some Like to Describe the Nhs As a Government-run Insurance Scheme. But That Hardly Captures the Essence of a Public Service
John Vidal: A New Public Services: Green Space, Health and Economic Development Are Proved to Be Linked – This is Where the Money Should Be Spent
Alan Travis: A New Public Services: Pressure on Spending Will Increase the Need for Reform, Not for a Backlash Over Police Numbers
Revelation is the Most Important Element, Now That Publishers Are So Desperate for Media Attention
Hugh Muir: A New Public Services: Doncaster, Under Peter Davies, Its New Mayor, is Seeing an Extreme Version of 'soft' Cuts
Michael White: A New Public Services: How Can We Help the Nhs to Nurture Social Solidarity While Retaining the Essentials of Our Cherished Free Society?
Afua Hirsch: A New Public Services: Legal Aid is the Unofficial Extra Pillar of the Welfare State, and Desperately Needs an Overhaul
Peter Hetherington: A New Public Services: These Public Service Cuts Are an Opportunity for Councils to Go Back to the Drawing Board and Create Efficiency
Jane Dudman:a New Public Services: In Hard Times We Want More Public Services, With Better Leaders.how Can They Be Equipped to Bear the Attacks?
Taking Families 'into Care' is a Better Option for Children
Productive Investment in Education Lies With the Very Youngest Children
Simon Hoggart: The Gist of the Pm's Conference Speech Was, That After 13 Years, Labour Fancies a Crack at Government
Gordon Brown's Speech: Welcome to Dreamland
Eric Allison: A New Public Services: If We Get It Right With Young Offenders, We Pave the Way Towards a More Civilised Criminal Justice System
Blurred Picture at Jessops
This Was Probably the Last Prime Ministerial Speech of His Lifetime
A Surprisingly Profitable Recession
Michele Hanson: A New Public Services: Let the Developers and the Super-wealthy Experience a Bit of Austerity for a Change
Deborah Orr: A New Public Services: Lay Off the Long-term Unemployed for Now. In a Recession We Need a Self-help Model, Like Alcoholics Anonymous, That Gives Practical Support and Advice
Public Service Privatisation is a Fast Track to Corruption and Higher Costs
Polly Toynbee: A New Public Services: Ed Balls' Promise to Cut £2bn From Schools is Typical of This Disastrous Fastest-axer-takes-all Fight
David Brindle: A New Public Services: Personal Budgets Are the Most Significant Social Policy Reform of This Government As Budgets Shrink and We Try to Do More for Less
Cory Doctorow: The Corporation is Set to Betray Licence-fee Payers and the Uk Tech Industry By Caving in to Hollywood Studios' Demands
Madeleine Bunting:a New Public Services: The Big Challenge is to Put Compassion and Attentiveness Back at the Centre of Public Services
Gordon Brown: the Clunking Fist Thumps Its Last Tub
Tanya Gold: Gordon Brown is 'delighted', David Cameron is 'delighted'. I Am 'repelled'.
Our Belief in Education Must Survive These Troubled Times
The Labour Party Rose, Not Just to Applaud, But to Cheer Him, to Whoop at Him, to Adore Him
Michael White Picks His Heroes and Villains of the Second Day at the Brighton Centre
Racing Fans Entitled to See Red As Bbc Pushes the Button on Arc Day
Snatching Defeat From Yawning Jaws
Marcel Berlins: The Law Lords' Move Outside Parliament Could Mean Braver and More Combative Decisions
No Need to Buy Reduced-alcohol Bottle When You Can Just Add Water to a Decent One, Says the Guardian's Wine Critic
Michael White Picks His Hero, Tease, Diversity Joke and Villain of the Day at the Brighton Centre
Fox Good, Fox Bad – and Where Are You Twittering From?
Denis O'brien Rocks Independent's Boat ... Again
Heaney's Beowulf: Sophisticated People With a Love of Words
Cuts Could Make Cameron a Hate Figure
Capello's Early Bath a Wash-out for Legal Profession
Daily Mail's Net Gains May Have More Showbiz Glamour Than Real Quality
Kraft's Bid to Buy Cadbury Means It's Time We Stopped Selling Off Uk Plc
Bankers Moan While Real Families Suffer
In Princes We Trust ... to Do Absolutely Nothing Useful
KitKats, Choucroute, and Gobstoppers
This Week
Did You Fall for Swaddles Organic Swindle?
A Fiver for the Elgin Marbles, Anyone?
The Speaker's New Broom
Alexander Chancellor: Unearthing the Anglo-saxon Treasure Will Spark a Modern Gold Rush
Ricky Gervais
JJB Shareholders Should Back Any Cash Call
Is Suri Cruise the Height of Fashion?
The Politics of Strictly
Baroness Scotland: What a Fine Mess
Deborah Orr: Who Are They and Why is Everyone Out to Get Them?
The Problems of Subtitling the News
Michael White: Nick Clegg Gave a Decent and Assured Performance But It Was Not the Speech of a Prime Minister in Waiting
Simon Hoggart: Nick Clegg Strode Out on to the Platform to Make, Once Again, the Most Important Speech of His Life
Cory Doctorow: You Can't Really Make a 3d Movie While the Money Comes From 2d Dvds. And As for Art-house 3d? Forget It
Cadbury's Fate Could Rest on the Chance to Make a Quick Profit
Takeover Attack By Myners Identifies Real Problem
The Lloyd's Chairman's Attack on the Fsa Was a Cheap Bit of Flag-waving for the City
Levene's Lament for City is Ill-timed
Shareholders Can Only Stand By and Watch As the Housebuilder Tries to Reconstruct Its Fortunes
Barratt Starts Building All Over Again
Fees Mount As Barratt Rebuilds
Jennifer Aniston Movies, Hateful Horror Films, Cosmetic Surgery – What the Us Should Ban
Capping Interest Rates is Not the Way to Stop Irresponsible Lending to People Who Can't Afford the Loan
Another View on Ben Hur Live
And They're Off! But Does the Live Chariot Race in Ben Hur at the O2 Arena Measure Up to the 2.20 at Kempton Park? Racing Commentator Graham Goode Delivers His Verdict
Michael White: The Heroes and Villains of the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
Simon Hoggart: Dozens of Schoolchildren Trooped Into the Conference Hall to Hear the End of the Liberal Democrats' Debate on Afghanistan
Large Profits Made By Trading Banks Are a Legitimate Matter of Social Interest, Rather Than an Entirely Private Matter, Argues Lord Turner
Lord Turner Presses Banks to Moderate Bonus Payouts
We Need a Swift Decision on Cadbury Takeover
Tanya Gold: Her Confessionals Highlight the Agonies of Women. Is That Why Other Women Columnists Hate Her So Much?
A Sour, Healthy Shot of Vince
Lloyds Banking Group Launches Mortgage-backed Bonds
Alliance Trust Turns in a Dull But Virtuous Performance
Where Next for the Observer?
It's (long Pause) Nick Clegg
Charlie Brooker: Yesterday I Left Planet Earth for Some Time – and What a Ride It Was!
Liberal Democrat Conference Diary
Marcel Berlins: Scotland's Chief Law Officer Was Wrong to Criticise the Efforts By Megrahi to Challenge His Conviction
Thanks to the Web, Kanye West's Bizarre Stage Invasion Has Become a Work of Art
A Flawed Law Fleet Street Failed to Spot
London O2, 18 September 2009
What Answer to Future of Bbc?
In Pittsburgh Leaders Should Spare the Speeches and Fix Financial Institutions
Internet News: There's No Such Thing As a Giveaway
Observer Stays for the Weekend
Google Cracks the Secret of Net Display Advertising
The Tories Are Wrong to Talk About Cuts in Public Spending
Little Wonder Katie Price Won't Name Her Rapist
Nick Clegg Must Blow Up David Cameron's Love Bombs
It's a Bit Rich Coming From Labour, But Timms is Right About Moral Duty
Have Bankers at Long Last Grasped the Point?
Face to Faith
In the Shade of Unchecked Materialism, Social Pessimism Continues to Grow
Alexander Chancellor: Mayor Bloomberg is Extending the New York Smoking Ban to Outdoor Public Spaces, So London Will Probably Follow Suit in a Year or Two
Barclays' Caymans Conundrum a Cause for Concern
Blockbuster Films on Tv
Michael White: Labour's Slender Hope Lies in the Conviction That Voters Outside the M25 Will Rumble Cameron and Osborne As Slick, Well-fed Metropolitans
Cadbury Takeover Bid Not So Well Krafted
Barclays' Opaque Asset Deal
The Bank Has Sold $12.3bn of Toxic Loans to Some of Its Own Former Employees – and Lent Them the Money to Buy It
Prisoners Are Ready for a Taste of Democracy
Hadley Freeman: How Can I Resist Such a Renegade Mad Max Figure?
Michael White: In Contrast to Gordon Brown and George Osborne, the Liberal Democrat Unveiled Specific Suggestions for Cuts in Public Spending
The Hurt Locker's Portrayal of Bomb Defusers in Iraq is Not Only Silly But Staggeringly Offensive, Says Expert Guy Marot
Cory Doctorow: You Can't Really Make a 3d Movie While the Money Comes From 2d Dvds. And As for Art-house 3d? Forget It
Why Economics Condemns 3d to Be No More Than a Blockbuster Gimmick
The Queen of Unkindness
Politicians Must End Their Silence on Fees
Executive Pay: a Hall of Shame
Keep Banks on the Straight and Narrow
Expenses Earthquake Will Provide More Shockwaves
Even in Death the Queen Mother is Still Polishing Her Image
The Corporate Gravy Train is Still on Track But is the Mood Shifting?
New Direction Required at the Top of Television
End of Recession? Not for the Unemployed
Charlie Brooker: What Links Lord Mandelson, Damien Hirst and the Music Industry?
US Could Shift Afghanistan Focus Towards Eastern Provinces
Newspapers' Cut-price Clues to the Circulation Puzzle
BBC Hasn't Won the Battle With Murdoch, It's Beginning a Long War
Craig Brown Sugars Daily Mail's Sourness
No Tóibín, No Trevor? Yes, It's Time for More Booker Controversy
Newspapers Add Pages But Shed Staff
Labour or the Conservatives: Which Party Will Make the Cruellest Cuts?
Everyone's Invited to the Birthday Bash for Blogger
From the Booker to the Bbc: Why Our Culture is Escaping Into the Past
We Should Lose Our Taste for Foreign Takeovers
Slashing the National Debt Can Wait. First We Must Invest, Invest, Invest
Dear Bbc, Why Oh Why Don't You Just Ditch the Licence Fee?
Hurrah for the Windsors' Wedding
David Cameron's Not As Stupid As He Looks
If Labour Doesn't Fight the Tide, It Will Be Drowned By It
Why Target Poppy Fields and Not Breweries?
I'm a Beatles Fanatic. But This is Just Overkill
Tories Learn to Love Localism
Bebe Neuwirth
New Ball Please? Fun and Games at Itv
How Quickly National Express Went Off the Rails
TV Matters: Question Time
Flight of Fancy Shot Down
Michael Billington: Why Critics Matter
Glut of Cash Sends Ftse Soaring
Lloyd Gives Us a Glimpse of Gold
Confusion Reigns Over Marks & Spencer Succession Race
Sexual Abuse of Models is Fashion's Dirty Secret
At Last, This Mercury Prize is Fit for Purpose
'I Want Social Work to Be Deservedly Valued By the Public'
Why Obama Needs a Big Play As Reality Takes Over
Deutsche Telekom's Troubles With Britain's Mobile Phones
It's Time Venice Stopped Hating Tourists
Naming Edlington Pair Would Benefit No One
Murdoch Jr Gives Bbc a Preview of the Battle Ahead
Westminster's Lobby is Too Clubby
Contemplating the Scale of the Universe Makes a Mockery of Household Chores
Radio Used to Feel Like a Fabulous Party You Weren't Invited To. Now It's More Like a Night in the Pub
It's Delightful and Lacerating – Lies From a Publisher's Argot
I'm Booking a Seat for Google's Battle to Buy Our Literary Heritage
Banks Prefer to Turn on Lord Turner When They Should Turn Over a New Leaf
The Beatles
Robbie Returns
For Women, Taxis Must Still Be a Haven
Children Need More From Us Than Just Giving Them Rights
As the Bible Wisely Says, the Tweet Shall Inherit the Earth
Berlusconi Claims a Vatican Scalp
Saving Lives? It's Patently Obvious
Simon Hoggart's Week: Whatever Happened to Snollygosters?
Every Story Looks Different From the End
Doncaster: How Do You Prevent the Unpredictable?
The Debate About Assisted Dying Needs to Move on
Greens Swap Hair Shirts for Card Votes
Hail, Hail, Rock 'n' Roll
No Need to Panic About Supply of Golden Eggs From Bankers
Iran Appoints First Woman Cabinet Minister for 30 Years
TV Matters: Bbc Ten O'clock News
It's Time to Explode the Myth That All Children Evacuated From the Blitz Were Well Treated
BP's Find Won't Kill Off Peak Oil Theory
Hargreaves Lansdown's £11m Dividend is Tactless
How Tactful is Hargreaves's £11m Dividend?
Not Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
Peaks Can Be an Antidote to the Troughs of Mental Illness
The Pm's Straw in the Wind