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| Simon Hoggart's Week: Gordon Brown and Other Planets Simon Hoggart: A labor MP told me No 10 has become bunker, with PM in complete denial of outside world |
Fools Gold In the face of recession, record labels are boxing clever, says Ben Wardle |
| Bring It On Again (and Again, and Again) They've long been typecast as all-American, sexually rapacious zombie bitches, says Andrea Hubert. Do we still need to save... |
Merrie Lark in the Country Simon Hoggart: Every month Commons questions about agriculture bring us a world of misery for farmers |
| Meanwhile, Back in the Real World Marina Hyde: It emerged that the correct planning permission was not obtained for Sir Cliff Richard's conservatory and it... |
Jacko's Music Could Live on - Through His Kids Marina Hyde: At last, there is light at the end of the tunnel, and once again it fell to family patriarch Joe Jackson to... |
| Gloom That Not Even Mario and Sonic Could Lighten Kathryn Hopkins: Britain's leading index ended up more than tripling its initial 30-point fall |
A Certain Age Michele Hanson: My old dog is going down the drain. She has arthritis and a fused spine |
| Weatherwatch Kate Ravilious: As much of the UK swelters this week, it seems that our attitude to such weather is likely to change... |
Playing the Percentage Game Simon Hoggart: Again, David Cameron accused the prime minister of being in the bunker |
| Trust is Easy to Lose, Impossible to Regain Michael White: Voters seem to accept the distinction between a direct lie and being economical with the truth but the... |
Those Hoax Myths Debunked David Adam dismantles the fluttering flag, phantom coke bottle and other evidence against moon landing |
| Sony's Ps3 Home: Like Going to the Pub, Without Leaving Your House Keith Stuart: Sony has finally laid out its ambitious vision for Home, the PS3 online virtual world |
OMG: Tweeting Parliament Simon Hoggart: The modern form of communication is Twitter, and from now on the parliamentary sketch is going to be in the... |
| Hardline Smoking Ban Just Isn't Fit for Purpose Psychiatric units in England are experiencing considerable difficulties implementing the smoking ban, says Clare Allan |
A New Plan for Schools - But Who Pays, and Who Will Be the Enforcer? Michael White: Balls's white paper retains an over-optimistic gloss. But the Tories leave too much to the market |
| Bankers Shaken But Not Stirred The theme of the annual BBA conference was 'Restoring Confidence, Moving Forward' |
Farewell to Pina Bausch, the Dangerous Magician of Modern Dance Judith Mackrell: Beautiful and strange, tragic yet hopeful, Pina Bausch's creations entranced audiences. The news of her... |
| When I'm Dead, How Will My Loved Ones Break My Password? Tales from the encrypt: If you care about the integrity of your data, it's time to investigate solutions for accessing and... |
Gordon is Finally Ready for His Close-up Simon Hoggart: I realized that this government is actually living its life backwards, like Benjamin Button in the film |
| Fat Celebrities a Danger to Our Health? Come Off It Susie Orbach: We are in a culture that is so fat-phobic you wouldn't have thought fat people could be any more demonized |
Cable Girl: Heartbeat Lucy Mangan: Two harassed executive producers are sitting in an anonymous room, deep in the bowels of ITV |
| To Heaven By Water By Justin Cartwright David opens a bottle of Chateau Newton - there are no lengths to which Justin won't go to get this novel published by... |
Forget Flowers for Wossy, Take Care of the Public Opinion, Jane Martinson: Senior BBC executives believe the challenges other media face are forcing us to lash out at such... |
| Michael Jackson's Death Hit Glastonbury Hard – and the News Channels Harder Charlie Brooker: How the BBC, ITV and Sky trumped Glastonbury for Jacko hysteria |
Writ Large: Another Moral Panic, Another Rushed Bill Marcel Berlins: Hastily drawn, ill-thought out legislation created in panic rarely works |
| Forget the Geezers; This Was All About the Sirens Laura Barton on why this year's Glastonbury bill illustrated just how many extraordinary female musicians currently lead... |
BBC Expenses Scandal? It Just Doesn't Add Up Peter Preston: It's ludicrous to turn the BBC's expenses into a foaming cause célèbre |
| It's Not Bankers Who Deserve the Credit - It's Investment-starved British Industry Ruth Sunderland: It is depressing that vast riches are the only way to lure a banker into public service |
Holden Caulfield? He's, Like, So Lame ... Robert McCrum: JD Salinger's lawsuit against alleged 'rip off' gives Catcher in the Rye a blast of fresh publicity |
| Well, It's Easier Than Writing It Yourself Robert McCrum: This month's literary chutzpah prize goes to the inimitable Adam Thirlwell |
The Plutocrats Aren't So Patronising Now Charles Saumarez Smith: Do you want to see good leadership in Britain? Well, look to the arts, not business or politics |
| Power to the People! Great Idea, Mr Brown, But How? Andrew Rawnsley: This week, the prime minister will promise to make public services more accountable and responsive to... |
They Just Don't Get It, Do They? Actually, They Just Don't Care Catherine Bennett: It is the phrase that encapsulates a nation's discontent. Shame it's lost on those who caused the... |
| Eminem and Mariah: Obsessed Eminem disses Mariah. Mariah disses Eminem. Priya Elan is confused |
The Hollywood Mob Why does Hollywood never tire of gangster movies? Because we never tire of watching them, says Joe Queenan - not even the... |
| Beware the Double-glazing Salesman Ian Jack: The biggest threat to conservation areas is not new development - it's PVC windows |
Michael Jackson - the Barack Obama of Pop Music Joseph Harker: The first black artist to become a true pop superstar captured all races in all nations |
| Never Knowingly Under-cyberpanicked Simon Hoggart: The most alarming thing in David Hanson's statement to the Commons is that all of these cyber-security... |
Look Here, Chaps ... There were some lovely clothes on the catwalks of Milan and Paris. Shame men don't pay any attention, writes Charlie Porter |
| Anti-natal Zoe Williams: I have started boring passersby with tedious observations about T. I genuinely make myself sick |
On Film: Hollywood Sister Flicks Anne Billson: In Hollywood, sisters are rarely standalone characters; they're two halves of a whole, like the separated... |
| New Speaker Brings Crisp Order to Clash of Titans Simon Hoggart: Bercow versus Fabricant at prime minister's questions! What a match it was, like David v Goliath, Ali v... |
Older People Are Angry - Just Look at Our Pensions - But That Doesn't Mean We Should Turn to Crime Alexander Chancellor: There is more reason here than in Germany for pensioners to resort to violent protest. But most of... |
| David Cameron's Self-inflicted Isolation From the Big Guns Could Backfire Michael White: The basis for Tory complacency over Europe is not completely misplaced |
Net Surveillance and Filters Are a Reality for Europe, Too Kevin Anderson: It's easy to point to countries such as Iran while overlooking the increasing filtering and surveillance of... |
| The Open University – 40 Today, and a Genius for Our Times The OU's concept of distance learning began a genuine revolution in access to higher education that continues four decades on |
Mr Speaker Wants Pith Artists Simon Hoggart: Calling out names and occasionally getting ratty will be the easiest part of John Bercow's job |
| A Month in Ambridge Nancy Banks-Smith: Ever since he met Vicky, Mike has been a glowing ball of satisfaction, a sort of solar-powered milkman |
An Insider's Guide to Some Plum Vacancies Jon Henley: Owing to a number of unforeseen resignations, GravyTrain Jobs trading as Serendipity Employment plc has... |
| Last Night's Tv: Imagine, Property Snakes and Ladders Tim Dowling: One can't feel her feet, another has a hip replacement - but they're pulling in the dance crowd |
I Refuse to Join the Chorus of Outrage About Bruno. It's a Very Moral Film - Despite the Pygmy Sex Hadley Freeman: Frankly, I'm far more offended by movies in which the gay character is, yet again, the neutered sidekick |
| Dragged Most Willingly to Perch on His New Throne Simon Hoggart: Never was a new Speaker so easily propelled, John Bercow skipping merrily from the benches |
Cable Girl Lucy Mangan on Californication |
| A Champion's Mind By Pete Sampras 'For some reason I had no best friends - or any friends, for that matter - but I did believe in God because he had given me... |
Barton's Britain: Liverpool, Home of the Tanning Salon Laura Barton: In the sun bed capital of Britain, the sharp increase in skin cancer rates feels almost irrelevant. Here, the... |
| There's Quite a Lot in a Name Why did Dius have to end, asks Estelle Morris |
London Theatre is Far From Immune From the Credit Crunch Mark Lawson: British theatre is bucking the recession – but only by embracing hoary old classics |
| New Speaker Must Face Down Ministers Michael White: The speaker's role of controlling the Commons, MPs and ministers matters most now |
A Bad Day for Bloggers and Democracy Courts have some way to go before understanding the full impact of democratized media, says Emily Bell |
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