Rush Limbaugh: a vicious clown
When somebody is paid to say the worst possible thing, it allows someone else to say the next worst thing and sound sane.
View ArticleNew energy-saving street light technology wins major award
Select Innovation's product attaches to lights, allowing councils to make 45% energy savings.
View ArticleTim Montgomerie turns on Cameron
ConservativeHome editor says Cameron has been one of the "most disappointing" Tory leaders.
View ArticleWeb Only: the best of the blogs
The five must-read blogs from today, including the latest child benefit solution.
View ArticleThe softly spoken assassin feared by David Cameron
The editor of ConservativeHome, online champion of grass-roots Tory activism, explains why, if David Cameron cant kill Lansleys health reforms and reinvent the party, it will be heading back to...
View ArticleSorry, Ken own up or accept the consequences
The former London mayor is dodging the issue by arguing that he didnt evade taxes by paying himself a salary through a private firm, argues Mehdi Hasan. You cant run against Boris as the...
View ArticleInterview: Cyril Tuschi
The director talks about his new documentary and why he feared for his life during its making.
View ArticleChart of the day: the rise of Brazil
Brazil surges past the UK to become the world's fifth largest economy.
View ArticleOrange Prize 2012 longlist announced
Ali Smith, Cynthia Ozick and A L Kennedy are among the heavyweights chosen.
View ArticleMorning Call: pick of the papers
The ten must-read pieces from this morning's newspapers.
View ArticleAndrić Grad: the broken bridge of the Balkans
Why Bosnia is spending 12 million euros building a town dreamed up by a novelist.
View ArticleWhy are there so few right-wing rock stars?
An NME writer suggests that it's thanks to the influence of Britain's music press.
View Article1,700 disabled workers to lose their jobs as government cuts subsidy
State-owned Remploy factories to close, in a move that Clegg condemned as "brutal" while in opposition.
View ArticleJulia Gillards rise marks the triumph of machine politics over feminism
As commentators from Germaine Greer to Anne Summers fawn over the hawkish prime minister, John Pilger in Sydney wonders what happened to sisterly solidarity. Personal identity is not all there is to...
View ArticleLeader: Its time to shift the tax burden from income to wealth
Property taxes are fair, easy to collect and economically beneficial.
View ArticleBig beasts and large appetites
Dave, muttered my snout, also normally enjoys a glass or two of claret.
View ArticleIn the Critics this week
John Gray on Richard Holloway, Richard Evans on A N Wilson and Claude Lanzmann interviewed.
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