Vatican confirmed for Venice Biennale
A pavilion for the Holy See is set for inclusion in the 2013 event for the first time.The Catholic Church is set to embark upon a new engagement with contemporary art, after confirming that the Vatican...
View ArticleMorning Call: pick of the papers
The ten must-read comment pieces from this morning's papers. 1. Will Osborne dare to be radical when he appoints the next Governor of the Bank of England? (Independent) The sheer power of modern...
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Barack Obama on Hurricane Sandy. I am not worried at this point about the impact on the election. I'm worried about the impact on families, and I'm worried about the impact on our first responders. I'm...
View ArticleDuncan Smith's master plan is under ever-greater attack
Universal Credit will leave claimants "trapped in poverty", warns the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The objections to Iain Duncan Smith's master plan to transform welfare - the Universal Credit (UC) -...
View ArticleHow Israel simulated war with Iran
An Israeli war game recently imagined the fallout from a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities. David Patrikarakos reveals what he learned when he received exclusive access. Last month, I caught a flight...
View ArticleSyria immune from being held accountable by ICC for atrocities
The International Criminal Court should act to bring Syrian officials to justice without Security Council authorisation.More than 30,000 people have been killed in Syria since the uprising against...
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Eurozone retail PMI shows contraction for 12th month running
Europe isn't out of the storm yet.Just through from Markit economics, the Eurozone Retail PMI shows continued contraction in the retail sector, with the speed of that contraction on trend for yet...
View ArticleIt won’t just be Greek journalists who suffer from free speech crackdown
There is nothing pro-European about a government sworn on suppressing freedom of speech.It seems that the Greek government has embarked on a crusade to silence dissident voices. In a story making...
View Article"Occupy has been successful...for one very simple reason; they are right"
Business quote of the day."Occupy has been successful in its efforts to popularise the problems of the global financial system for one very simple reason; they are right" Andrew Haldane, a member of...
View ArticleEmployee ownership organisation rejects "employee-owner" plans
"There is no need to dilute the rights of workers in order to grow employee ownership."The Employee Ownership Organisation, which represents employee-owned businesses "contributing some £30bn to the UK...
View ArticleThe tragic case of Ukraine's Oksana Makar draws to a close
Pressure is on the Mykolaiv court to reach a verdict that will show progress.Legal debate has commenced in the tragic March case of Oksana Makar, which saw the 18-year-old from Mykolaiv, southern...
View ArticleWhy I'm voting with Tory MPs for a cut in the EU budget
To be pro-European is not to endorse each and every proposal of the Brussels apparat.There are rare moments in the Commons when principle and politics come together. One of these will happen tomorrow...
View ArticleCecil Day-Lewis archive acquired by Bodleian
Oxford University's Bodleian Library receives donation of the former poet laureate's extensive archives.The former poet laureate, Cecil Day-Lewis has had his written archives donated to the Bodleian...
View ArticleThe living wage and tax
Does the living wage provide an argument for ending tax on the lowest paid?Forbes blogger Tim Worstall writes, on his personal site: Note, and nota bene, that the Living Wage is a pre-tax number. This...
View ArticleHitachi strikes £700m UK nuclear energy deal
Rekindling the UK’s nuclear future. Hitachi has agreed a £700m deal with German utility giants E.On and RWE to buy Horizon Nuclear Power, injecting a fresh sense of vitality into the UK’s nuclear...
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Fortnum and Mason launches "privilege spread"
"Its plummy overtones and peerless, classless claret is attractive to aristocrats and artisans alike."WHAT IS THIS. I DON'T EVEN. WHAT. “Privilege Spread sounds like something Fortnum & Mason...
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The first thing you should do before retweeting that awesome Hurricane Sandy...
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View ArticleThe bard of Barking
Why Billy Bragg is our greatest political singer.Sitting in room MV2 inside Maida Vale Studios felt like sitting in 1944. I was busy imagining a group of men in tweed suits standing round a hang-down...
View ArticleIs this the biggest Twitter overshare ever?
Chantelle Houghton's recriminations over her ex-boyfriend Alex Reid show that celebrities are often bypassing the media altogether to get their point across.[View the story "Chantelle Houghton tweets...
View ArticleStarbucks in Mumbai go one-in-one-out as popularity booms
Coffee chain expands with its first stores in India.If you’re one of the millions whose early-morning cognitive faculties are exclusively dependant on a dose of caffeine, you may want to count yourself...
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