Edits / Sport
Monocolumn
Tuesday 28 August
A Paralympics of personality
During the Second World War, my aunt was in the Waaf: the Women’s Auxillary Air Force.
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Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Monday 13 August
The Olympics – a triumph for multicultural Britain
There is a mixture of relief and sorrow in London now that the Olympics are over. Londoners can hardly believe the Games went off without any major transport meltdown, organisational blunder, or howling error of curatorial…
Affairs / Soft Power
Monocolumn
Thursday 26 July
Competing for the diplomacy gold medal
As Olympic athletes limber up to start the London games and director Danny Boyle puts the finishing touches to his pastoral-themed opening ceremony, there is another tranche of players gearing up for the games.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Tuesday 13 November
Political parallels
Republicans are not the only politicians desperately trying to work out what Barack Obama’s re-election means for their future electoral prospects: party leaders across Europe are also searching for clues and nowhere is…
Business / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 27 June
Escaping the UK’s nanny state
Our beloved Midori House was rudely, crudely invaded yesterday - a health and safety SWAT team tore through all five floors of the building and plastered almost every surface with fire safety signs.
Affairs / Food & Drink
Monocolumn
Thursday 21 June
Restaurants are no place for restraint
Drinks at a smart hotel after work. Two glasses of something chilled. And two bowls: one piled high with fat green olives, the other teeming with something roasted and nutty.
Affairs / Aviation
Monocolumn
Wednesday 2 May
UK airports make you feel unwelcome
Last week I flew back to London from Bilbao on a plane that was nearly blown off the runway while landing. It was a scary experience to say the least.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Tuesday 6 March
Is the UK a failing state?
Here’s one to consider while you thump the treadmill, commute to work or speed along at 38,000 feet – when is a state no longer a state?
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 1 November
Priests, bankers and protestors
The protestors at the Occupy London Stock Exchange demonstration have claimed another scalp.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Wednesday 10 August
UK Riots Part 1: Politicians vascillate and hesitate wording a response
Now that much of the dust has settled (not that the scars have healed), a note on the words used in the riot-heat of this week.
Affairs / Architecture
Monocolumn
Sunday 17 July
The value of design in Britain
Architects, perhaps more than any other design professionals in Britain, have had a rough ride lately.
Business / Manufacturing
Monocolumn
Tuesday 26 July
Airbus and Boeing battle over next generation of fuel-efficient aeroplane
Last week, American Airlines placed the largest single aircraft order in history.
Culture / Arts
Monocolumn
Tuesday 7 June
The art world’s Latin love affair
More than 50 international galleries have landed in London this week unfurling a vast collection of Latin American art for the opening of “Pinta”, a four-day exhibition showcasing the best of the region’s modern and cont…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 20 April
Building consensus for a change in stalking laws
Last week saw the launch of the UK’s inaugural National Stalking Awareness Week.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 27 April
Royal wedding – let the class wars begin
In Britain, significant royal events – births, deaths, marriages, jubilees – feel like an extra Christmas.
Business / Retail
Monocolumn
Monday 14 February
A lack of common scents
The question “Did the earth move for you?” usually implies the end of a successful Valentine’s date but for spice farmers in Indonesia it isn’t a good thing at all.
Affairs / Media
Monocolumn
Tuesday 11 January
After the shooting, the blame game begins
It seems, and possibly is, idle to ferret for ironies in the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords: it is a ghastly tragedy that has left six people dead, 14 injured, hundreds…
Affairs / Arts
Monocolumn
Friday 31 December
Forecast 2011: Far from doom and gloom in London's art world
Stage plays ending their run ahead of time; the death of the UK Film Council; part one of a four-year plan to slash the Arts Council’s budgets by a third: 2011 isn’t set to be the best of years for culture in London.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Wednesday 15 December
Japan stands by its pacifist defence strategy
Tokyo is preparing to publish its first national defence blueprint in over six years, and it may be ready to countenance a degree of change to its stay-at-home military philosophy.