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The Big Question: Why does Bob Dylan keep touring and is he still the best?
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Recent Big Questions
Why is celebrating St George so contentious?
Thursday, 23 April 2009
The Big Question: The Scots, the Irish and others celebrate their saints' days, so why not the English?
The Big Question: Is lowering speed limits the answer to saving lives on Britain's roads?
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
The Big Question: Why is Prince Charles angry about a development at Chelsea Barracks?
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Why are we asking this now?
The Barracks is a dream site for any developer who might be a descendent of Croesus, the fabulously wealthy king of Lydia, circa 550BC. The site covers more than five hectares of one of London's fanciest sites, close to the river and directly opposite Wren's Royal Hospital. In the Croesus stakes, few families are wealthier than the royal clan of Qatar, one of whose companies, Qatari Diar, bought the Barracks jointly with CPC Group, operated by the Candy brothers, for £950m last year. Prince Charles dislikes their scheme for the site, designed by Lord Rogers' practice, Rogers Stirk Harbour, and has apparently quilled a note to Qatar's rulers, asking them to use another architect.
The Big Question: Is Britain going to be able to support an ever-expanding population?
Friday, 17 April 2009
The Big Question: Is behaviour in schools out of control and what should be done about it?
Thursday, 16 April 2009
Why are we asking this question now? Because the final report of the Government's behaviour "tsar", the former head teacher Sir Alan Steer, into how to improve behaviour in schools was published at the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) conference in Bournemouth yesterday.
The Big Question: Will Liverpool's sense of injustice over Hillsborough ever be resolved?
Wednesday, 15 April 2009
The Big Question: Are relations between the US and Cuba finally beginning to thaw?
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
Why are we asking this now? This weekend Barack Obama and his fellow hemispheric leaders (minus, of course, President Raul Castro of Cuba) gather in Trinidad and Tobago for the fifth Summit of the Americas. Officially, Cuba is not on an agenda focused on the global economic crisis.
The Big Question: Are electric cars the answer to Britain's environmental problems?
Friday, 10 April 2009
Why are we asking this now?Because Gordon Brown is promising, as part of his forthcoming Budget, steps towards the mass introduction of electric cars on to Britain's roads. This would be part of a "green recovery" from the recession, which could help make Britain a world leader in manufacture and export of electric, and hybrid electric/petrol driven vehicles.
The Big Question: First music, now film – so can the entertainment giants defeat piracy?
Thursday, 9 April 2009
Why are we asking this now?Last week an unfinished copy of the forthcoming summer blockbuster X-Men Origins: Wolverine, was leaked online and downloaded an estimated 100,000 times in just 24 hours.
The Big Question: Why are the Tamils protesting, and are claims of abuse in Sri Lanka true?
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
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