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The Ashes: Men separated from the boys
Sir Jack Hobbs and Wally Hammond were arguably t...
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Ear To The Ground: Random Impulse
Jovel Walker, known to most as Random Impulse, i...
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The right to an education
The decision to raise university tuition fees ha...
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The BBC’s “Nativity”
Normally each Christmas, I struggle to find some semblance of spirituality amidst the mass advertising and consumption that has become so prolific and synonymous with the festive period.
By Dr Sima Barmania | Notebook | Friday, 24 December 2010 at 4:58 pm
Review of the Year in blogs
Doing some housekeeping, so here is a random selection of blogs from the early part of the year.
Interview with Alastair Campbell, June.
The Air-Breathing Fish, March.
Cassandra unmasked, March.
Why I like Samantha Cameron, February.
The Disintegration of the SWP, February.
Correct Use of “Decimation”, February.
Anyone have any tips on blog archiving?
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Friday, 24 December 2010 at 3:39 pm
Do reindeer really enjoy eating magic mushrooms?
A festive Question to Which the Answer is No, number 471, asked by Pete Wedderburn, the Telegraph’s vet.
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Friday, 24 December 2010 at 3:04 pm
iBet: Barcelona to conquer Arsenal
With all the grim weather around, it’s a good time to take a look at the Champions League betting. The dates for the first legs of the knockout phase proper are February 22nd and 23rd.
By Gareth Purnell | Sport | Friday, 24 December 2010 at 2:05 pm
The Ashes: Men separated from the boys
Sir Jack Hobbs and Wally Hammond were arguably two of England’s finest batsmen during their prime, and with that came a particular fondness for Australian tracks. The former, who made his international debut at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in 1928, went on to score 1,178 Test runs at the ground, the highest by any Englishman, while Hammond is the only Englishman to have scored a double-century for England at the 100,000 seater stadium.
By Alexander Penny | Sport | Friday, 24 December 2010 at 1:37 pm
Arsenal aim for capital gains on Chelsea in Boxing Day derby
If the weather and the ‘elf ‘n’ safety folk allow, then the old tradition of derby games will be alive and well in London this Boxing Day weekend, with two capital derbies bookending the weekend’s Premier League fixtures. First up is Fulham against West Ham at midday on Sunday, and last up is Arsenal against Chelsea on Monday evening in a game with all the ingredients for a sizzler.
By Brian Sears | Sport | Friday, 24 December 2010 at 11:43 am
Ear To The Ground: Random Impulse
Jovel Walker, known to most as Random Impulse, is an electric-guitar-playing-grime-MC from north London. He’s been causing somewhat of a stir on the underground music scene recently with his ‘Refix’ series, which sees him remake and add his own twist on some old and new tracks by artists that he admires. Having sold an impressive amount of mixtapes, all 16,000 of them, Random Impulse has proven that he doesn’t need to sell out or change who he is, musically, to gain fans.
By Joseph Patterson | Notebook | Friday, 24 December 2010 at 10:00 am
The right to an education
The decision to raise university tuition fees has raised an understandable furore. Although personally I am vehemently against any rise in tuition fees, the situation at least, does provide a space to reflect on global education.
By Dr Sima Barmania | Notebook | Friday, 24 December 2010 at 6:00 am
Name that MP
Brett Arends at The Wall Street Journal, in explaining why he does not want an iPad for Christmas, drops this anecdote:
Someone I know — now, as it happens, a British member of parliament — once sat down to play Civilization, a role-playing game [right], on a PC one Saturday evening and didn’t finish until three [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Thursday, 23 December 2010 at 9:50 pm
The Human Organs of the Council of Europe: Evidence Please
In the midst of the Wikileaks, another story exploded onto front pages around the world which claimed that the present prime minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, had been a master-mind criminal involved in the killing of people to extract their kidneys for sale.
By Denis MacShane | Eagle Eye | Thursday, 23 December 2010 at 3:20 pm
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