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• Should Dwain Chambers and Other Drug Cheats Be Allowed to Compete in the London...

  

  Sprinter Dwain Chambers at a book signing. Photo credit: J.Baker http://flic.kr/p/68hAs3 Britain’s former drugs cheats, including sprinter Dwain Chambers, can... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2012 CURRENT, SPORTS

• Batman: New Trailer Released for Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises

  

  Batman to face Bane in The Dark Knight Rises The Dark Knight Rises, the hotly anticipated next installment in Christopher Nolan’s series of Batman films, is... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Alan Partridge: The Movie is Set to Begin Filming

  

  Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge Alan Partridge is set to hit the big screen. All together now: A-HA! Steve Coogan’s hapless Norwich-based presenter most... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Chen Guangcheng: What’s at Stake After Blind Chinese Activist Apparently Seeks U...

  

  What does Chen Guangcheng escape mean for US-Sino relations? photo: futureatlas.com Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng escaped from house arrest on 22... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Manchester City 1 Manchester United 0: Five Things We Learned from the Biggest...

  

  Manchester City's Carlos Tevez. Photo credit alfonso jimenez http://flic.kr/p/6N1cKN Manchester City beat bitter rivals Manchester United 1-0 at the Etihad... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Why Queens Park Rangers Are (almost Definitely) Going to Be Relegated from the...

  

  QPR fans celebrate a goal at Cardiff, 2011. Photo credit: Jon Candy At four-nil down the rain stopped pouring down on the away fans inside Stamford Bridge on... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCCER, SPORTS

• Manchester Derby Day: What You Need to Know About the Manchester City Versus...

  

  Manchester City's Carlos Tevez. Photo credit alfonso jimenez http://flic.kr/p/6N1cKN Manchester United travel the short distance to Manchester City’s Etihad... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCCER, SPORTS

• Royal Wedding Anniversary: Critics Agree Kate Middleton’s First Year as a Royal...

  

  The Duchess of Cambridge delivers her first public speech It’s official: the Duchess of Cambridge, formerly known as Kate Middleton, is a member of the Royal... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 CELEB, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Who Cares About the London Mayoral Elections 2012?

  

  London Mayor Boris Johnson: Leading the polls photo: BackBoris2012 The London Mayoral elections will take place on Thursday 3rd May 2012. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Best of the Twitter Reaction to News That Roy Hodgson is Set to Become the Next...

  

  A football. Photo credit: Ro/Lu Sunday’s night breaking news that the Football Association has identified West Bromwich Albion as their first choice candidate t... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCCER, SPORTS

• Next England Manager: Is Roy Hodgson the Best Man for the Job?

  

  Football manager Roy Hodgson. Photo credit: ajlisss http://flic.kr/p/8amkTf West Bromwich Albion manager Roy Hodgson is set to start talks with the Football... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Australian Billionaire Clive Palmer to Build Titanic II

  

  Titanic II: Unlikely to be made of Lego photo: Bosta Billionaire Clive Palmer has announced plans to build Titanic II, a full-size replica of the doomed liner. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Obama at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

  

  President Obama at the 2012 White House Correspondents' dinner President Barack Obama took aim at presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney during his speech a... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Avengers Assemble: Review

  

  Some superheroes getting together Mash-ups entice us. When I was a child I used to imagine that all the books I read interacted; somewhere, there existed a worl... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Lucian Freud at the National Portrait Gallery: A Depressing Display

  

  Lucian Freud's Reflection with Two Children (Self-Portrait), his first use of the word "reflection" in a title, is on at the National Portrait Gallery. photo:... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The ‘mirage of Liquidity’: Anthony Haldane Talks the New Financial Arms Race at...

  

  Anthony Haldane at INET Berlin. Anthony Haldane, Executive Director for financial stability at the Bank of England, is one of the very best speakers on financia... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, ECONOMICS

• Thousands of Norwegians Sing Children’s Song to Protest and ‘annoy’ Breivik

  

  Anders Behring Breivik. Photo credit: oslo politidistrikt More than 40,000 Norwegians gathered in the rain in Oslo on Thursday to sing a children’s song... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Asteroid Mining Possible, Could Make a Mint and Save Humanity

  

  Asteroid mining - could it solve the world's fuel problem? photo: midwestnerd Space, the final frontier. Especially if you think about frontiers as places with... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, SCIENCE, SOCIETY

• Scoped Out: Werner Herzog’s Note to His Cleaning Lady

  

  Werner Herzog: Not impressed with his cleaning lady Werner Herzog is the director who brings us madness, chaos and everything in between, from Grizzly Man to Ba... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2012 HUMOR

• Over 50s Should Retire to Give Jobs to Youths, Says Journo

  

  Lucy Kellaway: Over 50s should retire. Photocredit: JLA There aren’t enough jobs in the the world. Young people are facing unemployment in huge numbers: within ... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER, CURRENT, SOCIETY