Yves Saint Laurent’s former make-up director Terry de Gunzburg explains the science behind her miraculous cosmetics which use 24-carat pink gold to lift the skin... more
The MoD will destroy reports of alien encounters to see off annoying FOI requests - you can see a precedent for the Freedom of Information Act developing here...... more
It’s a tribute to London’s cosmopolitan nature that if I were to wish you Happy New Year this month, you wouldn’t look at me as if I’d beamed down from another planet... more
The call by Richard Curtis and his merry men for a tax on international financial transactions is well timed but a fierce battle looms with American banks... more
Gordon Brown should forget about reducing the budget deficit and continue spending to speed up recovery from credit crunch, leading economist says... more
Gordon Brown should forget about reducing the budget deficit and continue spending to speed up Britain’s recovery from the credit crunch, a leading economist declares... more
Prize-winning novelist Ian McEwan has enjoyed both literary and commercial success. So why is there suddenly an internet outpouring of bile against him?... more
After the last election was overshadowed by a row over alleged sexual harassment and leaks to the press, Oxford University is to select its new professor of poetry by online vote... more
Science and race have never been easy bedfellows. Since Victorian times, when Western scientific advancement was used as an intellectual and moral justification for European colonial expansion, science or pseudo-science has occupied an uncomfortable place in our understanding of race... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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