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Back in the moral maze of daring to bare

02.10.09
Here we go again. The very week a nude photograph of actress Brooke Shields aged 10 has been removed from a Tate Modern exhibition, on police advice, we have Anna Friel appearing naked on the West End stage... more

Burnside is onside for Rangers bid

03.09.09
The resignation of Sir David Murray as chairman and director of Glasgow Rangers has sparked speculation as to who may take over the current Scottish Premier League champions should he go the whole distance and offload his majority shareholding ... more

Stephen Hawking receives US honour

13.08.09
Physicist Stephen Hawking was among a select band of extraordinary 'agents of change' who received America's highest civilian honour... more

Twitter army goes to war for NHS

13.08.09
Gordon Brown sprang to the defence of the NHS as the Government countered American claims that the service was 'evil' and 'Orwellian'... more

Thanks, Debbie Purdy, now we all have freedom to choose

04.08.09
The husband of a fellow MS sufferer explains why Debbie Purdy’s Law Lords victory is so welcome... more

Manic Street Preachers pay tribute

01.06.09
Manic Street Preachers are used to making risky artistic statements and continued that abstruse approach at the Roundhouse.... more

Breathe deeply - then reach for the drugs

01.06.09
HAH! Take that, hippies!" Such will have been the reaction of many to the news of a Swedish study seeming to refute the claims of "natural childbirth" advocates that breathing alone can control pain.... more

Hawking ‘very ill in hospital’

20.04.09
Professor Stephen Hawking, one of the world’s most famous scientists, is “very ill” in hospital, Cambridge University said... more

The hard truths about our school system that ministers won't admit

08.04.09
The uproar over whether or not Sats should be scrapped is just a distraction from the real problems in education, argues a top head... more

Quirky art of understatement from Mirza and Munnery

05.02.09
While Shazia Mirza covers well-trodden terrain, Simon Munnery is a scruffy clown that revels in obscurity.... more

Gervais and Dawkins' alternative Christmas

19.12.08
What next, Stephen Hawking at Jongleurs? Surprise guest Ricky Gervais got a warm welcome but writer Richard Dawkins was the real star. ... more

Comment: It didn’t take a genius to stop the rot a year ago

24.11.08
Comment: Inept management at Citigroup was today rewarded by the US government... more

The Tel-tale signs that desperate Tottenham are living in the past

06.10.08
Studying the back pages yesterday, the question that first teased away at the back of the mind and then screeched in disbelief at the front concerned time travel.... more

One night in the city

03.10.08
The economy might be crashing but live music in London is on a roll, with revenue up six per cent. We sent five writers out on Wednesday to sample one night of music in the capital ... more

One small step for Southfork: Pam in talks to pilot Branson's virgin flight to space

02.08.08
Former Dallas star Victoria Principal is aiming to be the first woman commercial pilot in space. She has revealed she wants to pilot the company’s SpaceShipTwo.... more

Different role for Leonardo DiCaprio in 11th Hour

06.06.08
Leonardo DiCaprio gives us an insight into why he chose to make The 11th Hour and what the future holds for his acting career now that he has unleashed another talent. ... more

Hell is first great work of the 21st century

06.06.08
The Chapman Brothers have done it again – their new Hell is even better than the first, says Brian Sewell.... more

DiCaprio does climate change

20.03.08
Doom-laden documentary, The 11th Hour, is not exciting stuff - just a bit second-hand and depressing.... more

Chefs to take lid off food industry horrors

21.11.07
Channel 4 have announced a season of new programmes spearheaded by a campaign to shake up the British food industry.... more

The Simpsons' big screen test

12.07.07
It's another two weeks before The Simpsons Movie opens and until then its content remains secret. Nick Curtis gets some hints from writer Al Jean... more

Hollywood's diamond geezer

18.01.07
From a lead role in the hard-hitting Blood Diamond to his enthusiasm for green issues, former wild boy Leonardo diCaprio is growing up. ... more

Ricky's comedy doesn't stand up

09.01.07
Too much lacklustre material makes this stand-up show from Ricky Gervais more emperor's new clothes than King of Comedy, says Brian Donaldson. ... more

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