http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-35529-emma-duncan/topic-rss.do Emma Duncan RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23744077-why-do-so-few-politicians-go-to-the-proms.do It is always said that women have to worry about what they wear and men do not. Yet women are making decisions based on aesthetics whereas for men they touch a fundamental sense of identity 2009-09-15T07:28:33Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23733549-this-exam-is-just-cruelty-to-young-persons.do Exams are inevitable. But they get in the way of education and put too much pressure at too young an age 2009-08-18T07:52:06Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23730610-boris-johnson-wants-us-to-grow-our-own-vegetables.do Food shopping in supermarkets is out; digging is in. Imported food is so pre-crisis; local produce is the thing — even, improbably, in London 2009-08-11T07:14:55Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23727628-facebook-isnt-dividing-us-it-helps-kids-bond.do Archbishop Nichols, head of the Catholic Church in England, is worried that social-networking sites are “dehumanising” community life 2009-08-04T07:10:33Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23724727-cheap-shots-at-banks-raise-no-11s-morale.do Alistair Darling's eyebrows have gone into overdrive. They've been shooting up and down and in and out over the past few days as his brow furrows and frowns in displeasure at the behaviour of the banks 2009-07-28T07:36:52Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23719067-deaths-should-not-deflect-our-afghan-cause.do The past few days have brought two pieces of sad news: the deaths of eight soldiers in Afghanistan, and that of a fireman in a pub fire in Edinburgh 2009-07-14T07:14:58Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23710776-have-our-men-really-become-the-bad-dads.do Why do we bother with Father's Day? The male parent offers precious little to celebrate. Most fathers are absent, in mind if not in body, and those that are present are greedy, stupid, lazy, drunk, selfish and bald 2009-06-23T07:31:09Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23705238-women-lack-that-ruthless-lust-for-power.do Caroline Flint, the former Europe minister, is angry at the shortage of powerful women in Gordon Brown’s Cabinet 2009-06-09T07:31:38Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23702402-our-migrants-great-gift-to-this-city---literature.do Arguments over the consequences of immigration are furious and frequent. But it has another, less-noticed, result: it fertilises literature 2009-06-02T07:32:54Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23698316-the-loan-that-keeps-a-family-bond-intact.do If you were asked to name some of the things that shape the relationship between parents and children there are many you might think of: schools and peer groups, divorce and remarriage, drugs and drink, television and books, illness and ageing 2009-05-26T07:43:43Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23694433-london-needs-new-talent-to-keep-us-on-top.do A few weeks ago a woman emailed me to comment on a piece I'd written about universities. Bea Vo wanted to set me right about one aspect of the American system 2009-05-19T07:24:18Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23689406-news-is-being-strangled-by-the-bbcs-web.do When I first went into journalism it was a leisurely business steeped in tradition and alcohol 2009-05-12T07:40:25Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23682051-thank-our-lucky-stars-the-euro-isnt-sinking-us.do One of the few consolations available in misfortune is the knowledge that the neighbours are in a worse fix than you are 2009-04-28T08:08:32Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23678478-making-the-polluters-pay-is-the-best-green-option.do 2009-04-21T09:21:54Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23668698-was-marx-right-all-along.do The way to save capitalism will be hotly debated in London this week and suddenly the man who predicted its demise is fashionable again. Two writers argue over his legacy 2009-03-30T10:12:22Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23637946-why-pay-for-a-bbc-licence-when-the-nets-made-tv-free.do About three weeks ago, our television stopped working. I promised my children that I would try to get it mended, or buy another one, or do whatever was necessary to enable the broadcasters to pump their usual bilge into the house. 2009-02-10T11:14:33Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23633598-dont-worry-our-children-have-never-had-it-so-good.do An inscription from 2800 BC reads as follows: “Children no longer obey their parents. Every man wants to write a book, and the end of the world is evidently approaching.” 2009-02-03T10:16:34Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23628918-the-bbc-should-stay-above-the-fray-in-gaza.do Rowan Williams performs the same function for me as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad does for some people and George Bush did for others 2009-01-27T09:15:42Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23623445-if-london-had-a-wash-and-brush-up-wed-all-feel-better.do Last week my friend Lucy went to the JobCentre on the Clapham Road. She went in gloomy, and came out despairing 2009-01-20T09:17:11Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23618020-this-third-runway-flight-of-fancy-wont-get-my-vote.do Over lunch with my friend Rebecca, we discussed how she should get herself arrested. She thought there was a lot to be said for climbing into Parliament, but there was a risk (especially for those well-padded in the chest area) of being mistaken for a suicide bomber. 2009-01-13T09:06:26Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23612222-lets-not-put-on-hair-shirts-losing-your-job-is-no-joke.do I welcome the credit crunch with open arms," says Oliver James, a psychologist and broadcaster. According to Mr James, author of Affluenza, as people have got richer, they have focused more on acquiring material goods and less on the things that really matter in life 2009-01-06T09:59:32Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23602347-im-relishing-the-upside-to-the-downturn---you-can-too.do Warren Buffett, America's most successful investor, is a man of clear vision. I know this because I once got hopelessly lost at Bill Gates's house looking for the loo and bumped into Mr Buffett, who pointed me in the right direction 2008-12-16T10:02:12Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23595752-im-a-founder-member-of-the-new-crash-generation.do I am one of the London early-middle-aged. Never mind the Baby Boomers — we're the Baby Busters: a group that has been dealt one of the worst economic hands in living memory. 2008-12-02T10:31:44Z