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New diet for flatulent cows could help tackle climate change

30.03.11
Change of diet could help flatulent farm animals reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, a study said... more

Iraqi academics get a lesson in rebuilding their university

21.03.11
Academics from Iraq whose university was destroyed are moving to Reading to learn how to set up a new department ... more

Cookin' with jazz: How Jamie Cullum found perfect harmony

20.08.10
He's Britain's most successful jazz artist ever, is married to Sophie Dahl and puts on electric stage shows complete with exploding pianos. Is there no stopping Jamie Cullum, asks Christopher Silvester... more

Experts warn harsh winter could be first of many

15.04.10
This year's unusually cold winter could be the first of many, according to scientists who say the icy temperatures could be linked to low solar activity... more

Sound check: Jamie Cullum joins the super buskers

27.11.09
Jazz dynamo Cullum is one of the stars taking to the streets of London for charity.... more

Digital's the thing: 16th-century play archives go online

25.11.09
The single most important archive on theatre in the age of Shakespeare goes live online today... more

Diary of Mussolini's lover reveals tears of 'old sentimentalist Hitler'

17.11.09
Diaries written by the lover of Benito Mussolini tell of the intense and at times tearful relationship between the Italian dictator and Adolf Hitler... more

Matt Hermer, the Boujis man

30.10.09
After nightfall, Matt Hermer rules London - Harry and Wills dance to his tune and the New Tories tuck in at his table. Lydia Slater meets the Boujis man... more

London's green spaces 'are being lost to developers'

09.09.09
A horticultural expert has called for green spaces to be protected after revealing London lost 12.3 square miles of gardens and parks to housing developments in the past five years... more

H1N1 strikes deeper in the lungs than normal strain

14.07.09
Swine flu penetrates deeper into the lungs and can inflict more damage than ordinary seasonal flu, a study claims... more

Swine flu virus has mutated in London, scientists warn

14.07.09
London has already developed its own mutated strain of swine flu as sheer number of infections leads to unique virus... more

40C summers in the capital, government study forecasts

18.06.09
London could regularly have summer temperatures of up to 40C (105F) by 2080, according to a report on climate change... more

Rise of the capital's golden skirts

18.06.09
With so few women making it to the top in business, those who do have the pick of plum boardroom jobs — and can make a fortune juggling up to six at a time... more

Seeing off another recession: how the Duke of Westminster is navigating the economic crisis

16.04.09
It’s still the best bit on the Monopoly board but the man in charge of running the Duke of Westminster’s prime London properties explains why he is increasingly investing abroad... more

Madejski receives knighthood and Higgins awarded MBE

12.03.09
Reading chairman Sir John Madejski was formally knighted by the Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace for his charitable services... more

Scrap 2012, a good library is more fun

27.02.09
I read with interest that museums and galleries - along with KFC and Domino's Pizza - are enjoying a boom as a result of the recession... more

Children 'falling asleep in stuffy eco-classrooms'

19.12.08
Children are falling asleep in class because new eco-friendly schools have appalling ventilation, experts warned... more

Man accused of killing Potter actor and knifing five others

27.05.08
A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Harry Potter actor Robert Knox and wounding five others... more

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