Well, it's just gesture politics, isn't it, this 50p tax rate? Why are we punishing the wealth-creators? Look at all this wealth they've created, after all!... more
A foreign company taking over our postal service wouldn't overhaul its monarchical trappings - but does the Queen really want to keep up her side of the association?... more
A dashing Dane in a Brioni suit is the Vatican's man with a scalpel and now he's set up shop in London. Dr Jasper Sørensen casts a critical eye over Harry Mount ... more
Gloomy outlook for BBC weather presenters after plans announced to axe three senior forecasters from on screen-roles under cost-cutting measures... more
Novelist Candia McWilliam has written a brutally frank autobiography — and it’s unlike any other memoir you are likely to read, says David Sexton... more
Island-hoppers needn't venture to Greece or Thailand for their fix of beaches, ferries and the castaway lifestyle. Great Britain is made up of over six thousand islands... more
These are the MPs who have so far disclosed all or part of the content of letters received from Sir Thomas Legg, as a result of his inquiry into additional cost allowances claimed between 2004-5 and 2008-9... more
Energy analysis: While many think of marine energy as harnessing the power of the waves, those in the know believe it is the force of tidal currents where the real renewable power potential lies... more
The British Museum has put a set of elaborately carved chess figures at the heart of a new gallery despite demands that they be returned to Scotland... more
"You can stuff Madonna, she didn't even see the paintings before she bought them." Artist John Lowrie Morrison, who hits London next week, has little time for his celebrity admirers.... more
Julie Fowlis left her audience spellbound with her supreme vocal talent, capable of transporting you to another place, giving you goose flesh and making magic out of thin air.... 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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