Council chiefs have abandoned plans to rebrand Guy Fawkes Night as 'The Colour Thief: A Winter Extravaganza Celebrating The Change Of The Seasons'... more
MPs must not shy away from debating the restoration of the death penalty if a groundswell of voters backs a petition demanding it, the Commons leader has said... more
If the British economy were a person, what would he be like? A few decades ago, you wouldn't hesitate. He would wear a bowler hat, his chat would be punishingly dull and he would take the 5.13 from Waterloo home every night smelling faintly of custard creams... more
A supermarket, a night club, a ferry — anywhere’s fair game for guerrilla orchestra Spira Mirabilis. Joshua Neicho meets the young players rethinking classical music
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One of the (many) contradictions to arise out of Tony Blair’s book A Journey is why, in 13 years, did nobody ever point out that Bank of England independence was not Gordon Brown’s idea as everyone was led to believe but Blair's... more
If there's one thing more baffling than seeing the customs of your youth dying before your eyes, it's seeing them resurrected, Night of the Living Dead style, in an unrecognisable form... more
“All bloggers are gay”. This magisterial judgment, proffered to me by a fellow Westminster journalist not very long ago, summed up the way the mainstream media used to view the upstart “blogosphere”. ... more
From brutal pictures of the Iranian election to viral marketing campaigns for the latest pop band, Olivia Cole looks at the growing influence of the Twittering generation... more
Ben Clarke, the squat, brace-wearing yuppie parody of The Apprentice, is, at 22, too young to remember the film Wall Street, which was released the year he was born. But the spirit of Gordon Gekko lives on in him, as it does in almost all of this season's vile bodies... more
Have credit-crunched stock markets reached the bottom and started heading up? Maybe, but it could be a long time before the losses sustained since last October are recouped. ... more
Analysis: Roughneck has acquired the sort of reputation at the racier end of the oil and gas industry that is enjoyed by Guido Fawkes, the notorious Westminster blogger... more
Natalie Portman shaved off her Star Wars locks for V for Vendetta, but doubts remain about whether it was worth it. Also released is Shooting Dogs and a couple of classics revisited.... 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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