Feature: Culture, environment and genes are all cited as reasons for sporting success. But it is practice that really makes perfect, reports Oliver Poole... more
Media giant Time Warner has parts ways with its American magazines supremo after just five months, raising fresh questions about the future of its British publishing arm IPC... more
Goldman Sachs won’t be worried that on the same day it invested millions in Facebook two Londoners told me they were logging off. But perhaps it should be... more
Football finance: Can John W Henry repeat his success with the Boston Red Sox at Liverpool? Sceptics are already arguing that the financial commitment required is too great... more
Afghan teenager whose disfigured face has become an emblem of the savage 'justice' of the Taliban prepares for reconstructive surgery in the US... more
Exercising without trainers is one of the hottest new fitness trends and now there’s a range of footwear so even city dwellers can run au naturel... more
Whether it's the rise of Google, the creation of the Freeview digital TV service, or newspapers such as Metro, the power of free has been compelling... more
Barack Obama has said he plans to close the Guantanamo Bay detention centre and mark a "clear end" to torture in the US within two years of becoming president... more
In the same gallery as some of the most expensive shoots in history are images by little-known photographers for the 15th Photographic Portrait Prize.... more
Just two days after their romantic sunset wedding, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi are off on honeymoon... just a few miles from their Beverly Hills home.... more
David Smyth mulls over the White Stripes' idea to give copies of their new album away and takes an early peek at the latest Crowded House offering... more
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