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'Cheap' Cabaye lifts Newcastle to heights Barton simply couldn't
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The Bank of England vs the Office for National Statistics
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What the UK parties can learn from SNP Conference
Scottish Nationalists are still bathing in the warm afterglow of May’s Holyrood elections and the First Minister has not allowed economic gloom to cast a pall over that victory. While deftly jettisoning rhetoric about an ‘arc of prosperity’, he continues to represent a reassuring and pragmatic self-confidence that wins over even firmly unionist voters. The newly announced re-opening of the Nigg fabrication yard at Easter Ross, with its promise of an employment boom in the North, will further reinforce his image as a leader delivering in tough times.
By Paul Evans | Notebook | Wednesday, 26 October 2011 at 4:30 pm
The pain is worth it if I can achieve my goals at London 2012
It’s a bit surreal to think I’ve started preparing for the competition that has been in the back of my mind for six-years, the competition that convinced me to keep going in 2009 and not have a hip replacement – It’s here and it starts now for me.
By Stephen Miller | Sport | Wednesday, 26 October 2011 at 3:57 pm
A rapper no longer low-key
Last Friday I went along to The Garage in Highbury, where UK rapper Lowkey was celebrating the launch of his new album. “Soundtrack to the Struggle”, released without major label support, has seen phenomenal success: on the day of its release it surged into the top 10 of the UK iTunes charts, and made similar waves in a host of other countries, including the US, Canada and Australia. “Too Much”, which has emerged as something of a lead single from this album, has also been played by Greg James and Zane Lowe of BBC Radio 1.
By Musa Okwonga | | Wednesday, 26 October 2011 at 3:32 pm
‘Cheap’ Cabaye lifts Newcastle to heights Barton simply couldn’t
For a club who seem to court controversy and create sagas like no other, the last few months have passed by with little drama at Newcastle United, but with a lot of points.
By Jamie Sanderson | Sport | Wednesday, 26 October 2011 at 2:57 pm
A water crisis awaits Iraq
A crisis awaits Iraq following Turkey’s extensive dam building project claims Azzam Alwash, the director of one of the country’s largest non-governmental environmental organisations, Nature Iraq. Yet little attention is being give to his proposed methods to avert catastrophe.
By Rachael Cloughton | The Foreign Desk | Wednesday, 26 October 2011 at 2:14 pm
Why Paulo Freire’s “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” is just as relevant today as ever
Frantz Fanon, Iconic psychiatrist and author of books such as “Wretched of the Earth”, wrote that “literature increasingly involves itself in its only real task, which is to get society to reflect and mediate”.
By Dr Sima Barmania | | Wednesday, 26 October 2011 at 1:08 pm
Banks: vampire squid or spider wasp?
I think it’s safe to say that the banks haven’t persuaded many people that they are fine global citizens over the past year.
By Ben Chu | Eagle Eye, Econoblog | Wednesday, 26 October 2011 at 12:44 pm
The “volatility junkies” of the banking world
Haldane argues that limited liability for bank shareholders is a problem because it limits downside risk (holders of equity know they won’t lose everything if the bank goes bust) but the upside payoffs are unlimited. This, Haldane, argues creates a bias towards recklessness by bank shareholders.
By Ben Chu | Eagle Eye, Econoblog | Wednesday, 26 October 2011 at 12:20 pm
Rugby League: Lessons learned from last weekend’s trip to Avignon
Nose-bleeds, the caring side of Ryan Bailey and sauerkraut with sea-food.
By Dave Hadfield | Sport | Wednesday, 26 October 2011 at 11:53 am
The myths surrounding the EU and China
This year’s European Union-China summit in Tianjin has been postponed. But when it does take place, the summit will take place against a backdrop of worries about the euro, violent protests on the streets of Athens, hotly disputed EU airfare taxes, and calls for labour strikes in Portugal. While such events might seem unrelated to the summit, they feed into three myths about EU-China relations that should form the basis of discussions at the summit in Tianjin.
By Yaping Wang | Eagle Eye | Wednesday, 26 October 2011 at 11:17 am
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