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Britain's Gay Footballers: A few thoughts
Gay footballers. Why don't they come out? This i...
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What David Pizarro brings to Manchester City and what it means for Owen Hargreaves
The only Italian journalist who managed to colla...
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Andy C: 20 years of Ram Records
One of the drum'n'bass scene's hardest working a...
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The fall in university applicants is not such a bad thing
That the number of university applicants has fallen by 8.7% is wholly unsurprising. Be it the trebled tuition fees or the realisation degree does not always equal job, scores of would-be students are thinking twice. But what is notable about these figures is they go against almost everything we assumed to be true when the hike in tuition fees was announced. That the disadvantaged would be hardest hit has been disproved, and the vision of youngsters turning their backs on higher education called into question. These are, in fact, some rather myth-busting figures.
By Emma McFarnon | Notebook - A selection of Independent views -, Opinion | Wednesday, 1 February 2012 at 5:01 pm
Who came up with the idea of a benefits cap?
Someone asked a question this morning to which I have previously tried and failed to find the answer. So it is time to take to the internet and use its power to solve this problem. Whose idea was it to set a cap on total state benefits at the level of average earnings?
It is one [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye - Breaking views from Independent commentators - | Wednesday, 1 February 2012 at 3:31 pm
Less really means less: Why curbs on executive pay aren’t good for any of us
When Stephen Hester, the CEO of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), decided to turn down his £963,000 bonus, Labour’s leader Ed Miliband claimed a victory for his tactics, whilePrime Minister David Cameron and team heaved a sigh of relief that this particular bonus award would fall out of the headlines.
By Para Mullan | Notebook - A selection of Independent views -, Opinion | Wednesday, 1 February 2012 at 3:11 pm
Britain’s Gay Footballers: A few thoughts
Gay footballers. Why don’t they come out? This is a topic that I visited in November 2010, and I don’t wish to sound like a broken record by going over all of that ground now. More importantly, last night’s BBC 3 screening of Britain’s Gay Footballers presents a good opportunity for an update.
By Musa Okwonga | Notebook - A selection of Independent views -, Opinion, Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Wednesday, 1 February 2012 at 12:20 pm
India’s newspaper rivals do battle in ad war
In India, there is a jolly and very entertaining newspaper war going on between two of the country’s most established titles. Between them, they enjoy a circulation of more than 5m readers.
The Times of India (TOI) has always thought itself more lively than its rivals, and its usually breathless mix of showbusiness “news”, cricket gossip [...]
By Andrew Buncombe | The Foreign Desk - International dispatches from Independent correspondents - | Wednesday, 1 February 2012 at 11:30 am
What David Pizarro brings to Manchester City and what it means for Owen Hargreaves
The only Italian journalist who managed to collar Roberto Mancini before Manchester City’s game at Everton last night asked him what the real story was behind the decision to take a veteran 32-year-old midfielder, David Pizarro, on a free loan from Roma until May. “He’s a big player,” Mancini replied, enigmatically.
By Ian Herbert | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Wednesday, 1 February 2012 at 11:20 am
Horror in the land of blue and gold
The Kachin people of Burma are enduring a nightmarish situation obscured by news of the country’s reforms.
By Emanuel Stoakes | The Foreign Desk - International dispatches from Independent correspondents - | Wednesday, 1 February 2012 at 11:15 am
iBet: There should be goals at The Reebok Stadium as Gunners visit
If stats so far this season mean anything, there really should be a couple of goals at least in this clash.
By Gareth Purnell | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Wednesday, 1 February 2012 at 10:00 am
The Bundesliga: The best league in the world?
Higher attendances, less debt, and more exciting competition. The arguments of those who relentlessly promote the Bundesliga Way of Life are fast becoming clichéd. Perhaps, though, the cynics should lend a reluctant ear.
By Kit Holden | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Wednesday, 1 February 2012 at 10:00 am
Andy C: 20 years of Ram Records
One of the drum’n'bass scene’s hardest working and most revered DJs/producers is Andy C, a man who has won Best DJ at various d’n'b awards ceremonies consecutively for at least the last decade and a man whose record label, Ram Records has produced a constant stream of classics including the all-time cult smash Valley Of The Shadows (or Long, Dark Tunnel as most people call it). A firm favourite of drum’n'bass fans around the globe, he’s become known as The Executioner, thanks to his ability to destroy dancefloors around the world.
By Marcus Barnes | Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world -, Music | Wednesday, 1 February 2012 at 12:03 am
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