Day In a Page
Monday, 18 August 2008
News | Opinion | Environment | Sport | Life & Style | Arts & Entertainment
News
UK
- Stark warning on Britain's shrinking coast
- Five die as light planes collide over playground
- The Norfolk village being swallowed by the sea
World
- Judgement day dawns after Russia pledges to quit Georgia
- Girlfriend's snub to Italian fashion threatens to spoil Abramovich holiday
- Sex, drugs and regrets – the battle for the Christian vote
- Protesters 'reinstate' the king of Hawaii
- Israel to release prisoners as gesture to Abbas
- Revealed: Musharraf's luxury retirement pad
- The Afghan women jailed for being victims of rape
- Summit ends without deal on Zimbabwe
People
Media
- Best In Show: Huggies (JWT)
- Guerrilla Games: The ambush tactics that generate acres of publicity
- My Mentor: Clive Tyldesley on Mike Murphy
- My Life In Media: Paul Brannigan, editor of Kerrang!
- My Week In Media: Hairy Biker Simon King
- Robert Senior On Advertising: Can adland change its unhealthy competitive pitching? Yes it can!
- John Walsh's Media Diary: Giles rewarded with unjust desserts
- PR for the Realm: Lord Bell on the art of communication
- Conor Dignam on Broadcasting: C4 deserves support from Ofcom but not at the expense of the BBC
Education
Obituaries
- Ronnie Drew: Lead singer of the Dubliners
- Wilf Gregg: Collector of crime books
- Jerry Wexler: Co-owner of Atlantic Records who produced Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Dusty Springfield
Opinion
Leading Articles
- Leading article: Time to calm down the rhetoric with Russia
- Leading article: A glint of gold in Beijing
- Leading article: Lessons from Dunwich
Commentators
- DJ Taylor: What are the Olympics for?
- Tanya Gold: Spare me the lectures from celebs
- Podium: Musharraf isolation highlights the need for reform
- Bruce Anderson: End of empire is always a muddy, bloody, business
- Johann Hari: Do we want a democracy or a pantomime?
- Philip Hensher: Not all good schools require a king's ransom
Columnists
- Dom Joly: Don't cheer Team BooSA: they need to learn the art of diplomacy
- Pandora: Bernard-Henri Lévy, French gift to Georgia
- Rebecca Tyrrell: 'It's a JFK/Diana moment in our home. Yes, Carol Vorderman has departed from Countdown'
Environment
Nature
Sport
Olympics
- The Great British record
- James Lawton: When Britain fell in love with the Olympics
- The shining stars leading the golden generation
Football
- West Ham United 2 Wigan Athletic 1: Ashton the throwback drives Hammers forward
- Hull City 2 Fulham 1: Folan strike flattens Fulham to increase Hull's civic pride
- Sunderland 0 Liverpool 1: Benitez lets fly over lack of support from above
- Arsenal 1 West Bromwich Albion 0: Wenger's limited reserves temper title aspirations
- Bolton Wanderers 3 Stoke City 1: 'Trust' encourages Megson to target top-half finish
- Middlesbrough 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1: Berbatov cocktail gives Spurs a bad head
- Everton 2 Blackburn Rovers 3: Ince has instant impact as Rovers mock the critics
- Capello ponders captaincy choice and recalls Heskey
- Chelsea 4 Portsmouth 0: Scolari's 'beautiful game' brings joy to Chelsea
- Aston Villa 4 Manchester City 2: Agbonlahor devours City with eight-minute hat-trick
- Sunderland await decision by Ferdinand after agreeing £8m fee
- Manchester United 1 Newcastle United 1: Fletcher spares United's blushes as urgent need for striker intensifies
- Reading 2 Plymouth Argyle 0: Sonko sinks Plymouth's 'waifs and strays'
- Southampton 1 Birmingham City 2: Phillips drives home another three points in selection fight
- Watford 1 Charlton Athletic 0: Boothroyd's 'aesthetic' approach pays early dividend
- Wolverhampton W 4 Sheffield Wednesday 1: Iwelumo helps Wolves recover their bite
- Dundee United 1 Celtic 1: Celtic denied as Sandaza saves spirited United
Cricket
- Trescothick: How the 'beasts of depression' ruined Test career
- Sidebottom battles for fitness as auld enemy lie in wait
- Kent 214 Essex 218-5: Battle-hardened Foster nudges Essex to victory
Golf
More Sports
- Warrington 34 Hull KR 36: Rovers grab dramatic late victory
- Sport On TV: Bolt's brilliant explosion doesn't go unnoticed as commentators go ballistic
- Golden Adlington identifies London as the 'main target'
- James Lawton: Lightning Bolt seizes the world in ultimate one-man fast show
- Phelps revels in the power of eight
- 'Loopy Lou' on pommel ends British drought
- Ainslie claims third gold and targets 2012 glory
- Awesome Team GB leaves rest of the world behind
- Romero's switch pays off with gold on her bike to follow silver in her boat
- Radcliffe's quest for ultimate glory brings pain and tears again
- Glorious golden weekend lifts Britain to third in medals table
Life & Style
Fashion
- The A to Z of the season: From Burberry's baubles to 1970s-style satchels
- Susannah Frankel: Ballerinas, versatile, elegant and now a classic
Food & Drink
Health & Wellbeing
- Author attacks Alzheimer's ban
- Medicines watchdog attacks NHS 'postcode lottery' and drug costs
- Back to the stoned age: What happened when a father-of-two revisted the hazy days of his youth?
- Virginia Ironside's Dilemmas: Should I let my daughter leave university to become a hairdresser?
Arts & Entertainment
Film & TV
- After The Office, it's the Man from the Pru next for Ricky Gervais
- Preview: First Cut: Watch Me Disappear, Channel 4
- The Weekend's TV: The Perfect Vagina, Sun, Channel 4
Pacific Abyss Sun, BBC1
Music
Theatre
- Julian Hall's Festival diary
- Kristin Hersh, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh Festival
- Andrew Maxwell: Supernatural, The Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Festival
- Abie Philbin Bowman: Eco Friendly Jihad, The Underbelly, Edinburgh Festival
- A Festival Dickens, Assembly @ George Street, Edinburgh Festival
Books
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1 The Afghan women jailed for being victims of rape
2 Population paradox: Europe's time bomb
4 Teenager 'subjected to racist tirade' before his throat was slashed
5 Outback mayor urges 'ugly' women to move
6 Tweddle the loser as age doubts mar He's triumph
7 Confessions of an air steward too shocking for ailing Alitalia
8 Inside the city overrun by Russian army
Emailed
1 A revolution in the boardroom: Why it pays to be gay
2 Outback mayor urges 'ugly' women to move
3 Population paradox: Europe's time bomb
4 Is Steve Earle America's greatest living songwriter?
5 Warning: Using a mobile phone while pregnant can seriously damage your baby
6 The Afghan women jailed for being victims of rape
7 Lecturers revolt over 'rate your tutor' website
8 The Neanderthal murder mystery
9 Meet the global scenester: He's hip. He's cool. He's everywhere
Commented
1 Bruce Anderson: End of empire is always a muddy, bloody, business
2 Fattest children to be taken away from their parents
3 Steve Richards: The lesson of the Olympics: public spending is a winner
4 Sex, drugs and regrets – the battle for the Christian vote
5 Leading article: Time to calm down the rhetoric with Russia
6 Putin's revenge: Russia agrees ceasefire – but the war of words still rages
Columnist Comments
• Steve Richards: Lesson of the Olympics: public spending is a winner
Each day we awake to news of more sporting triumphs.
• Terence Blacker: Selfishness for the greater good
Barack Obama has taken part in a televised debate at a "megachurch" in California
• Mary Dejevsky: We may yet miss Musharraf
Nothing in his presidency, it might be said of Pervez Musharraf, became him so much as his leaving it.
