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Johann Hari: We've forgotten the force which really drives political change
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
When you are just one person sitting on a warming planet – when you see economies collapsing, wars raging, and reasons for fear on every corner – how should you react? What can you do? The current cluster of crises has stirred mood-responses that you can hear in every bar and coffee shop. It's worth looking at them, because beyond their siren messages, there is a road to real change that is being neglected.
Hamish McRae: The Chinese are our teachers now
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
Viewed objectively China has managed the downturn better than the US or the UK
Mary Warnock: Children need to be taught to think highly of education
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
Students from state schools won't tangle with the snobs and the toffs
Ellie Levenson: An atheist camp is a terrible idea
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
Myone summer camp gave me the opposite view than the one intended
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: 'Children are tools to achieve God's will,' the Taliban commander told me
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
Twenty-five children appear in a Taliban propaganda video wearing the traditional Pakistani shalwar kameez. They sit cross- legged on the ground rocking back and forth reciting the Koran. A white bandana tied across their forehead, reads: "La illaha illala: There is no God but God."
Sonia Gandhi: Entrepreneur's generosity is an inspiration to millions of Indians
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
Mr Gates, your extraordinary success as a businessman has been overtaken by your even more extraordinary impact as a philanthropist. Your belief that every life, wherever it is lived, should be respected and valued, has led you to transform the destinies of millions around the world. Your foundation is an inspiring example of what can be achieved through an effective combination of magnanimous generosity and sound management.
Philip Hensher: When it comes to loos, Japan's are the business
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
Going to the lavatory in Japan is a perfect delight. For a start, when you sit down, the seat is gloriously warm – not with that horrid just-vacated warmth, but a considerate radiator-warmth. When you are done, the neat little console at the side offers, with self-explanatory diagrams, a range of options: an upward sprinkle of water, a more forceful shower, or the Laser Beam, adjustable in temperature, but highly suitable for waking you up in the morning. Then, if you're lucky, there might be – I don't know how else to put this – a miniature anal hair-dryer, lodged under the rim. Bliss.
Jeff Wade: 'Its size and grandeur encompassed us'
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
We started the day at a small pitch head left by the other team at the end of some fairly tight, meandering passageways. One member of our team, Rob, went on ahead putting the ropes in, while myself and the other member, Ali, mapped the passages around us.
Jeremy Laurance: Scheme is out of step with civilian life
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
In civilian life, if a man breaks both legs he may be in line for several thousands pounds' compensation, if he can prove that someone – an employer or a motorist, say – was responsible. If, however, he was about to sign a contract with a football club, he may receive hundreds of times that amount.
David McKittrick: Talking to the enemy may seem radical, but it worked elsewhere
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
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• Johann Hari: We've forgotten the force which really drives political change
When you are just one person sitting on a warming planet, how should you react?
• Hamish McRae: The Chinese are our teachers now
Viewed objectively China has managed the downturn better than the US or UK
• Philip Hensher: When it comes to loos, Japan's are the business
Going to the lavatory in Japan is a perfect delight
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