Posts Tagged With: Features
Express pawns avoid the P-word at Leveson inquiry
Express owner Richard Desmond may have bristled with confidence, but his editors were decidedly less sure-footedEven the dullest passages of Lord Justice Leveson’s phone-hacking inquiry are punctuated by outbursts of discreet sniggering, none more welc… Continue reading
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood enters ‘uncharted waters’ in new parliament
Islamist party is poised to take 45% of seats amid soaring public expectations but with few concrete powers to deliver reformIt’s a triumph that’s been 84 years in the making and, despite a concerted effort by all involved to stay humble and on-message… Continue reading
Country diary: South Uist
The weeks of non-stop rain which the islands have been enduring are generally held to make up the longest spell of poor weather anyone can remember. Even on the rapidly draining sandy machair, sheets of standing water cover what should be areas of… Continue reading
Stop these show-offs flattening our favourite places
Whether it’s high-speed rail links or apartment blocks, ordinary people’s lives are being ruined in the name of progressYesterday I heard a chilling phrase on the radio. The cost of HS2, the high-speed rail link, is £32bn “at current prices”. Help! Im… Continue reading
Two Newts emerge in South Carolina to take down Mitt Romney
Both the nasty and nice sides of Newt Gingrich are facing a tough battle in trying to derail Romney’s momentum, but neither side may be able to succeedThere is nice Newt and there is nasty Newt and, in a frantic effort to stop Mitt Romney from clinchin… Continue reading
Close up: More blockbusters please, we’re British
Film’s favourite PM, David Cameron, stepped in to give his views on what sort of features deserve lottery funding – the big onesThe big storyWhat sort of British films do we want? Or, more specifically, what sort of British films does David Cameron w… Continue reading
Rick Perry stakes everything on South Carolina: ‘I’m not here to come second’
The Texas governor ignored New Hampshire, preferring instead to bet the house on the south. But will his gamble pay off?Rick Perry does not look like a dead man walking. The Texas governor, and ardent fan of the death penalty in his home state, strode … Continue reading
Urban population boom threatens Lake Titicaca
Locals, environmentalists and politicians say the waters are becoming increasingly contaminated by waste from citiesSouth America’s most famous lake is being polluted by increasing levels of waste from fast-growing cities, according to locals, environm… Continue reading
Country diary: Newhall Point
The ebbing tide had laid bare the extensive mudflats of the outer Cromarty Firth. These rich feeding areas for wildfowl and waders stretched eastwards from my vantage point to the two narrow twin headlands called sutors that guard the entrance to the f… Continue reading
Hugh Muir’s diary
They dance, they prance. Occasionally they kill someone. UK gangs as described by lawman Bill• In a different world, perhaps an ideal world, Bill Bratton would be the main man at Scotland Yard. Big Dave wanted it. Sections of the media wanted it. But… Continue reading »