Recently added articles from The Independent (London, England):
A disease of the mind
Dec 01, 2009; Rob Sharp ... Why does a small band of scientists and campaigners persist indenying the link between HIV and Aids, when the evidence that theyare wrong is overwhelming? Rob Sharp reports A middle-aged man walks into an East London cafe and apologisesfor being late. With his clipped hair and ...
Three times the charm
Dec 01, 2009; Cathy Koester ... She'd always longed for a baby. Then Cathy Koester gave birth totriplets. Now, she and her husband have swapped their carefreelifestyle for one of rigorous routines, military planning - and morefun than they'd ever thought possible I am sitting on the living-room floor with three ...
The Life Browser
Dec 01, 2009; ... ON THE WEB TODAY ... Newfangled fun A spoof tech article written as if in the 1870s asks if, with thetelephone - a "device which emits sound and is not filled with bees"- Alexander Graham Bell has invented a "telegraph killer".tinyurl.com/yzb554w Spider man ...
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Dec 01, 2009; ... Days Like These EDMUND BURKE, parliamentarian and political thinker, speaksduring the reading of the East India Bill: "The natural rights ofmankind, are indeed sacred things; and if any public measure isproved mischievously to affect them, the objection ought to be fatalto that ...
'O Come All Ye Faithful isn't a historical record of who was at the manger'
Dec 01, 2009; John Walsh ... Tales of the City A pinch and a punch, it's the first of the month - and both pinchand punch this December come from the Right Reverend Nick Baines,Bishop of Croydon. Noting that it's traditional at Yuletide to bitchabout the flashy, meretricious tat of consumer society and ...
Are you clever enough?
Dec 01, 2009; John Farndon ... As would-be Oxbridge students prepare for pre-Christmas entranceinterviews, John Farndon offers a cribsheet on those famouslyfiendish questions DO YOU THINK YOURE CLEVER? (LAW, CAMBRIDGE) Answer, modestly, "no" and the interviewer might take you at yourword and deny ...
Chess
Dec 01, 2009; Jon Speelman ... Today's splendid win by one of England's strongest young titanscomes from the German Bundesliga. I reported last Friday on how thebehemoth of that most prestigious of leagues OSC Baden Baden, hadstarted with a perfect four match wins and lots of games points (thefirst tie-break if match ...
Bridge
Dec 01, 2009; Maureen Hiron ... It's rare that I feature a hand for the bidding alone, but thisone won the Best Bid Hand Award at the 2009 Lederer Memorial Trophy,a prestigious invitation tournament for eight teams. It is alwaysheld at the Young Chelsea Bridge Club, which jointly sponsors theevent, and the eighth team ...
Bend it like Bridget
Dec 01, 2009; Tom Lubbock ... Bridget Riley has been creating abstract paintings for 50 years -and her latest work is as tantalising as ever, says Tom Lubbock It is roughly 100 years since abstract painting started, and forsome people it has had its day. In the middle of the 20th century itruled the world. It ...
Is this a chair I see before me?
Dec 01, 2009; MICHAEL GLOVER ... ART DESIGN REAL Serpentine Gallery, London **** The Serpentine Gallery exists to show off art. Art, as we allknow, is perfectly useless. It exists to be admired. Now, all of asudden, the Serpentine Gallery has had a change of heart. It hashired a curator with a mesmerisingly ...
Magic Miyako's plum swansong
Dec 01, 2009; ZOE ANDERSON ... DANCE THE NUTCRACKER Royal Opera House, London **** The Royal Ballet's Nutcracker is 25 years old this year, andstill sparklingly sweet. Peter Wright has adjusted his productionover the years, but it's kept its period warmth. On this firstnight, the cast was led by audience ...
THEATRE
Dec 01, 2009; PAUL TAYLOR ... THE PRIORY Royal Court, London *** Your aim is to start the New Year without the usual hangover ofregret, shame, and weakness of will and armed with a more lucid andlimber approach to your love life. One solution might be to haveyourself cryogenically suspended between Boxing Day ...
FIVE BEST { Plays }
Dec 01, 2009; ... WAR HORSE (NEW LONDON THEATRE, LONDON) The National Theatres moving adaptation of Michael Morpurgosnovel, adapted by Nick Stafford, about a horse sold to the cavalryand pitched into the First World War. (0844 412 4654) to 23 Oct THE HABIT OF ART (NT: ...
POP
Dec 01, 2009; MARK SUTHERLAND ... CORINNE BAILEY RAE The Tabernacle, London **** We missed you," cries a supportive voice from the crowd asCorinne Bailey Rae takes to the stage. "I missed you too," shereplies with a smile but, really, this is one pop star with more toworry about of late than retaining her fan ...
Master of satire that still bites
Dec 01, 2009; JONATHAN SALE ... The Tuesday Book THE BEST BY MILES By Miles Kington OLD STREET,Pounds 12.99 Order for Pounds 11.69 (free p&p) from the IndependentBookshop: 08430 600 030 Miles Kington never improved. He started out in 1964 by creatingsmall gems of timeless humour and was still creating them 44 ...
Brine scene investigation
Dec 01, 2009; Amol Rajan ... Last Night's Television LIFE BBC1 MOUTH TO MOUTH BBC3 There are sound Darwinian reasons for supposing that the furtherone penetrates the depths of the oceans the more exhilarating thespecies and organic matter one discovers will be. This is not justbecause of the intrigue of ...
Critic's Choice
Dec 01, 2009; Gerard Gilbert ... Delia's Classic Christmas 9PM BBC2 Delia Smith (right) plunders her back catalogue to bring us herfirst Christmas show since 1990 - and her motto is: "Cherish it ...don't fear it." Alongside turkey and a traditional Christmaspudding, there are scallops, fillet of beef and a ...
Film Choice
Dec 01, 2009; Laurence Phelan ... On Golden Pond 5.05PM FILM4 (Mark Rydell, 1981) A mawkish drama about old age and inter-generational conflict was elevated into something funny and quitelovely, thanks to the casting of Henry Fonda as the cantankerousseptuagenarian at the heart of it, Jane Fonda as the ...
Radio Choice
Dec 01, 2009; ... The Choice 9AM RADIO 4 Michael Buerk talks to former social worker Nevres Kemal, whoblew the whistle on Haringey Council before the death of Baby P. Tempus Fugit 11AM RADIO 4 It is often said that time seems to speed up the older you get.Ian Peacock gets ...
ARCHIE BAIRD
Dec 01, 2009; Ivan Ponting ... Footballer who escaped from POW camp before helping Aberdeen topost-war triumphs Any contemplation of the life of Archie Baird must attachcolossal significance to the game of football, as Aberdeen fans ofthe 1940s and early 1950s will testify with unstinting enthusiasmand ...
