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Matthew Norman: The bewildering bluster of Charles Clarke Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 21 April 2006

What I think he is struggling to articulate is simple distaste for the presumption of innocence itself

John Rentoul: Why politicians should not be fooled into the promotion of happiness Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 20 April 2006

It may be that a free market provides the best context in which happiness can thrive

Hamish McRae: The reality of mass migration Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 19 April 2006

I was brought up in Ireland, and the majority of my economics class left the country on graduation

Mark Steel: Even school sports will be sponsored by business Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 19 April 2006

If your child falls behind in English, instead of being offered help, he'll be voted out by the shareholders

Deborah Orr: If it makes people happy, don't knock it Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 19 April 2006

After a certain point, increased personal wealth stops having any impact on our happiness

Brian Viner: Country Life Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 19 April 2006

Over the past few weeks, I have touched upon the pitfalls of living in a big old house in the country - the cost of heating it, repairing it, etc - but I wouldn't want to gloss over its manifold pleasures.

John Walsh: Tales of the City Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 18 April 2006

Beside the dismal North Sea, I was beset by ghostly nuns, moral dilemmas ... and a dead gull

John Rentoul: Mr Plod comes to call at No 10 Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 16 April 2006

I do not believe that this is Blair's jump-the-shark moment

Matthew Norman: Roon a gambler? Not by my mad standards Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 16 April 2006

We walked four miles home after the taxi fare went down on 17 black

Rowan Pelling: I'm going to church, so get over it Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 16 April 2006

Why has belief become socially unacceptable? It's a hell of lot better than nothingness

Editor-At-Large: Save the Dome? Who wants a shed named after a phone firm Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 16 April 2006

It's sometimes hard to believe that Britain is home to some of the most stunning architecture in the world. Take the Gothic period. You don't have to be a believer to be thoroughly knocked out by the beauty of cathedrals such as Wells, Lincoln, Durham and Salisbury.

Joan Smith: A glimpse of immortality maybe, but it's still a freak show Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 16 April 2006

The plastinated bodies are as educational as bearded ladies

Deborah Orr: Let the neighbours think what they want and just get on with your lives Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 15 April 2006

We have become used to occasional stories charting the discovery of elderly people who have died and rotted in their homes without a soul realising that they had gone. But there is something even more disturbing about the case of Joyce Vincent, whose body lay undiscovered in her home for more than two years, surrounded by Christmas gifts she had bought for her family and friends.

Will Self: PsychoGeography Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 15 April 2006

Access all areas?

Thomas Sutcliffe: Don't sneer at the honest reviewer Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 14 April 2006

We are always happy to see egg on other people's faces - and when it ends up on a critic's face, the appreciation of yolk trickle and albumen smear is particularly intense. It is a special case of schadenfreude I suppose - and its popular appeal is surely the only explanation for the widespread coverage of the discovery of a collection of film reviews written for an agency that offered commercial advice on new releases to Britain's cinema managers.

Janet Street-Porter: What a silly way to train a prince Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 13 April 2006

What's the point of training? It doesn't seem to be a very sexy way of spending your time these days - the number of apprentices is declining, the leisure industry is bereft of skilled receptionists and chambermaids and the building industry is crying out for qualified builders and plumbers.

Joan Smith: So are Anglicans more honest? Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 12 April 2006

Why not offer them preferential treatment in other areas, such as interviews for jobs in the Civil Service?

Mark Steel: Bush will soon be intervening in 'Pop Idol' Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 12 April 2006

America acts as if it is allowing the rest of the world to try out democracy as a privilege

Hamish McRae: Why there will be many more angry voters and hung elections in Europe Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 12 April 2006

We are in the early stages of what will probably be a 20-year period of adaptation to global challenges

Brian Viner: Country Life Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 12 April 2006

"For my money," the great American humorist and country dweller S J Perelman wrote in The New Yorker about half a century ago, "the most parochial, unwholesome aspect of contemporary civilization is the life led by the average urban dweller. Cooped up in a stuffy, overheated hotel suite with nothing but a bowl of cracked ice, a blonde, and a fleet bellboy poised on his toe like Pavlova waiting to run errands, he misses the rich, multiple savour of country living. He never knows the fierce ecstasy of rising in a sub-zero dawn to find the furnace cold and the pipes frozen, or the exhilaration of changing a tyre by flashlight in an icy garage. No wonder his muscles atrophy as he lies abed until noon, nibbling bits of toast over the latest edition. No wonder his horizons shrink and his waistband swells. And no wonder he'll live twice as long as I will."

John Walsh: Tales of the City Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 11 April 2006

Our sadistic teachers scarred us for life, but it was more effective than politeness

Thomas Sutcliffe: The usefulness of the Queen's empty rituals Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 11 April 2006

You famously shouldn't let daylight in on the magic of monarchy - but what about statistics? I can't have been the only person mildly surprised to discover that Her Majesty has only opened a meagre 15 bridges and launched 23 ships.

Donald Macintyre: This is no time to cut Palestinian aid Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 10 April 2006

The distinction between inflicting harm on the Palestinians and the Authority itself is unsustainable

John Rentoul: It has suddenly become thinkable again that the PM could sack his Chancellor Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 09 April 2006

A secret: the poor are getting richer faster than the rich

Rowan Pelling: I have finally grown out of my youthful ambition to be bonkers Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 09 April 2006

Women who go off the rails are sexy. But the Pelling genes are just too sturdy for that
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