Commentators
Sir Peter Lampl: Gulf between private and state schools is so wide
Published: 15 June 2006
In a number of recent studies, the Sutton Trust has highlighted the predominance of those from private schools in the country's leading and high profile professions. In law, we found that almost 70 per cent of barristers in the top chambers had attended fee-paying schools and that the young partners in so-called "magic circle" law firms were now more likely than their equivalents of 20 years ago to have been independently educated.
Catherine Townsend: Sleeping around
Published: 15 June 2006
Sitting in a dark cinema watching the scene in The Omen when Liev Schreiber prepares to plunge the knife into his son - the perfect boy who turned out to be the Antichrist - my mind turned to my ex-boyfriends. The film was a recreation of the original, yet I was glued to the screen - desperately hoping for a different ending. Walking home, I wondered if relationship "remakes" work the same way.
Julia Stephenson: The Green Goddess
Published: 15 June 2006
The Third Leader: Building sights
Published: 15 June 2006
Ah, yes: the ever-whirling wheel of change, as the poet Spenser had it, whirls on. Just as we are reeling from the decision by St Hilda's to admit men, another fit of giddiness rushes in at the news that women are going to be encouraged to work on building sites. Goodness me, they'll be interested in football next. My first reaction, of course, is low and selfish: how will I cope with all the wolf whistles as I pass? I'm not sure the aloof gambit will work, so perhaps I shall practise an airy sketch of a salute and, possibly a low bow, depending on what I'm wearing and the time of year.
Niall Ferguson: Home truths about famine, war and genocide
Published: 14 June 2006
Michael Brown: Vote for Michael Brown (or whoever)
Published: 14 June 2006
The Third Leader: Shine on
Published: 14 June 2006
Phew! I've just emerged from a brainstorming session designed to kick about ideas for a new symbol to replace the flaming Tory torch of freedom, and I'm exhausted but energised by our clear blue sky water thinking.
Leonard Quart: The joy of foreign interlopers on Broadway
Published: 13 June 2006
Donald Macintyre: How Britain's warm words disguise a cold reality for Olmert
Published: 13 June 2006
On the face of it, Ehud Olmert will leave London having got from Tony Blair most of what he could reasonably expect.
The Third Leader: Street scenery
Published: 13 June 2006
Those eternally vigilant for freedom will be in deep ponder over the move to prevent sandwich board men from expressing themselves on Oxford Street, and it's easy to see why.
Jeremy Laurance: GMC risks turning a maverick into a martyr
Published: 12 June 2006
The General Medical Council's decision to pursue Andrew Wakefield is a huge gamble. The scare over MMR vaccine that began in 1998 has seen hundreds of thousands of parents reject one of the most basic safeguards for children.
David Usborne: Our Man In New York
Published: 12 June 2006
Rebecca Tyrrel: Days Like Those
Published: 12 June 2006
Charles Nevin: If only the meek had inherited the earth
Published: 12 June 2006
Being of a kindred temperament, my sympathies are presently spending time with Sir Menzies Campbell and the 21 Vietnamese oil executives who face suspension after failing to take part in karaoke at a contract-signing ceremony near Hanoi.
Geoffrey Lean: Survival comes at a price
Published: 11 June 2006
Ellis Cashmore: Sticks and stones
Published: 11 June 2006
Sam Taylor-Wood: Seven times they said I didn't have cancer. You just have to be pushy
Published: 11 June 2006
Dave Hill: Let's hear it for the fans (until the riots begin)
Published: 11 June 2006
Rupert Cornwell: Out of America
Published: 11 June 2006
Jemima Lewis: It is a relief to hear Cameron the curmudgeon
Published: 10 June 2006
Richard Ingrams' Week: Nothing reasonable about this intelligence
Published: 10 June 2006
It is worrying how few people are worrying about some of the things that are going on in this country.
Shamim Chowdhury: Forest Gate has only helped the extremists
Published: 09 June 2006
The Third Leader: Here we go...
Published: 09 June 2006
So, at last, after, metatarsal, untried youth, Sven flips, daring to dream, appeals for good humour and no harking back, 1,966 interviews with George Cohen and the revelation that an average car carrying two England flags travelling at 70mph burns an extra litre of fuel per hour: it's all kicking off!
Sir Menzies Campbell: Cut taxes for the low paid and hit polluters
Published: 08 June 2006
The Third Leader: Foot fault
Published: 08 June 2006
Forgive me, but I have been thinking about the foot. No, no, not that foot: that is everywhere else. Still, I confess it was that foot that started me thinking about the foot, but in a different way. For it seems to me that, of the body parts, and despite its importance, the foot has never really achieved the recognition it deserves.
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