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LEADING ARTICLES
Leading article: Bad news: the axe has fallen in the wrong places
That the BBC would have to reduce its spending was clear from the moment the Director General, Mark Thompson, failed to obtain the licence fee settlement he sought
Leading article: An unworthy intervention
As one of the discoverers of the DNA double-helix, James Watson's status as a brilliant scientist is beyond challenge. But what are most certainly not beyond challenge are his recently voiced theories on race and intelligence
- Dominic Lawson: We can seek a 'cure' for obesity. But it might be more effective to start stigmatising it
- James Watson: To question genetic intelligence is not racism
- Matthew Norman: How Murdoch must be relishing this fiasco
- Katherine Butler: Defiance makes her a prime target for the extremists
- Thomas Sutcliffe: Painters turn their backs on art
- Joan Bakewell: I never thought I'd ask this: can torture be justified?
- Drinking and social class: who's counting?
- Miles Kington: You need a Kirsty or two to make a party go with a swing
- Janet Street-Porter: Our politicians know nothing of real life
- Cooper Brown: He's Out There
- Catherine Townsend: Sleeping Around
- Miles Kington: A pack of party animals on the prowl for a big beast
- Brian Viner: Country Life
- Brian Viner: Why Brits bow down to the kings of US chat
- Alex James: The Great Escape
- Claudia Winkleman: Take It From Me
- Miles Kington: Ned Sherrin: the last third-wicket down of showbiz
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