Thursday 21 August 2008

 

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Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill

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CoffeeHouse

George Osborne has kindly agreed to a Q&A session with Coffee House.  So, post your questions for him in the comments sections to this post.  And, in a week-or-so's time, we'll pick out the best ten and put them to the shadow chancellor. 

VP watch: Buy Bayh

VP watch: Buy Bayh

Time Magazine: One of the biggest moments in the campaign is going to be your announcement of a Vice...

And the award for worst foreign policy goes to...

In Hollywood, there is an award called the Golden Raspberry or Razzies. The opposite of the much-desired Oscar, the Razzies...

Is He too young?

The Beijing Olympics was a chance for China to shine. But despite the brilliance of much of the games, the...

The Tories have their biggest ever lead, Labour at record low

The Tories have their biggest ever lead, Labour at record low

The 24 point lead the Tories have in this month’s Ipsos/Mori political monitor is their largest since the survey began...

Arts

Too much information

Too much information

Blood and Guts (BBC4)

Poverty of the soul

Poverty of the soul

Heart and Soul (BBC World Service); Gun and Knife Crime: Seeking Solutions (BBC Radio 4)

Books

Our modest contribution

Our modest contribution

St Petersburg and the British: The City Through the Eyes of British Visitors and Residents
by Anthony Cross

The Circus

The Circus

The Circus by Noel Daniel

Style & Travel

Sitting on a rocket

Sitting on a rocket

Henry Sands goes powerboating in Malta

Home On The Grange

Home On The Grange

Matthew Dennison experiments with self-catering on a royal scale

In this week's issue

Economic recovery plan? Forget it, Gordon

The Prime Minister’s survival is pinned on a September ‘relaunch’ to ease the voters’ economic woes. But, says Martin Vander Weyer, each door through which Brown tries to escape his predicament slams in his face. His room for manoeuvre is negligible

Martin Vander Weyer

Georgia sheds light on the mind of Cameron

James Forsyth says that the Tory leader is more immersed in foreign policy than first seemed probable. Unlike Brown, he has ambitions as an international leader

James Forsyth

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