Archive for August, 2008

Mark Ravenhill on advertising

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Mark Ravenhill: Yes, I want to tell stories about our world of dizzy consumerism. But the advert is the enemy of art

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Public trust hit by Sats fiasco, says watchdog

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Exams regulator acknowledges that faith in testing and examinations process has been compromised

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Immigration: High court to rule on incarceration of boy, eight, in detention centre

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Iranian boy known as Child M is held for six weeks as his asylum claim is assessed

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China quake death toll rises to 27

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

More than 180,000 homes destroyed by earthquake in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces

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Watchdog admits public trust hit by Sats fiasco

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Exams regulator acknowledges that faith in testing and examinations process has been compromised

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Obituary: Barbara Armstrong

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Obituary: Woman who created and led a community studies department at Hackney College in east London

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Crime warning raises pressure on Brown

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Home office says slump will bring rise in racism, extremism and theft

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Extreme action the only way to tackle global warming, say scientists

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Environment, science & technology: Royal Society papers suggest ways to combat global temperature rise through geo-engineering

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Bullard receives shock England call-up

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Sport: Jimmy Bullard and Robert Green in the new England squad but Michael Owen failed to make the cut

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Democracy’s police blinded by confetti

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Comment is free: Gary Younge: The real problem with the Bush years is what the US political class enabled him to do

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