Bolton have long had a reputation for winning ugly. On a freezing afternoon at Craven Cottage they will have been happy to draw ugly instead, taking away a point against a dominant Fulham team that will have come as some relief to Gary Megson after a run of four defeats in five games. Last season's leading scorer Kevin Davies has scored just twice so far this season – but he has committed more...
Peter Walker and Matthew Taylor roadtest five cycling jackets that will keep you warm and dry in wintry weather If there's one more or less absolute essential in any cyclists' wardrobe, whether you occasionally trundle half a mile to the shops or routinely traverse mountain ranges, it's the rain jacket. This is all the more important once the winter weather closes in. You can get away with getting...
As detailed before, the Press TV programme on Who really owns stolen and looted artefacts? has now been broadcast. Presented by Yvonne Ridley, guests on the panel included: Tim Schadla-Hall (Reader in Public Archaeology), Julian Radcliff (Chairman of the Art Loss Register), Dr Caroline Goodson (Birckbeck College, University of London) & Matthew Taylor (editor of [...]
The Bank of England has disclosed that it loaned RBS and HBOS a breathtaking £61.6bn in emergency funding in October and November 2008. This is the first time that the central bank has detailed its support for the two institutions. Our economics editor Paul Mason is in the City to dig up reaction to the revelations and spell out what they mean. A retired police superintendent has claimed that...
The US is to announce a target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions before next month's UN climate summit, according to a White House official. Tonight our Ethical Man, Justin Rowlatt, talks to Nobel Prize winning physicist, Steven Chu - the man who is President Barack Obama's Energy Secretary. And the tables are turned against our political animals Matthew Taylor, Patience Wheatcroft, Lord Digby...
Jane Andrews, 40, who was the Duchess of York's trusted personal assistant for nine years, absconded from East Sutton Park Prison in Maidstone, Kent, last night A former royal aide to the Duchess of York who was jailed for killing her lover has gone on the run from prison. Jane Andrews, 40, who was Fergie's trusted personal assistant for nine years, absconded from East Sutton Park Prison in Maidstone,...
Matthew Taylor turns his not inconsiderable thoughts to the London Borough of Barnet: The overall aims of the Barnet strategy are to move from a responsive to a preventive approach (a principle which underlies the restructuring of the council's strategic capacity around multi-disciplinary project teams), to empower citizens and last, but not least, to save money while improving outcomes. Barnet has...
Vicky Taylor, wife of Truro MP Matthew Taylor, has donated her Jenny Packham wedding dress to an auction to raise funds for Cornwall’s Women’s Domestic Violence Support Network.
Vicky Taylor, wife of local MP Matthew Taylor, has donated her Jenny Packham wedding dress to an auction to raise funds for Cornwall’s Women’s Domestic Violence Support Network.
League player wins half-time competition during match at Wembley stadium A rugby fan woke up £250,000 richer yesterday after kicking a ball 30 metres on to the crossbar at Wembley stadium – in his socks. Stuart Tinner, 24, was selected at random to take part in a kicking competition during half time in the Saracens versus South Africa match on Tuesday night. Tinner stunned the crowd of...
By Arun Arora / @RevArun In recent days, criticism of Gordon Brown has turned from a barrage to an all out assault. Leading the charge has been The Sun which, to use a phrase from the football manager's handbook, has decided to play the man and not the ball. Seemingly fed up with the determination of the man to keep his head down and to steadily hold a course, the newspaper has decided to refrain...
Barack Obama says that time has run out to secure a binding climate deal at Copenhagen. Environment correspondent Jonathan Watts explains what the US president is proposing instead, to prevent next month's talks ending in complete failure. As the US state of Texas prepares to implement the death penalty three times this week, Chris McGreal reports on growing demands for a moratorium on executions...
The government has launched a crackdown on rogue agencies which charge aspiring actors and models hundreds of pounds in upfront fees. Campaigners say thousands of would-be performers are persuaded to part with large sums of money to cover "registration fees" or the cost of a portfolio, only to find the lucrative showbusiness contracts that they had hoped for never materialise. Pat McFadden,...
Britain's Protesters Rebranded "Domestic Extremists" By Tom Burghardt Source: Antifascist Calling... November 2, 2009 Courtesy Of Global Research In "Mind Your Tweets: CIA and European Union Building Social Networking Surveillance System," Antifascist Calling explored the trend by security agencies in Europe and the United States to build political dossiers on dissidents by data...
A couple of weeks back, I was rather pleased with myself for coming up with the phrase "policy-based evidence making" to describe New Labour's cavalier way with scientific advice. Suddenly, post-Nutt, the phrase is popping up all over the place, sometimes attributed to me (thanks, Obnoxio and Bella ) sometimes credited to Matthew Taylor , who wrote a post of that name on October 27th. I was...
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