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Author expects criticism of The Pregnant Widow, but insists it's "actually a very feminist book" that shows how his sister fell victim to the sexual revolutionMartin Amis's new novel The Pregnant Widow will explore his belief (Read More)
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The IndependentA man who strangled his wife during a nightmare in the belief he was attacking an intruder walked free from court today after the case against him was withdrawn.Brian Thomas, 59, of Neath, South Wales, killed h (Read More)
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Author expects criticism of The Pregnant Widow, but insists it's "actually a very feminist book" that shows how his sister fell victim to the sexual revolutionMartin Amis's new novel The Pregnant Widow will explore his belief (Read More)
The Guardian:
Boiling the complex issue of population decline down to selfishness, as the chief rabbi has done, is absurdThe question: Are we too selfish to survive?The chief rabbi's comments were the most muddled of any recent religious l (Read More)
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The Association of Chief Police Officers' proposed register of domestic violence perpetrators is welcome and long overdue (Report, 17 November). The home affairs select committee found in our domestic violence report last yea (Read More)
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KATMANDU, Nepal — A Hindu festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are expected to be sacrificed will go ahead as scheduled in southern Nepal despite protests, organizers said Friday.The Gadhimai festival, celebrate (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
The New Zealand boss is the only top 10 coach to have led his team in the 2007 World Cup. Is rugby changing for the worse?When Graham Henry sits down with Martin Johnson after tomorrow's international between England and New (Read More)
The Guardian:
Public Policy Polling has blazed the trail in the past few months of asking the kinds of questions no one else is asking, like do you think Obama is descended from Lenin and so on (a slight exaggeration, but you get the idea) (Read More)
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Make Ahead Turkey GravyContrary to popular belief, you don't need a whole turkey to make gravy. However, you must slow-roast turkey to get good gravy.I have to admit I have witnessed some pretty seasoned cooks have complete b (Read More)
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Neil Back, the World Cup-winning flanker, says that England’s leading players need to show more self-belief if they are to stand any chance of beating New Zealand tomorrow. (Read More)
The Guardian:
• French have a 'moral obligation' to grant rematch• Irish urge Fifa to display their belief in 'fair play and integrity'The Republic of Ireland have told Thierry Henry and France that they have a moral obligation to grant th (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Major's victory in 1992 is the precedent Labour likes to talk about. But it's his defeat five years later that should concern themNo British prime minister ever takes his government into the fifth year of a parliament by pref (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Film:
This 1966 drama ticks most of the right boxes when it comes to entertaining as well as educating. Pity they didn't let Thomas More be more scatalogical than saintlyDirector: Fred ZinnemannEntertainment grade: BHistory grade: (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Andy Murray's first opponent at the ATP World Tour finals has to be constantly reminded just how good he isIt was the grand slam that many thought Andy Murray would win. Instead, it was the one that launched Juan Martín del (Read More)
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Rex Ryan stepped to the podium and motioned for a staffer to hand him something.It was a blue box of tissues, and the Jets coach set it down in front of him. "I've got a new sponsor," Ryan said Wed (Read More)
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Not long after a British judge ruled that environmental concerns are broadly equivalent to religious belief, I came across this interesting story in The Ecologist suggesting that conventional religions represent the best hop (Read More)
The Guardian:
Atheists have an ingenious strategy for ensuring the survival of our gang: we don't have rules about who we can reproduce withThe question: Are we too selfish to survive?In his entertaining lecture to Theos, Chief Rabbi Jonat (Read More)
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Thousands of starry-eyed children all over the world are writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole this holiday season, but they'll not likely to get a response from Santa Claus or his helpers.The (Read More)
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Court is the wrong place to deal with parenting disputesThere they were, two sweet little girls, six or seven years old, talking frankly to a room packed with adult strangers about the sadness at the heart of their emotiona (Read More)
UK News from Times Online:
ITV job offers Archie Norman chance to erase Tory party failures ITV job is a chance to erase Tory failures Archie Norman has the opportunity to prove that his success as chairman and chief executive of Asda was not just a on (Read More)