The new National Service in action (Children & Young People Now)
A sneak preview of what is to become David Cameron’s pet project – the National Citizen Service.
Continue Reading Add comment August 24th, 2010
Posts filed under 'UK reportage'
The price of being single (BBC news online)
Living alone costs singletons an extra £250,000 over a lifetime compared to couples, it is claimed. So what is the “singles tax”?
Continue Reading Add comment August 6th, 2010
No diving? No bombing? No rules swimming (BBC news online)
Columnist Matthew Parris has been called “ignorant” and his actions “dangerous” after swimming across London’s River Thames. But up and down the country, people are dipping a toe in the trend for outdoor swimming.
Continue Reading Add comment August 3rd, 2010
Hysterical, deluded and thoroughly English (BBC news online)
Why do the English fool themselves, again and again, into believing they can win? Might they actually enjoy it?
Continue Reading June 28th, 2010
Ballot no-no (BBC news online)
Voting is a serious business. So just what can and can’t you do in a polling station?
Continue Reading Add comment May 6th, 2010
Give the young a change they can believe in (FT.com)
Both the debates and the Lib Dem leader will soon become part of the political furniture rather than exciting interlopers.
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Far from the crowds (Financial Times magazine)
In a pretentious moment, one might call Hardy a writer of terroir.
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Can you justify your job title? (BBC news online)
While some achieve absurd job titles all by themselves, others have absurdity thrust upon them.
Continue Reading Add comment February 26th, 2010
How do you stop a car with a jammed accelerator? (BBC news online)
The recall of thousands of Toyotas with potentially faulty pedals raises a terrifying scenario – what should you do if the accelerator on your car jams?
Continue Reading February 4th, 2010
The solidarity of street smokers (BBC news online)
Huddles of street smokers outside office doorways could be extinguished under new public health plans. But it could also put an end to the comradeship of pavement puffers.
Continue Reading Add comment February 2nd, 2010