THE BIG RETORT

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." An eloquent defence of tolerance, or a cosy ...

Military ‘rebels’ who seized a luxury hotel in the Philippines capital have agreed to surrender, for the safety of the hostages. "We...

THERE IS A VERY OLD SAYING THAT 'HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF TIME AND TIME AGAIN'. RECENTLY TWO COMPUTER DISCS CONTAINING THE PERSONAL IN...

Could Mankind be the only technologically advanced society in the Cosmos? D. Bruce Merrifield, writing in Integrated Patterns of Civilizati...

Is service-provider London Councils really running a range of services designed to make life better for 'all'? In a previous article...

THE NEXT TIME YOU TAKE THE TUBE... MIND THE MAP . The London underground 'map' was created by graphic designer Henry C Beck (pictur...

THE CURIOUS CASE OF DR DAVID KELLY AND WHY HE WROTE THAT WILL... Researchers never seem to mention it but the dead scientist's will, pr...