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Science minister Lord Drayson says the scientific community is right to be upset about the sacking of David Nutt, but defends the government's right to ignore scientists' advice The science minister, Lord Drayson, has committed...
It's pleasing to see, in the storm of commentary over Professor David Nutt's sacking as the government's chief drugs adviser, that everyone outside politics now recognises the importance of scientific evidence in devising laws....
I have suffered a whole host of problems since switching to paper-free billing Carphone Warehouse has caused me headaches for several months, since I switched to its "paper-free" billing system. Every time I get a notice in my...
The Religious Experience Research Centre's evidence of everyday divinity is a joy, says Roger Tagholm About three times a month a letter or email arrives at the library of the University of Wales at Lampeter. So far, so...
The past, after all, is not a foreign country: they do things much the same there. When my first book was published almost 50 years ago, I was sent something that might more accurately have been described as a retreat than an...
Steven Poole enjoys a rigorous examination of an abstract notion Humans are often misled by abstract nouns of their own making, and sometimes the bamboozlement can last centuries or more. Because one can say the word "justice",...
I do not count myself as one of Jamie Oliver’s army of fans, but after looking at the chirpy chef’s antics through the eyes of an economist, I am starting to acquire a grudging respect for him. Yes, the recipe books are all but...
Working from home is flexible and can be a great way to boost income or even to pursue a full-time career while staying close to family. It emerged last month that the best-paid Avon Lady Debbie Davis makes £250,000 a year from...
The Laws of Disruption By Larry Downes Basic Books £15.99, 256 pages FT Bookshop price: £12.79 If you thought the financial crisis was bad, just wait. That is the message of The Laws of Disruption, a book that promises a...
Nov 7 2009 Kevin Schofield A TORY MP has been accused of mud-slinging after she claimed on Twitter that a Scots Labour rival sexually harassed her three years ago. Colourful backbencher Nadine Dorries made the tit-for-tat...
