Opinion
Mine awareness day: Lend your leg today
In spite of the continued cold snap, you may notice a significant number of people rolling up their trousers and baring their legs today in order to ‘Lend a Leg’ in support of continued landmine problems around the world.
By Alex Jackson | Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 4 April 2013 at 5:00 am
China’s Sudanese dilemma: Secure oil whatever the cost
News broke in late March that South Sudan ordered its oil companies to start production again. The fledgling Sub-Saharan nation stopped oil exports in January 2012 amid failed negotiations with Sudan over oil transmission prices. Not that this is anything new. The two Sudans reached an agreement last September but it was never implemented due to disagreement over border security issues.
By Tim Daiss | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 3 April 2013 at 3:10 pm
Why does Jack the Ripper continue to intrigue us?
This year marks the 125th anniversary of Jack the Ripper, the notorious Whitechapel murderer who killed and mutilated at least five women during the darkest months of the Victorian era. On the surface, it’s just another grisly tale from Britain’s often grisly past. So, after all these years, why does the Ripper’s legacy continue to linger so strongly in the public consciousness?
By James Silcocks | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 3 April 2013 at 5:00 am
My transgender life: The trans phone conundrum
I pick up the phone and dial the researcher’s office number. His assistant answers. He’ll pass on my request for information. A couple of hours pass and my telephone rings. “Hello, is that Beth?” asks the caller. ‘Beth?’ I think. Then I realise what’s happening.
By Ben Smith | Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 28 March 2013 at 2:15 pm
The Photography Blog: A quick chat with… Geoff Tompkinson
Geoff Tompkinson is a photographer at the forefront of what can be achieved with a modern digital SLR. He’s been dubbed ‘the man who controls time’ after producing some of the most innovative and stunning footage from the world’s major cities with his camera. Welcome to Geoff’s world of hyperlapse photography.
By Alex Hare | Notebook, Opinion | Monday, 25 March 2013 at 6:00 pm
World Water Day: Water, Water Everywhere, Only if We Share
It is fair to say that in the western world we take water for granted. At home, one can turn on the tap, pour themselves a glass of tap water, and even leave it running without fear that the flow might stop.
By Freddie Nathan | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 22 March 2013 at 6:00 am
The Human Rights Act and the NHS: How Theresa May’s proposals go beyond Abu Qatada
Theresa May’s proposal to scrap the UK Human Rights Act (HRA) and withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is clearly not just motivated by government legal difficulties over the extradition of Abu Qatada.
By Dr Martin Stanton | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 20 March 2013 at 4:03 pm
Suggestions for the Budget 2013: Simplifying the tax system and stimulating growth
With the Chancellor’s Budget almost upon us, many businesses and indeed individuals across the country are speculating about what George Osborne will announce and how this will directly impact upon them.
By Stephen Herring | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 20 March 2013 at 9:00 am
My transgender life: ‘Social transition is scarier than jabbing a needle in your thigh every fortnight’
The weirdest aspect of being in the early stages of transitioning from female to male is the unavoidably public “social transition”. I never had to come to terms with how I felt since I’d always felt trans. What scared me was telling everyone else.
By Ben Smith | Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 14 March 2013 at 12:06 pm
Barking Blondes: The Brits, SANE and Adam Ant
We were invited to the coveted Brits after party on Wednesday night, not for our services to music, more for our enthusiasm for dogs.
By Joanne Good and Anna Webb | Notebook, Opinion | Sunday, 24 February 2013 at 4:00 am
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