Notebook
Barking Blondes: Doggy apps, lost pooches and ‘petworking’
Dogs are big business! As well as dog ownership doubling in six years, the pet industry has boomed in the UK, with an estimated value of £7 billion, increasing by seven per cent annually despite the recession. The past decade has seen an explosion of doggy gadgets, toys and clothes. Well, now it seems the computer age has targeted dog owners with the app market believing it can enrich your relationship with your dog.
By Joanne Good and Anna Webb | Bytesize, Digital Digest, Notebook | Sunday, 31 March 2013 at 4:00 am
Literature and poverty: It’s time for Mohsin Hamid to tell us how he really feels about Pakistan
Earlier this week I was thumbing through a range of books published by The Economist in a publisher while waiting to see someone. Not as dull as it sounds. The pocket World in Figures 2013 includes a cornucopia of country profiles that blows away myths, even if what came floating into my mind was the pastiche Fifty Sheds of Grey.
By Catriona Luke | Arts, Notebook | Friday, 29 March 2013 at 7:03 pm
Which are the most affordable UK cities?
Londonderry is the most affordable, Oxford the least
By Alex Johnson | Property | Friday, 29 March 2013 at 1:59 pm
Notes on Obama’s visit to Israel and moving towards peace
The Israeli and Palestinian territories on the West Bank are messy and confusing. This weekend I was quite taken aback when I was stopped by a defiant military security guard when crossing the green line to the Western wall, and asked whether I liked it “here, in Israel”, despite theoretically still being on Palestinian land.
By Marina Watson Pelez | Notebook | Thursday, 28 March 2013 at 4:46 pm
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
Renters will take decades to save for a home deposit
It would take 23 years to save enough for the average deposit
By Alex Johnson | Property | Thursday, 28 March 2013 at 12:54 pm
The Road to the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc: The Hastings Half Marathon
Running events take you all over the country and perhaps to somewhere you wouldn’t usually choose to visit for a weekend – this time it was Hastings for the annual half marathon.
By Gail Edmans | Notebook | Thursday, 28 March 2013 at 12:25 pm
Harrogate tops list of where Brits are happiest to live
People living in the north are happier than those in the south
By Alex Johnson | Property | Wednesday, 27 March 2013 at 9:37 am
Will the Budget’s new measures help new home buyers?
“Every additional home we build creates two new jobs.”
By Alex Johnson | Property | Tuesday, 26 March 2013 at 10:05 am
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
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