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On The Road at the Giro d’Italia: Feeling ill and racing in the rain must be pretty grim, Sport

On The Road at the Giro d’Italia: Feeling ill and racing in the rain must be pretty grim

I can’t ever watch games of football or rugby without wistfully wondering what it must be like to be professional. On days like today however, I’m pretty happy not to be a pro cyclist!

By | Sport | Thursday, 16 May 2013 at 5:10 pm

Where have property prices been reduced most in the UK?, Property

Where have property prices been reduced most in the UK?

Plus how much you need to earn to rent in London, and new homes figures

By | Property | Thursday, 16 May 2013 at 3:19 pm

Ian Katz and the great Clark County stunt, McSmith

Ian Katz and the great Clark County stunt

Never mind what the political views of Newsnight’s new editor: How good is his judgement?

By | McSmith | Thursday, 16 May 2013 at 2:39 pm

Dish of the Day: How to… make one of the sublimest of cocktails, the Negroni, Dish of the Day

Dish of the Day: How to… make one of the sublimest of cocktails, the Negroni

Mixing a Negroni is in actual fact pretty straightforward, consisting as it does of equal measures of three classic ingredients and requiring absolutely no special equipment.

By | Dish of the Day | Thursday, 16 May 2013 at 1:00 pm

Eleven Labour MPs backed last night’s Tory rebel amendment. Another didn’t vote, McSmith

Eleven Labour MPs backed last night’s Tory rebel amendment. Another didn’t vote

Here are Labour MPs who voted for the amendment regretting the absence of an EU referendum last night

By | McSmith | Thursday, 16 May 2013 at 10:22 am

SPOT festival: Bob Dylan, TopShop, and René Descartes, Music

SPOT festival: Bob Dylan, TopShop, and René Descartes

Sat in a hotel lobby amidst a music conference in Aarhus around 4am in is a great way to argue, and a terrible way to debate. I am trying to convey that good music would exist even if the music industry didn’t, and that there is no correlation between the music industry and good music.

By | Music | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 at 6:15 pm

PSG and the French league must be more proactive in dealing with hooliganism, Football

PSG and the French league must be more proactive in dealing with hooliganism

Since PSG’s exit to Barcelona in the Uefa Champions League quarter-final in April, PSG have been surrounded by nothing but controversy.

By | Football, Sport | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 at 2:37 pm

Ten Labour MPs have signed the EU amendment, McSmith

Ten Labour MPs have signed the EU amendment

Ten Labour MPs also ‘regret’ the absence of any mention of an EU referendum from the Queen’s Speech

By | McSmith | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 at 2:02 pm

The ghost at the feast: Luiz Felipe Scolari hopes that dropping Ronaldinho for the Confederations Cup won’t come back to haunt Brazil, Football

The ghost at the feast: Luiz Felipe Scolari hopes that dropping Ronaldinho for the Confederations Cup won’t come back to haunt Brazil

There was no place for Kaká, Alexandre Pato of Corinthians, Chelsea’s Ramires, and, most perplexingly of all, Ronaldinho Gáucho

By | Football, Sport | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 at 1:54 pm

Dish of the Day: The Reluctant Vegetarian’s recipe for Simple BBQ’d vegetables, Dish of the Day

Dish of the Day: The Reluctant Vegetarian’s recipe for Simple BBQ’d vegetables

When summer arrives (or even just a sunny day arrives) I’m generally up for a BBQ. This is a super simple dish that shows you how to use seasonal fresh ingredients to create the easiest of salads.

By | Dish of the Day | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 at 1:00 pm

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