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Don’t get mad about Amazon and make the right ethical choice, Notebook

Don’t get mad about Amazon and make the right ethical choice

The latest revelations of Amazon’s ginormous tax dodge are making many people mightily angry. The good news though is that you don’t have to get mad – you can get even by boycotting Amazon

By | Notebook | Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 5:48 pm

Dish of the Day: Beer matching menu – Part 3 – The Main, Dish of the Day

Dish of the Day: Beer matching menu – Part 3 – The Main

The main course on most beer matching menus tends to be meat. Not just any meat, pork. And I’m not talking about a couple of chops or a sausage, I’m talking about roast suckling pig or trotters stuffed with chicken mousse. The kind of pig you’d eat at a feast.

By | Dish of the Day | Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 4:20 pm

Lord Tebbit and the ‘lesbian Queen’ – funny, but not original, McSmith

Lord Tebbit and the ‘lesbian Queen’ – funny, but not original

Norman Tebbit is not the first Tory peer to raise the hypothetical possibility of an heir to the throne being conceived by artificial insemination

By | McSmith | Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 3:52 pm

Chagos: Conservationists are swimming in murky waters, Notebook

Chagos: Conservationists are swimming in murky waters

“Being in Chagos is an incredibly special experience,” says Rachel Jones, deputy team leader of the Aquarium at ZSL London Zoo, in a new YouTube posting extolling the “unique” environment of the warm, pristine waters of the Archipelago. “It’s literally like going back in time… It’s what reefs, I imagine, were like 50 or 60 years ago. She adds: “It’s very special being somewhere where you know you’re the only one there. There’s no one else around.”

By | Notebook | Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 2:00 pm

China turns friendly with India – but why?, The Foreign Desk

China turns friendly with India – but why?

When China’s former premier, Wen Jiabao, visited India in December 2010, he was full of talk about the two country’s joint aspirations, their friendship, their co-operation, and about how their two-way trade would almost double to $100bn a year by 2015.

By | The Foreign Desk | Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 12:58 pm

Gay marriage – bad. Creationism – okay., McSmith

Gay marriage – bad. Creationism – okay.

Some of gay marriage;s opponents believe that tecahers shoudl be allowed to teach creationism without fear of being disciplined. law should protect eachers

By | McSmith | Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 11:37 am

Wandsworth tops aspiring young professionals hotspot list, Property

Wandsworth tops aspiring young professionals hotspot list

Other popular areas include Didsbury, Clifton in Bristol, central Cambridge and West Bridgford

By | Property | Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 7:54 am

Christian GPs and the morning after pill: Much needed clarification, Health

Christian GPs and the morning after pill: Much needed clarification

Doctors are allowed to have personal beliefs, just as long as these beliefs do not interfere with the rights of the patient and service provision.

By | Health | Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 3:00 am

iBet: Look each way for value in The Cote D’Azur Open, Sport

iBet: Look each way for value in The Cote D’Azur Open

With the top nine players in the men’s world tennis rankings all missing this tournament to prepare for the French Open, this is a rare occasion when we can look for a bit of value.

By | Sport | Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 2:01 am

Game of Thrones ‘Second Sons’ – Season 3, episode 8, Arts

Game of Thrones ‘Second Sons’ – Season 3, episode 8

Even though there was a complete absence of our favourite odd couple Brienne and Jaime, we got another pair to fill their place this week.

By | Arts, Film | Monday, 20 May 2013 at 11:00 pm

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