Best of British gaming: David Braben

In profiling some of the top British developers of all time, one man could never be left out. David Crookes talks to David Braben about the production of the 3D classic, Elite.

By David Crookes | Notebook | Wednesday, 16 February 2011 at 11:38 am

Caught & Social: Kanye in no mood for smiling

Daily gossip from the world of celeb

By Luke Blackall | Notebook | Wednesday, 16 February 2011 at 10:45 am

Matthew Bishop and Michael Green are not Thatcherites

However, I think the point still stands that the pair have a very different conception of the Big Society from Phillip Blond, who they describe as “more Red than Tory”.

By Ben Chu | Eagle Eye | Wednesday, 16 February 2011 at 10:25 am

Today from i: Coins through the ages

Today’s graphic from i

By i paper | Notebook | Wednesday, 16 February 2011 at 10:11 am

Digital Digest

Links to the best of the web

By Gillian Orr | Digital Digest | Wednesday, 16 February 2011 at 9:56 am

When will they learn?

Ali Abdullah Saleh, the President of Yemen, recently announced that he would not seek re-election in 2013. That is extremely generous of him; after all, he has only been in power for the last thirty-one years.

By Jody McIntyre | Notebook | Wednesday, 16 February 2011 at 9:34 am

Online House Hunter: Olympic home win

On your marks for a home close to Olympic Park. Our Online House Hunter leads the way…

By Alan Cleaver | Notebook, Property | Wednesday, 16 February 2011 at 7:00 am

iBet: Meeting of the pass masters

Arsenal v Barcelona, Champions League, 7.45pm

Lay under 1.5 goals at 4.4 to one with Betfair
This is a mouth-watering clash if ever there was one. I don’t think anyone is expecting a boring and defensive game and let’s face it, Arsenal have to at least try and build some kind of lead before they visit Camp [...]

By Gareth Purnell | Sport | Wednesday, 16 February 2011 at 1:00 am

Refinancing deal imminent at American Apparel?

From fashion disaster to financial disaster, it has been a grim period for American Apparel.
Once the darling of the retail sector, its clothing has fallen out of favour, sales have been dire, the business is in chaos, and it has breached promises to its lenders. (I’ve thrashed around these issues on a couple of occasions [...]

By Stephen Foley | Notebook | Tuesday, 15 February 2011 at 11:11 pm

The Palestinian [Non-] Authority…

Is it only me who finds something strange about the following sequence of events?

By Jody McIntyre | Notebook | Tuesday, 15 February 2011 at 3:44 pm