http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Thu, 23 May 2013 14:19:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/25/new-fencing-plan-threatens-wildlife-is-there-is-an-alternative-to-this-silent-massacre/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/25/new-fencing-plan-threatens-wildlife-is-there-is-an-alternative-to-this-silent-massacre/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:31:58 +0000 Katharine and David Lowrie http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=32779 Two thousand and eight hundred miles; the equivalent of running between Lands End and John O’Groats three times! This is the distance my husband and I have now run through the continent of South America.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/25/new-fencing-plan-threatens-wildlife-is-there-is-an-alternative-to-this-silent-massacre/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/14/video-the-next-usain-bolt/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/14/video-the-next-usain-bolt/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:00:55 +0000 George Arnett http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=30807 Is this Australian boy who can run 100m in 11.72 seconds the world’s fastest 12-year-old?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/14/video-the-next-usain-bolt/feed/ 13 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/27/why-us-australians-cant-get-enough-of-oktoberfest/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/27/why-us-australians-cant-get-enough-of-oktoberfest/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:00:54 +0000 Vanessa Keller http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=28690 At 4am on Thursday morning, myself, a Polish friend and two Englishmen will all begin the long and tiresome journey to Munich for a long weekend. After moving from the sunny shores of Australia to London two years ago, it comes as a bit of a surprise that I’m showing my European friends just what it is that makes Oktoberfest a place worth going to, and returning to, as I set forth into Beerfest for the second time in as many years.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/27/why-us-australians-cant-get-enough-of-oktoberfest/feed/ 6 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/06/must-watch-head-cracking-celebrations-from-scotland/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/06/must-watch-head-cracking-celebrations-from-scotland/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:24:10 +0000 Hugh Godwin http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25002 In a hilarious and completely unintentional variation of the chest-to-chest gridiron-style celebration, Alasdair Strokosch and Joe Ansbro cracked heads with their poorly conceived choreography…]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/06/must-watch-head-cracking-celebrations-from-scotland/feed/ 3 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/22/lukebrooks-janoskians-and-another-glimpse-into-the-baffling-world-of-internet-fame/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/22/lukebrooks-janoskians-and-another-glimpse-into-the-baffling-world-of-internet-fame/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 14:55:19 +0000 Steve Anderson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=24478 Why use the near-infinite pool of free information out there on the world wide web for some kind of greater good, when we could watch a group of obnoxious pretty boys pissing people off on their way home from work?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/22/lukebrooks-janoskians-and-another-glimpse-into-the-baffling-world-of-internet-fame/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/22/clarke-to-usher-in-new-era/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/22/clarke-to-usher-in-new-era/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:43:11 +0000 Alexander Penny http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=18463 If you ask any sport-fuelled Australian who Allan Border was, you would most likely get a sentence along the lines of 'the most intimidating / feared Australian to have graced international sport.' As a batsman, he was devastating, as a captain he was a crusader to the national side and brought Cricket Australia out of a dark and troubling age.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/22/clarke-to-usher-in-new-era/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/04/a-fresh-start-for-cricket-australia/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/04/a-fresh-start-for-cricket-australia/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:42:51 +0000 Alexander Penny http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=18121 Since arriving in Australia two weeks ago I have noticed that while the nation retains it's fearless ambition on the cricket field, they have readjusted their targets to a level unknown to fans since the current rankings system was employed in 2003.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/04/a-fresh-start-for-cricket-australia/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/17/talking-world-cup-rugby-lousy-kicking-cost-wales-not-warburtons-red-card/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/17/talking-world-cup-rugby-lousy-kicking-cost-wales-not-warburtons-red-card/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:01:15 +0000 Peter Bills http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=17549 The Warburton loss was a smokescreen because they Wales should have beaten France, even with 14 men.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/17/talking-world-cup-rugby-lousy-kicking-cost-wales-not-warburtons-red-card/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/14/talking-world-cup-rugby-hosts-fear-an-all-new-zealand-final-without-the-all-blacks/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/14/talking-world-cup-rugby-hosts-fear-an-all-new-zealand-final-without-the-all-blacks/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:53:51 +0000 Peter Bills http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=17478 A nightmare scenario is gaining increasing currency in rugby mad New Zealand. Grown men lay awake at night, sweating uncontrollably at the idea.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/14/talking-world-cup-rugby-hosts-fear-an-all-new-zealand-final-without-the-all-blacks/feed/ 4 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/13/talking-world-cup-rugby-willie-apiata-a-true-new-zealand-hero/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/13/talking-world-cup-rugby-willie-apiata-a-true-new-zealand-hero/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:10:30 +0000 Peter Bills http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=17416 In days like these, when we see imbeciles such as certain England rugby players behaving like juveniles at this World Cup, you get your faith in mankind restored by people like Apiata and his mates. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/13/talking-world-cup-rugby-willie-apiata-a-true-new-zealand-hero/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/12/talking-world-cup-rugby-upsets-are-the-essence-of-a-real-sporting-event/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/12/talking-world-cup-rugby-upsets-are-the-essence-of-a-real-sporting-event/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:36:28 +0000 Peter Bills http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=17361 One of the best things about this Rugby World Cup was the element of unpredictability last weekend. Not early on – there were the usual 67-5 , 83-7, 87-0, 67-3 type of results which bored everyone and did no-one any good. At every Rugby World Cup, these non-matches are fan-fared as valuable for the smaller nations. Well, [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/12/talking-world-cup-rugby-upsets-are-the-essence-of-a-real-sporting-event/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/28/talking-world-cup-rugby-the-stakes-are-getting-higher/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/28/talking-world-cup-rugby-the-stakes-are-getting-higher/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:26:02 +0000 Peter Bills http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=16838 So now we know for sure. It’s Italy v Ireland this Sunday to sort out a place in the quarter final in Wellington the following weekend.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/28/talking-world-cup-rugby-the-stakes-are-getting-higher/feed/ 6