Portrait of the week
Home AstraZeneca’s board rejected an increased takeover bid of £63 billion by Pfizer. Commenting on the bid in Parliament, Vince…
Barometer
Judges in jail Barrister and part-time judge Constance Briscoe was jailed for 16 months for perverting the course of justice…
Letters
Why girls do better Sir: Isabel Hardman notes that girls now outperform boys at every level in education (‘The descent…
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Green and unpleasant
What has happened to Dame Helen Ghosh? Last October the director-general of the National Trust seemed prepared to stand against…
Portrait of the week
Home The British economy grew by 0.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2014, disappointing hotheads who’d expected 1 per cent. It…
Barometer
Animal spirit A labrador blown up with her handler while sniffing for bombs in Afghanistan in 2008 became the 64th…
Letters
Burchill’s flimsy faith Sir: It is funny that it now falls to the Julie Burchills of this world, the old…
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