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Fifa, Ho, Hum

The greed and stymied idealism of world football's ruling body is casting an ominous shadow over this summer's World Cup tournament in South Africa.

April 27, 2010

Counterpoints·Sport

Plane Crazy

The recent air space shutdown has highlighted that only mad dogs and Englishmen would acquiesce to the aural torture of living under flight paths

April 27, 2010

Counterpoints·Environment

Never Too Old

The dearth of GCSE Greek courses — or indeed, Ancient Greek history — taught in state schools is to the great detriment of secondary school pupils

April 27, 2010

Counterpoints·Education·Language

Sweet Talk

We live in a euphemistic commercial age where “plain” chocolate just simply will not do Have you bought any chocolate digestives lately? If you have been looking for plain chocolate ones, rather than

April 27, 2010

Counterpoints·Language

Park and Ride

The Olympic juggernaut has trampled over any local council objections to its project. Now it looks like it will do the same to Greenwich Park

April 27, 2010

Counterpoints·Sport

Bishkek: Downfall of a Dictator

Whilst travelling through Kyrgyzstan, our correspondent found himself witness to a brutal and bloodsoaked coup

April 26, 2010

Dispatches

Bishkek: Bloodsoaked Revolution

Our correspondent provides an eyewitness account of the bloody and brutal coup in Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday 7th April

April 8, 2010

Dispatches

The Prize Lies of a Nazi Tycoon

Alfred Toepfer posed as a peacemaker in postwar Europe and lavished awards on British artists. Unknown to them, he played a key role in the Third Reich and helped war criminals flee

March 24, 2010

Features·Germany·History

Oxford Literary Festival — Day One

Online only: Commentary from the opening day of the Oxford Literary Festival It’s the first day of the Oxford Literary festival, and the brooding elephant sky swaddles the main marquee with a

March 24, 2010

Features·Literature