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Top 10 travel apps

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:31:07 GMT

Apps and away ... check train timetables or find a restaurant on your phone. Photograph: Rolf Bruderer/Corbis Nothing signals travel quite like staring up at the departures board and trying to find out what's happening to your plane.
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Gurinder Chadha tackles migration with humour

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:27:15 GMT

PANAJI: Gurinder Chadha, the director behind the hit "Bend it Like Beckham", is one of a trio of Indian-origin women directors wowing the world with their unique style. But unlike Deepa Mehta or Mira Nair, Chadha's films have a distinctly earthy feel.
Source: Times of India

Chancellor unveils tax-and-spend plan

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:21:31 GMT

ALISTAIR DARLING yesterday unveiled a tax-and-spend pre-Budget report aimed at setting the scene for the General Election.
Source: Wales Online

MPs' expenses: Q&A

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:18:09 GMT

What expenses are coming out today?
Source: Guardian Unlimited

John Storm Roberts, World-Music Scholar, Dies at 73

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:17:54 GMT

John Storm Roberts, an English-born writer, record producer and independent scholar whose work explored the rich, varied and often surprising ways in which the popular music of Africa and Latin America informed that of the United States, died on Nov. 29...
Source: The New York Times

The Weekend Guide

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:16:49 GMT

SELECT YOUR CITYYou can search the whole site or browse by city. Go on and choose your edition.
Source: Daily Candy

Former Lehman Boss on the Deal Trail

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:15:26 GMT

Former Lehman Boss on the Deal Trail Mark Kleinman December 10, 2009 6:04 AM Recommend post (1) One of London’s most senior financiers – and the former head of Lehman Brothers’ operations in Europe – is poised to do his first big deal since leaving the...
Source: Sky News

Fashion student gets a taste of ‘glamour’ life

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:13:50 GMT

A TALENTED student has been helping one of Britain’s top fashion designers.
Source: Wales Online

Quoted in 'Another Old Master Sales Record: Van Dyck Sells For £8.3M'

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:08:25 GMT

said in ArtsJournal:

The last self-portrait by Anthony van Dyck doubled its estimate to set an artist auction record at Sotheby's in London as buyers fought for the best work and rejected other paintings.

Quoted in 'With Mike London, Virginia football hopes for in-state success'

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:31:02 GMT

Chris Slade (football) said in The Washington Post:

I'm a little biased because I'm a Tidewater guy, so I think that's an area where we really need to get some of the top players ... You know, the Tyrod Taylors of the world that skip right on past Charlottesville and head to Blacksburg. We need to get those types of players here. The relationship that Coach London already has with a lot of those coaches on the Peninsula, like the Mike Smiths of the world, I think it's really going to help a lot.

Photo from Getty Images

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:56:43 GMT

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 31: Fireworks go off from the BT Tower to mark 1000 days until the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games on October 31, 2009 in London, England.

Photo from Getty Images

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:56:22 GMT

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 31: Fireworks go off from the BT Tower to mark 1000 days until the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games on October 31, 2009 in London, England.

London 10 Quirky Places

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:35:01 GMT