Keith Raffan on the UK’s leading economic think tanks – the ones UK politicians treat as gospel
The two principal independent economic think tanks in the UK are the ... Read More >>
The Generic Drugs Debate
Pharmaceutical companies and grassroots health activists are at loggerheads over the desirability and mechanics of making cheaper generic drugs available as an alternativ... Read More >>
Islamic Finance
Faysal Itani of political risk experts Exclusive Analysis outlines the competing interpretations of this major growth industry
Islamic finance is a major growth industry... Read More >>
I Diplomacy
Diplomacy 2.0: Caroline Jaine explores diplomacy in the digital age,and how new tools can be harnessed for the better.
If you had asked me a couple of years ago about go... Read More >>
Lifestyle
Estonia
The northernmost, smallest and least populous – with little more than 1.3 million inhabitants – of the three Baltic ... Read More >>
Westminster Reflections: Oct 2009
August in Staffordshire has hardly lived up to the ‘barbecue summer’ promises we were given in the spring. But it ha... Read More >>
Ghastly Diplomatic Moments
Former UK Ambassador Charles Crawford entertains us with his dodgy diplomatic experiences and those of others
Ghastly D... Read More >>
Clinging Together Like The Ivy
Venetia van Kuffeler meets with Fernando Peire, Director of the Ivy restaurant and The Club at the Ivy to hear about t... Read More >>
East Meets West In The Alps
Venetia van Kuffeler visits Hidden Dragon, an idyllic mountain hideaway
I think I’ve discovered the ultimate getaway:... Read More >>
Anish Kapoor
The Royal Academy of Arts is holding a major solo exhibition of internationally acclaimed artist (and 1991 Turner Prize ... Read More >>
Cinnamontastic: The Cinnamon Club
Writing five-star reviews is really rather boring, not to mention hard on the poor old critic. It is so un-English to be... Read More >>
Pop Life: Art in a Material World
Pop Life: Art in a Material World looks at the various ways that artists since the 1980s have engaged with mass media an... Read More >>
No Love Lost by Damien Hirst
The Wallace Collection is hosting an exhibition of 25 new paintings by Damien Hirst. Created between 2006 and 2008, the ... Read More >>
BLACK ON PAPER: Modern and Contemporary Drawings
An exhibition of exquisite drawings by modern and contemporary masters including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Marc Chag... Read More >>
Art London 2009, 8 to 12 October 2009
This autumn the UK’s longest established international fair for contemporary and modern art, Art London, returns to Ch... Read More >>
Iran Unbowed, 10 to 24 October 2009
As the official Hotel Partner of Frieze Art Fair, Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill is delighted to celebrate its a... Read More >>
Tate Britain 23 September 2009 to 31 January 2010
Tate Britain will present a selection of magnificent paintings by JMW Turner (1775-1851) alongside related works by the ... Read More >>
Essentially English: Wright & Teague
Given the current fashion for ‘bling’ jewellery, whereby ‘big’ almost invariably means ‘better’, it would be... Read More >>
