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| leading article | |
| 09 Nov 2001 | The
Rights of Terrorists Written before emergency legislation was brought in, this examined the legal difficulties in bringing terrorists to trial. |
| 16 Nov 2001 | Poverty
in Parliament The details of what Westminster MPs earn. |
| 23 Nov 2001 | After
The Burqa What next for the women of Afghanistan? |
| 30 Nov 2001 | Compensation The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and compensation for those who watched the Twin Towers attacks on TV |
| 01 Jan 2002 | Jobseeking A look at the idiotic, the immaterial, and the illegal in Application Forms and interviews |
| 15 Jan 2002 | Bah!
Humbug The week that Giorgio Armani denounced consumerism, and Sinead Cusack asked for £50 million of Lottery money |
| 22 Jul 2002 |
A Newsagent Retires A tribute to Campbell and Sandi Richardson, who had a newsagents shop in Hawick for 13 years. |
| 18 Oct 2002 |
Insight and Prophecy What I think of fortune-tellers and mystics |
| 18 Nov 2002 |
As Old As A Million Popes A rant against silly measurements |
| 06 Dec 2002 |
Let's Take The Sex Out Of Marriage Why should marriage be considered a sexual arrangement? |
| review of the week | |
| 09 Nov 2001 | Moggy
Menaces Mansfield / Cat's Again A panther sighted in Hawick; in Cambridge meanwhile, Dean Peter Tyler advises female students to keep their clothes on. |
| 16 Nov 2001 | Scandal
in Swaziland / Santa Claus The King of Swaziland falls foul of his own laws; and female Santas are being discriminated against. |
| 23 Nov 2001 | Kylie
Minogue / Sniffer Wasps An advert for Agent Provocateur is too much for British TV; Dutch scientists recruit wasps in the fight against smuggling. |
| 30 Nov 2001 | Americans
and Trains Some strange tales from the American railroads |
| 01 Jan 2002 | Look
Back At 2001 Deaths, awards and villains |
| 15 Jan 2002 | The
Definition of Sauce ...according to the EU; and daggers are drawn in the fight for Lambeth Palace |
| 22 Mar 2002 |
Walford Woes Eastenders, the NHS and Britney the geographical genius |
| 24 Jul 2002 |
Computer Geniuses Also fishcakes, Government bullshit, a touch of Catalan, and plaudits for BT |
| 21 Oct 2002 |
Spam Spam, penis enlargement and sex with traffic cones (not all in the same morning, of course) |
| 18 Nov 2002 |
Improving Nature? The results of plastic surgery of Michael Jackson and Jocelyne Wildenstein. And more happily, a look at Jennifer Lopez's nipples. |
| 06 Dec 2002 |
Mugabe's Genocide Plus the Greatest Briton, Inland Revenue capers, predictions from dictionaries, and a praying Teddy. |
| artist of the month | |
| Nov 2001 | Edvard
Munch (1863 - 1944) Five paintings from the 1890's by the troubled Norwegian genius. |
| Dec 2001 | Gustave
Caillebotte (1848 - 1894) The patron of Monet, Sisley, Renoir etc was also a fine artist in his own right. |
| Jan 2002 | Sandro
Botticelli (1445 - 1510) Religious images from one of the greatest of all Italian masters. |
| retro charts | |
| Nov 1961 | Elvis, Helen Shapiro, Frankie Vaughan, Hayley Mills... |
| Nov 1971 | Slade, Four Tops, Cher, Benny Hill... |
| Nov 1981 | Police, OMD, Squeeze, Olivia Newton-John... |
| Dec 1962 | Brenda Lee, Frank Ifield, Ray Charles... |
| Dec 1972 | Chuck Berry, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Moody Blues, Osmonds... |
| Dec 1982 | Renée & Renato, Madness, Phil Collins... |
| Jan 1964 | Dusty Springfield, Gene Pitney, The Singing Nun... |
| Jan 1974 | Leo Sayer, Mud, T Rex... |
| Jan 1984 | Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Thompson Twins, Tina Turner... |