The Independent (London, England) back issues from October 2007:
Radio waves
Oct 01, 2007 ... When Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson followed 'The Fast Show'with a spoof on phone-ins, they created an uproar. And their plansdon't stop there, they tell Ciar Byrne Paul Whitehouse is demonstrating how a Cockney approaches theworld. He thrusts his hands in front of him in a ...
The colour of money
Oct 01, 2007 ... To stand out in the dense media jungle it is as important to berecognised by a distinctive colour as much as by a memorable logo.Specialist marketing writer Richard Gillis investigates thedifferent pantones used to promote brands INSIDE Story ORANGE Famous orange ...
A Jacobean beast draws in fresh beauty
Oct 01, 2007 ... Theatre THE CHANGELING Nottingham Playhouse NOTTINGHAM The theatre director Stephen Unwin, who snapped up Alan Cumming,Sam West, Tilda Swinton and Patterson Joseph before they becamefamous, has now discovered the actress Anna Koval. He has cast the21-year-old actress, fresh ...
Pop
Oct 01, 2007 ... JOHN MAYER Royal Albert Hall LONDON HHHHH In the US, he's a multi-platinum-selling, Jessica Simpson-datinghero. Over here, ask Joe Public if he's heard of John Mayer andyou're likely to get a shrug. Perhaps it's his lack of attitude. He sold millions of his latestalbum, ...
A marriage made in hell
Oct 01, 2007 ... Opera THE SACRIFICE Wales Millenium Centre CARDIFF HHHH James MacMillan's new opera for Welsh National Opera has been adecade in the making, so it was predictable, even without thatparticular title, that it would be the kind of major statement aboutthe human predicament that ...
Theatre
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE HIRED MAN Lakeside Arts Centre NOTTINGHAM HHHH If you've read The Hired Man you might sympathise with MelvynBragg's initial astonishment that composer Howard Goodall wanted tocreate a musical out of "the working-class heroic struggle"portrayed in his book, set in Cumbria in the ...
And here is the TV news; there's going to be much less of it in future
Oct 01, 2007 ... Raymond Snoddy on broadcasting The outlook for British television news looks very bleak.Hundreds of jobs are likely to go in ITV regional newsrooms acrossEngland and Wales as services are cut. At the BBC, staff are bracedfor heavy job losses, as news and factual programmes ...
Susan Crewe
Oct 01, 2007 ... my life in media Susan Crewe, 58, is the editor of House & Garden, whichcelebrates its 60th anniversary this month. She was born and raisedin Cumbria and learnt to farm, before joining Harpers & Queen, whereshe was responsible for the "Jennifer's Diary" socialite column. Shehas a ...
Book Now
Oct 01, 2007 ... The London Jazz Festival The festival offers a stellar global line-up for its 15th year,including the tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, the bassist CharlieHaden, the pianist Chick Corea, the Cape Verdean singer CesariaEvora, the piano-led Tord Gustavsen Trio from Norway, and the ...
Jazz
Oct 01, 2007 ... JOEY DEFRANCESCO Ronnie Scott's LONDON HHH Even before Jimmy Smith died two years ago, the crown of Hammondorgan king had already passed to Joey DeFrancesco, the 39-year-oldfrom Philadelphia whose style was unmistakably influenced by Smithand who generously paid tribute to him both ...
How 'The Week' plans to inherit the Earth
Oct 01, 2007 ... With 18 circulation rises in succession, Jeremy O'Grady, editor-in-chief of the UK's biggest selling subscription magazine, tellsCiar Byrne the secrets of its popularity Magazines the week If you boil frogs very slowly, they will survive. Or so saysJeremy O'Grady, ...
The Monday Book
Oct 01, 2007 ... How Churchill's charismatic mother stuck two fingers up at stuffyconvention JENNIE CHURCHILL: WINSTON'S AMERICAN MOTHER By Anne Sebba JOHNMURRAY, Pounds 25 Order for Pounds 22.50 (free p&p) on 0870 079 8897 According to one admirer, Sir Winston Churchill's mother was ...
The idol has landed
Oct 01, 2007 ... Ryan Seacrest, best known as the presenter of the US talent show'American Idol', has just begun a show on London's Capital Radio.Sophie Morris finds out why he has his sights set on 'breaking'Britain RADIO Ryan Seacrest You have to achieve a considerable level of fame to ...
'i know a dozen other people who would have just shoved me to one side '
Oct 01, 2007 ... my mentor rageh omaar on george alagiah Interview by Sophie Morris I had heard a lot about George Alagiah before I met him. Mysister Rakiya is a human-rights lawyer and worked with him on thefamine in Somalia in the early 1990s. She admired George because hewas very ...
Does the 'Telegraph' really prefer a Labour leader to David Cameron?
Oct 01, 2007 ... Stephen Glover on the press David Cameron faces the possibility of a general election withoutmuch support from the main two Tory titles. No recent Tory leaderhas found himself in this position. Neither the Daily Mail nor TheDaily Telegraph has much time for him. Even more ...
Ealing comedy inspires the Tory press
Oct 01, 2007; ... media diary The most beloved film of my old friend Simon Heffer, as of somany people of taste, is the 1949 Ealing classic Kind Hearts andCoronets. Those of us who are obsessed with the Son of PC Gone Mad!memoirist have spent countless hours, at fan club meetings, ...
my week in media
Oct 01, 2007 ... RUSSELL KANE Interview by Sophie Morris Last week I listened to ... I listen to radio all the time - when I'm getting ready, in thebath, in the car. On Open Book on Radio 4, presented by MariellaFrostrup (pictured), there are great publishing-industrydiscussions; I've just ...
Bridge By Maureen Hiron
Oct 01, 2007 ... The hand is from the midweek one session Mixed Pivot TeamsChampionship at the Brighton Summer Congress. Team members play onethird of the boards with each of their teammates. East opened Two Hearts (weak, 5-9 points) and South, DenisRobson, the former chairman of the English Bridge ...
Chess
Oct 01, 2007; ... The World Championship Tournament is now over and I'll reporttomorrow on the final outcome, which still, as I write on Thursdaynight (or, rather, just after midnight on Friday morning), looksvery likely to be victory for Viswanathan Anand. What I can say forcertain is that, with two ...
My expectations were spun right round
Oct 01, 2007; ... The Weekend's TV CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP SUN CHANNEL 4 SINGING WITH THE ENEMY SUN BBC3 All television is a symptom, but it isn't always easy to saywhether the prognosis is good or bad. Take the current vogue for odd-couple forced marriages, for example, exemplified this ...
You write the reviews
Oct 01, 2007 ... GEORG BASELITZ Royal Academy of Arts LONDON HHHHH Every so often, the Royal Academy takes us somewhere we haven'tbeen before - maybe somewhere we're not sure we really want to go.The Georg Baselitz exhibition, currently filling the considerablespaces of the Main Galleries, is one ...
Give us a break. More ads on TV would just make life more difficult
Oct 01, 2007 ... Claire Beale on advertising More time on the lavatory? More time making tea? More time for aquickie? God forbid, more time pressing the fast-forward button? Ormore time for watching some damn good ads? Take your pick,commercial breaks are set to grow. Oh, you might ...
The future is green as adland cleans up its act
Oct 01, 2007 ... Like eco-friendly living, ethical advertising is newlyfashionable, but isn't it a contradiction in terms? James Morrisoninvestigates advertising ethical promotion Dame Anita Roddick was famously averse to the idea of advertisingin the conventional sense, preferring window ...
The Ten Best Bookshelves
Oct 01, 2007; ... The Ten Best Bookshelves 1 Reel Furniture 350 Made from recycled pallets, Reel Furniture's products give wastewood a new lease of life. This self-assembly bookshelf can be madeto any personal requirements. 244 x 122 x 21.www.reelfurniture.co.uk; 01953 457 ...
Wrap stars
Oct 01, 2007 ... Immortalised by Audrey Hepburn, adopted by Kate Moss - and nowthe hottest accessory on the catwalk. Josh Sims explores theenduring appeal of the headscarf It seems unlikely that perhaps the most famous exponent of such afeminine garment as the headscarf should find inspiration ...
BEST OF THE REST
Oct 01, 2007 ... Comedy: Billy Connolly (Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea) This comedian's random observations build up a wall of humour. (01702 351 135) tonight Talks: Alison Weir (St Hild & St Bede College, durham) The author and historian talks about her latest ...
Core values and the spin cycle
Oct 01, 2007 ... politics andy coulson After resigning from the 'News of the World' over a royal phone-tapping scandal, Andy Coulson was a surprise choice as theConservative party's director of communications. As the Toriescongregate in Blackpool, Andy McSmith asks the lobby how he haschanged ...
Virginia Ironside's Dilemmas
Oct 01, 2007 ... I'm 43 and single. Recently, I met a lovely man of 33 at mytennis club. He broke up with his girlfriend six months ago,confides in me and makes me feel special. We play tennis togetherand he texts me lots, but he's never attempted to see me alone. Doyou think it's because I'm older? My ...
Glimpses of heaven
Oct 01, 2007 ... It's the Renaissance, but not as you know it: a new exhibition atthe National Gallery is finally putting Siena in the spotlight. It'sabout time, says the show's curator Luke Syson Some rivalries run deep. As long ago as 1260, while the Italiancity-states were going through one of ...
FIVE BEST Plays
Oct 01, 2007 ... The Five Wives of Maurice Pinder (NT: Cottesloe, London) Matt Charman's second play offers an ambivalent look at marriage.Steve John Shepherd stars as a man who takes a hard line oninfidelity but is unfaithful himself. (020-7452 3000) to 23 Oct Awake and ...
FIVE BEST Exhibitions
Oct 01, 2007 ... Richard Deacon & David Ward (New Art Centre, Salisbury) River works. A monumental, turbulent, writhing oak sculpture anda recitation sound piece, inspired by a visit to the Orinoco. (01980 862 244) to 25 Nov Georg Baselitz (Royal Academy, ...
Days Like Those
Oct 01, 2007; ... 'By the time we settled into our clay warrior-making workshop Iwas feeling ostracised' For the umpteenth time that day Matthew gave me one of his , "I-honestly-don't-think-I-can-delay-having-you-sectioned," looks. Theinnocent bystander whom I imagine to be permanently hovering on ...
DIARY OF A ROAD TRIP
Oct 01, 2007 ... Caught the red-eye from San Diego last night, and arrived at JFKat 5.30am. Saw the car for the first time since its four-yearrestoration. It is just spectacular! Sitting low and long, thiselegant, once-faded classic is now a gleaming 1950s Americanroadship once again. This hasn't ...
Milano goes commando
Oct 01, 2007 ... Transparency was all the rage in the Italian fashion capital lastweek, and hardly any of the models wore underwear, either. SusieRushton got an eyeful of 'peekaboo' chic The easily embarrassed should look away now - because for thespring/summer 2008 season, Milan Fashion Week ...
Avintage Thunderbird, his best mate, and Route 66. When celebrity jeweller Stephen Webster set out to drive across America, he thought he had all the ingredients for the perfect road trip. And then the engine overheated...
Oct 01, 2007 ... Everything about the Thunderbird is amazing. From its sheer sizeand beautiful detailing to that massive wraparound windshield andexcessive front bumper, it's a car designed to take no prisoners.Have an accident in one, and there will be no need for a middlemanbetween impact and The Big ...
Ready To Wear
Oct 01, 2007; ... The Model Health Inquiry is a valiant attempt at improving thehealth prospects of the young women on the London catwalk. But itfails fully to address the impact that images of unusually slenderfemales may have on those prone to eating disorders outside theindustry. Leave that to the ...
Days like these
Oct 01, 2007 ... 1 october 1808 Jane Austen, English novelist, writes to her sister: "My dearCassandra, Your letter this morning was quite unexpected, and it iswell that it brings such good news to counterbalance thedisappointment to me of losing my first sentence, which I hadarranged full of ...
FIVE BEST Films
Oct 01, 2007 ... Michael Clayton (15, Tony Gilroy, 117MINS) George Clooney is the steely fixer for a legal firm in thisclassy, literate thriller about corporate killings and the ethicalcompromises rich lawyers must make in order to stay sane. Nationwide Kenny (15, ...
Hamilton scales new heights to wreck Alonso's title ambitions
Oct 01, 2007 ... By David Tremayneat Fuji Speedway What started as quite the worst race of the season - with thefirst 19 laps run behind the safety car - finally exploded into the sort of life that rendered it the best by the finish. When thechequered flag fell right on the two-hour time-limit, ...
Carlo Vittadini
Oct 01, 2007 ... Owner of champion racehorses Carlo Vittadini owned one of the two racehorses who duelledthemselves into submission in what is still remembered as the raceof the 20th century. The horse was Grundy; the race one of Britain'sfinest, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond ...
'Directions? I just don't know where the hell I am most of the time'
Oct 01, 2007 ... The 5-minute Interview Harry Connick Jnr Musician and actor The New Orleans jazz musician Harry Connick Jnr, 40, got his bigbreak in 1989 with the music score for the romantic comedy 'WhenHarry Met Sally'. He has sold more than 20 million albums, appearedin several ...
Why has the Cameron bubble burst, and what's your biggest regret?
Oct 01, 2007 ... You ask the questions ... Oliver Letwin, chairman of theConservatives' policy review Why has the Cameron bubble burst so spectacularly - is it becausethere was nothing really there behind the image? Alex O'Neill, by email The bubble in British politics is Gordon Brown's ...
SABBATH OF THE SUICIDE BOMBER
Oct 01, 2007 ... Israeli director Dror Zahavi's latest film is an uncompromisingyet moving study of the Arab-Israeli relationship through the storyof a Palestinian terrorist. Donald Macintyre reports Movie with a message The Israeli director Dror Zahavi succinctly describes the plot ofhis ...
Ashton ponders biggest posers of his coaching life
Oct 01, 2007 ... Chris Hewett reports from Paris on the challenge facing England'shead coach as he searches for the right selection to catch theWallabies on the hop Decisions, decisions. Right now, Brian Ashton would happily swaproles with Gordon Brown, on the basis that one career-definingchoice ...
Paterson's kicks too strong for Troncon
Oct 01, 2007 ... By Simon Turnbull at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard scotland 18 penalities: Patterson 6 italy 16 try: Tronconconversion: Bortolussi penalties: Bortolussi 3 It was some time after midnight when a bald figure in an Italianteam jacket emerged from the crowd lingering outside the ...
Questions mount on and off the pitch for Chelsea
Oct 01, 2007 ... chelsea 0 fulham 0 By Sam Wallace An entourage of six bodyguards, fans taking photographs on mobilephones and his picture all over the newspapers: just anotherSaturday afternoon at the game for Roman Abramovich, the normalChelsea supporter. Unfortunately for the Russian ...
Mwaruwari sits at head of table in goal feast
Oct 01, 2007 ... portsmouth 7 reading 4 By Conrad Leach The official attendance for this game was 20,102 but over timethat number may well increase. As Jack Charlton once said, ifeveryone who had told him they had seen England beat Germany in the1966 World Cup final had actually been there, ...
Ronaldo picks up the slack for ominous United
Oct 01, 2007 ... birmingham city 0 Manchester united 1 By David Instone It is more 1980s Liverpool - or, in terms of results, Arsenalunder George Graham - and it probably would not measure up for RomanAbramovich in terms of winning with style. But, having taken eight matches and seven ...
Bill Perry
Oct 01, 2007 ... Goal scorer in the 'Matthews Final' Bill Perry scored the goal which unleashed the most joyouscommunal celebration British football had ever known. True, it wastrumped by the Geoff Hurst hat-trick which won the World Cup forEngland 13 years later, but on a sunlit May afternoon in ...
Lewis Hamilton: A Dream Comes True by Brian Belton (Turnaround, Pounds 17.99)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Book of the week The most charitable thing that one might say about this offeringfrom the sportswriter Brian Belton is that it is the first"unofficial" Lewis Hamilton book to hit the streets. Beware - anavalanche is imminent. Belton has achieved this by cutting his story well ...
Benayoun's sharp finish masks Torres' blunt edge
Oct 01, 2007 ... wigan athletic 0 liverpool 1 By Ian Herbert Perhaps it was in the interests of diplomacy that Rafael Benitezdesisted from using the word which the Liverpool supporters - andevidently Peter Crouch - are none too keen on just now. "All theplayers in a top side must be patient ...
'Fingers crossed that everyone is fit for Paris on Sunday'
Oct 01, 2007; ... Willing on Scots after their Italian job;Seeing Paterson kick onto greatness;Tapping out the story of the 'Toony Flip' When the Italy full-back David Bortolussi sent a late penaltyattempt tantalisingly close to the posts on Saturday night, withScotland clinging on to an 18-16 lead, ...
Lois Maxwell, Moneypenny to millions, dies at the age of 80
Oct 01, 2007 ... By Ciar ByrneArts and Media Correspondent Lois Maxwell, the actress best-known for her role as MissMoneypenny, the super-efficient secretary secretly smitten withJames Bond, died at the weekend in Western Australia, aged 80. To 007 fans, Maxwell was the definitive Moneypenny, ...
Belgium tries for new government
Oct 01, 2007 ... European News IN BRIEF --BRUSSELS Belgium's King Albert asked Yves Leterme, the head ofthe Flemish Christian Democrats, for a second time to form a centre-right government yesterday, hoping that rival linguistic camps ...
Metro bombing trial opens
Oct 01, 2007 ... European News IN BRIEF --paris An Algerian goes on trial today for bomb attacks on theParis Metro that killed eight people and wounded 200 in 1995, theworst bombing campaign in mainland France since the Second ...
Rabbi Avraham Shapira
Oct 01, 2007 ... Hard-line chief rabbi of Israel Avraham Shapira, a former Chief Rabbi of Israel, used hisexpertise in Jewish law to provide a theological underpinning forthe messianic settlement drive that took over religious Zionismafter the 1967 war. His hard-line rulings were ...
Wenger confident his youngsters will not shrivel in spotlight
Oct 01, 2007 ... west ham united 0 arsenal 1 By Glenn Moore Arsenal, generally written off pre-season, sit two points clearwith a game in hand as the Premier League approaches the quarter-way mark. They have played 11 matches, at home and abroad, won 10and drawn one, at Blackburn ...
Arteta restores Everton's desire for European trip
Oct 01, 2007 ... everton 2 middlesbrough 0 By Jon Culley Everton leapfrogged six places to fifth in the Premier League atthe start of a week in which their immediate European ambitionsdepend on a trip to Ukraine, where their involvement in the groupstage of the Uefa Cup will be in the balance ...
Pandora
Oct 01, 2007; ... Goldsmith gets a free rein straight to the bank September has brought the gentle tinkle of cash registers, asformer members of Tony Blair's last Cabinet pass their three-monthlockdown and can begin lucrative jobs in the private sector. Lord Goldsmith, the former Attorney ...
Make way for my vision for Britain
Oct 01, 2007; ... Several visions were available last week, but all had the usualvision drawbacks, revolving around realisation. One thinks ofPorthemmet, Cornwall's largest beach, closely resembling a tropicalparadise, much touted on the internet, which turned out to haveinsuperable access difficulties, ...
A retreat to old comfort zones would spell failure
Oct 01, 2007; ... Two years ago, David Cameron set the Tory conference alight witha clarion call for a wholesale modernisation of the party.Abandoning the approach that had led to a string of heavy defeats,he rightly argued that Tories should embrace a mix of freeenterprise, quality public services and ...
What a banquet of speech-making this is. But can the Tories make the leap to the top table?
Oct 01, 2007; ... The beginning was inauspicious. As the Tories assembled for theopening session of their Blackpool Conference, the sound system wasplaying up. The first speaker was the conference chairman, a mancalled Mort, as in dead. Mr Mort was better than a British Railcatering announcement. Indeed, ...
Road safety for beginners
Oct 01, 2007 ... leading article MOTORING In an ideal world, many more people would use public transportthan do, and there would be far fewer cars on the road. That said,cars remain a necessity for many people - and driving constitutes apleasure for many more. The priority must be to make ...
The Orange revolution: faded, but not finished
Oct 01, 2007 ... LEADING ARTICLE UKRAINE It was back to the ballot box in Ukraine yesterday for the thirdelection in as many years. But practice, alas, seems unlikely toproduce the desired outcome - a stable and effective government.Early exit polls suggested the very same sort of ...
A moderniser must have the courage of his convictions
Oct 01, 2007 ... LEADING ARTICLE THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY The Conservatives have started their annual conference in themost extraordinary circumstances. After being ahead in the polls formost of the first half of the year, they trail badly now. And withindays the party could be fighting a ...