The Independent (London, England) back issues from March 2008:
Comedy
Mar 01, 2008; ... Rick Shapiro New York's Rick Shapiro, a former drug addict and streetprostitute who was abused as a child, belongs to the US tradition ofconfrontational comics such as Lenny Bruce, Bill Hicks, Denis Learyand Doug Stanhope. He has been described as "an angry, drugged-upBill Hicks" ...
retro quiz
Mar 01, 2008; ... 1. What did Swindon, Thompson, Peppercorn, Castle and Duchesshave in common until 1968? 2. If Sweden was clear spruce, Ireland was green moss and Francewas panache, what were England and the USA? And why? 3. She starred in Casablanca and in Puff the Magic Dragon. Whatwas her ...
Five best London shows
Mar 01, 2008; ... Peter Doig Tate Britain Mid-career survey of the British painter: these landscapes arefields of intense activity, dense, ornate, atmospheric, each one anew idea. To 27 Apr Peter Kennard Pump House Gallery Violently against war: from Vietnam to Iraq, a retrospective ...
...and around the country
Mar 01, 2008; ... Against Nature Henry Moore Institute, Leeds Revising the usual purist story of Modernist sculpture, this showfocuses on fantasy life forms and metamorphosis. To 4 May Marcel Broodthaers Milton Keynes Gallery Remembering the innovative Belgian left-fielder (1924-76): ...
Pop
Mar 01, 2008; ... Jane Birkin Jane Birkin is best known for supplying the heavy breathing on"Je T'Aime ... Moi Non Plus", the erotic song with which she andSerge Gainsbourg gained huge notoriety and not a little success in1969. Since then, the English-born singer-actor has, partly becauseof her ...
Art
Mar 01, 2008; ... Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art More than 30 years ago, a family of TV Martians became hystericalwhen they discovered how long it took human beings to prepare mashedpotatoes. In a similar vein, the Barbican's new exhibition attemptsto imagine what reaction humanoid art might ...
Chess
Mar 01, 2008; ... The 45th Indian Championship took place in Chennai (the formerMadras) from 3-15 February. Even in the absence of their top players(including Anand), this was a strong event and also, from an Indianperspective, innovative: in that after a succession of 20-plusplayer all-play-alls lasting ...
Backgammon
Mar 01, 2008; ... BIBA & BG in London With the unfortunate demise of Gammonitis, the two mainorganisations now offering tournament play in the UK are BIBA(British Isles Backgammon Association) and Backgammon in London. BIBA has been run for many years by Michael and Sharen Crane, andBG in ...
Pets' corner
Mar 01, 2008; ... Your questions answered by Chamois Rose-Wood My shy, nervous cat is becoming a little bolder and puts her pawson my arm when she wants me to stroke her. Unfortunately, she alwayshas her claws out and snags my jumper or scratches me. Why is shedoing this and how can I stop her ...
Old-school dinners
Mar 01, 2008; ... Side orders Sweetings The best place in the City for an old-fashioned fish supper:think soused herrings and potted shrimps as well as school dinnerpuddings such as jam roly-poly. 39 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4 (020-7248 3062)Sharrow BayHotel This ...
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND
Mar 01, 2008 ... Under a Fiver 2007 Casillero Del Diablo Gewrztraminer Casillero del Diablo has become a Chilean byword for excellentvalue, as demonstrated by this aromatic dry white with hints oflychee. 4.46, down from 5.96, Tesco, to 25 March Under a Tenner 2006 ...
Bridge
Mar 01, 2008; ... The 128-board final of the Bermuda Bowl between USA2 and Norwaywas a tense affair. America had captured the Venice Cup and SeniorBowl, and here was yet a third USA team contesting the third majorfinal. In one room Boye Brogeland, North for Norway, opened Four Spadesand South, ...
NEW FILMS
Mar 01, 2008 ... Margot at the Wedding (15) Director Noah Baumbach Starring NicoleKidman, Jack Black, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Zane Pais Nicole Kidman gives a scarily believable and vanity-freeperformance as Margot, a brittle, snobby, neurotic, passive-aggressive nightmare of a New York fiction ...
The famous five
Mar 01, 2008; ... THE RETRO ISSUE The famous five Xxxxxxxxxxx Golly, rather and a woof from Timmy the dog: just as you thoughtyou had left all that behind, those jolly good sports in TV and themovies are working on updates of the Famous Five! With all thesmugglers on Kirrin Island long ...
AYRES & GRACES
Mar 01, 2008 ... Pam Ayres tickled Seventies' TV audiences with her broad accentand innuendo-laden verses. And she's still got a rare talent forobserving life's little quirks. But in a nice way Pam Ayres lives in the Cotswolds but is up in London so we meetat her hotel where she opens the door to ...
Album of the week
Mar 01, 2008; ... Bach: Goldberg Variations Tatiana Nikolaeva, piano (BBCL) 11.99 Tatiana Nikolaeva was one of the greatest Soviet pianists. AsShostakovich's preferred interpreter of his own works, and as anOlympian interpreter of Bach, ...
RETRO QUIZ ANSWERS
Mar 01, 2008 ... SEE PAGE FIVE 1. They were all classes of steam locomotive; 1968 saw the end ofsteam on British Railways. 2. England was Royal Saddle, America was Mountain Green and theywere all part of the Sixties super-groovy "Nine Flags". men'scolognes. Actually there were thirteen, ...
The Joy of Sex
Mar 01, 2008; ... THE RETRO ISSUE The Joy of Sex Katherine Townsend I remember the first time I stumbled on a copy of the originalJoy of Sex, at my Aunt Candy's house when I was about 10 years old. I hid under the kitchen table, trying to ignore the tingling inmy loins. Who were ...
Something to declare
Mar 01, 2008 ... Bargain of the week: North Atlantic in comfort One look at the prices of the present British Airways Club Worldseat sale shows the effect that the business class-only airlines arehaving on the market. Until close of business on 4 March, BA isselling luxury seats to Boston, ...
10 ADS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD
Mar 01, 2008 ... Peter York selects his favourite commercials 1. MCCAIN'S: 'DADDY / CHIPS' Modern life's central dilemma at a stroke. The awful choicebetween personal gratification and traditional loyalties. And thiscommercial doesn't flunk it. The little girl chooses her future -chips - over ...
Palace Merano Alto Adige, Italy
Mar 01, 2008 ... 24-HOUR room service On my arrival at the Palace Hotel, I passed Jacques Chiracdeparting with a trolley-load of Louis Vuitton luggage and a poodleunder his arm. The foyer of this yellow and white belle epoquebuilding is vast, with huge chandeliers and expensive carpets. Theair of ...
Hats
Mar 01, 2008; ... THE RETRO ISSUE "Hats are back," they keep saying. For some of us, they neverwent away. Look. Here. Two Stetson Stratoliners, redolent of airtravel when it was glamorous. A big Herbert Johnson "Poet", *not* asworn by Indiana Jones because I got mine first.. A dove-greyvelours. A ...
Africa's beat heart
Mar 01, 2008 ... Slaves from Mali exported their moving melodies to America'sshores. Now, more fresh sounds are emanating from the clubs of itscapital, Bamako. By Richard Knight Bamako is a dusty, low-rise sprawl of earth-coloured buildings onnameless streets. Open sewers run alongside dirt roads ....
TIME PIECES
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Into the valleys
Mar 01, 2008 ... Delve into the rural heart of Pennsylvania to find a way of lifeunique to the Keystone State, says Ryan Ver Berkmoes Is Pennsylvania the most misunderstood state in America? Texas,ever with spurs on its boots and a chip on its shoulder, likes toclaim to be misunderstood; but given ...
48 HOURS IN YORK
Mar 01, 2008; ... In Roman times it was known as Eboracum. The Vikings called itJorvik. It's certainly a city with history in abundance, says MarionAmos WHY GO NOW? This small city has a huge history stretching back 2,000 years.York combines a rich architectural heritage with a fresh ...
PICK OF THE DAY
Mar 01, 2008; ... SATURDAY Love Soup 9pm BBC1 Tamsin Greig returns as Alice in a new series cataloguing hercharacter's ongoing romantic disappointments. Tonight, she isn'tshort of potential boyfriends - her driving instructor, for example,is keen - but none of her would-be beaux meet her ...
STAYING IN FILMS ON TELEVISION
Mar 01, 2008 ... Idlewild 5.45pm Sky Movies Premiere HH (Bryan Barber, 2006) A hip-hop, Jazz Age gangster musical - infact, the only one - set in and around a juke joint in ThirtiesGeorgia, and starring Big Boi and Andre 3000 (left) of the rap groupOutKast, as well as Macy Gray and Patti LaBelle ....
Radio
Mar 01, 2008; ... 1968: Rivers of Blood - the Real Source Mon 8pm Radio 4 In 1968, in one of the most divisive speeches in Britain'spolitical history, the Tory MP Enoch Powell warned the UK againstopening the "floodgates" to black immigrants. In its most notoriouspassage, Powell declared, "As I look ...
TV film
Mar 01, 2008; ... The Firm Wed 11.05pm Film4 "We come in peace," proclaims Bex Bissell at the start of AlanClarke's exploration of tribal tensions and suburban rage, "and weleave you in pieces." It's a neat line, an apposite declaration ofthe opposites that course through this sometimes dated, ...
Television
Mar 01, 2008; ... Selling the 60s - How Madison Avenue Dreamed a Decade Sun 9pmBBC4 The BBC is starting to make some adroit drama purchases from theUS. Following on from the Glenn Close/Ted Danson legal thriller,Damages, comes the Golden Globe-winning Mad Men, set in a SixtiesMadison Avenue ...
...and around the country
Mar 01, 2008; ... An English Tragedy Palace Theatre, Watford A thought-provoking war-trial drama from Ronald Harwood, whosescreenplay for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly has earned him aBafta. To 8 Mar Metamorphosis Birmingham Rep; Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne A visually ...
Five best London shows
Mar 01, 2008; ... Dealer's Choice Trafalgar Studios Samuel West turns up trumps with an exhilaratingly funny andemotionally acute revival of Patrick Marber's play. To 29 Mar Speed-the-Plow Old Vic Matthew Warchus's breakneck, intriguingly balanced revival ofDavid Mamet's 1988 satire on ...
PICK OF THE DAY
Mar 01, 2008; ... MONDAY The Fake Trade 8pm C4 Counterfeit goods from the sweatshops of south China are gaininga foothold on high-street shelves. This film examines the rise ofthis black market, from clothes to prescription medicines. Panorama 8.30pm BBC1 Last year, Garry Newlove ...
PICK OF THE DAY
Mar 01, 2008; ... SUNDAY Tropic of Capricorn 8pm BBC2 Simon Reeve starts the final leg of his trip in Chile's Atacamadesert, before crossing the Andes, where he encounters some vicuas,a relative of the llama, and finally winding up in Sao Paulo, wherekidnapping is rife. Love and Money ...
Album of the week
Mar 01, 2008; ... The Mande Variations: Toumani Diabate (World Circuit) Pounds12.99 Toumani Diabate's first solo album in two decades, and he hasnever sounded better. Eight tracks recorded in two hours withoutoverdubs, and the most ...
FIVE BEST LUXURY HOTELS IN WALES
Mar 01, 2008 ... Harriet O'Brien shows how to celebrate St David's Day in style THE INDEPENDENT Saturday 1 March 2008 St David's Hotel & Spa Cardiff Urban chic combines with super-slick service at this excitingcontemporary building on the newly developed waterfront of ...
After the storm
Mar 01, 2008 ... In 2004, Hurricane Ivan ripped into Grenada, devastating itsfragile economy. Rory Ross meets entrepreneur Peter de Savary, whohas big plans for the Caribbean island In the atlas, Grenada is a pinprick on the Caribbean just northof South America. Its impact on the world has ...
A bureaucratic hangover from the dark old days of aviation...
Mar 01, 2008; ... THE MAN WHO PAYS HIS WAY Around 6am tomorrow - barring a couple of improbable scenarios -I will join (and thereby increase) the queue for security atHeathrow. Then I shall walk through to the departure gate to board aflight I do not wish to be on. My presence on the two-hour trip ...
BERTIE SMALLS
Mar 01, 2008; ... Armed robber turned supergrass Bertie Smalls was one of Britain's most prolific armed robberswho, through an act of self-preservation, succeeded in changing theway in which the British police dealt with serious crime. After manyyears as a professional criminal, he helped create a ...
1954 MONDAY 1 MARCH
Mar 01, 2008 ... US tests nuclear bomb The United States military dropped a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb inthe ...
How to live like a millionaire - even if it's only part-time
Mar 01, 2008; ... Can't afford the luxuries you'd like? Try fractional ownership,says Kate Hughes Be honest. Given half a chance you'd jump at living the lifestyleof a millionaire. For most of us, however, this will never be anymore than a pipe dream. Disposable incomes have fallen by 5 per ...
Patient investors could get a strike with Georgica
Mar 01, 2008; ... NO PAIN, NO GAIN Every investor deserves the occasional slice of luck. Just over ayear ago, the No Pain, No Gain portfolio sold its shares in theGeorgica leisure group. Its trading performance did not prompt theparting of the ways. I dumped the stock simply because it planned ...
Spread betting excites a nation of gamblers
Mar 01, 2008; ... You don't need to own a stock to bet on whether it will go up ordown, says James Daley Confirmation that the Government is to scrap plans for Britain'sfirst supercasino put another nail in the coffin of gambling reformsthis week. While Labour administrations have spent most of the ...
Mercedes' new big red sporty number
Mar 01, 2008; ... The new C-Class Estate Sport has the looks, but does it have theperformance to match? David Wilkins finds out This week our reader-testers try out the estate version of thelatest Mercedes C-Class. When we tested the saloon counterpart ofthis car last year, it impressed with its ...
System failure at Scottish Widows
Mar 01, 2008; ... QUESTIONS OF CASH **n I have hit a brick wall with Scottish Widows after five phonecalls and a letter were ignored. I have a substantial sum in a 60day notice account and in December I found out that the accountreference details had been changed in October, but an error meantthat ...
'Can we cycle and self-cater abroad?'
Mar 01, 2008 ... Q I am searching for a family cycling holiday, preferably on theContinent, but am having difficulty finding a suitably flat locationthat meets our needs. At some places, bikes can be hired on thespot, and luggage transported ahead to the next night'saccommodation each day. However, as ...
The complete guide to CITY CHIC IN CHINA
Mar 01, 2008; ... A new exhibition at London's V&A is celebrating cutting-edgedesign in the People's Republic. So are Beijing and Shanghai cool?Aoife O'Riordain reveals all Is China chic? Until relatively recently, new design was a nascent concept inChina. But as a new exhibition, opening this ...
Skiing up an appetite
Mar 01, 2008; ... Whether in Austria, Italy or France, when Brian Viner dons hissalopettes, it's not the quality of the snow that matters but thatof the food and drink. Here's his gourmet guide to the Alps Plenty of middle-aged men are, as skiers, mere intermediates. Asscoffers, though, we have ...
my holiday in... tanzania
Mar 01, 2008; ... WHAT I LIKED Arriving to all the noise, the croaking and chirruping of theinsects, because it was exciting. We played in our friends' gardenand in their treehouse - it was really big and they had chickens,rabbits and a dog. We enjoyed going on safari and being on a tinyisland off ...
Computer games
Mar 01, 2008; ... AudiosurfPC, Steam, 5 Online digital distributors such as Steam (www. steampowered.com)offer gamers the chance to play inexpensive new titles from small-scale developers. Audiosurf is just one example of why this systemrocks. It's a racer based on the tunes on your MP3 player ....
DVDs
Mar 01, 2008; ... Bloody Sunday (15) Optimum 13.99 The director Paul Greengrass has become a byword for visceral,unswerving, politically engaging dramas. This 2001 film, about theevents of 30 January 1972 that led to the deaths of 13 civilians atthe hands of the Parachute Regiment while on a protest ...
PICK OF THE DAY
Mar 01, 2008; ... FRIDAY Last Orders 9pm BBC2 BBC2's White season opens with this elegiac look at four monthsin the life of Wibsey Working Men's Club in Bradford. As one of thecommittee-members puts it: "We've been the forgotten people for solong." E-mail Is Ruining My Life 7pm ...
PICK OF THE WEEK
Mar 01, 2008; ... Please Look After This Bear today 10.30am Radio 4 To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Paddington Bear firstturning up at the London terminus, the BBC left 50 bears in trainstations dotted around the UK for passers by to pick up. Here,Michael Morpurgo asks the finders what ...
PICK OF THE DAY
Mar 01, 2008; ... THURSDAY That Mitchell and Webb Look 9pm BBC2 If the test of a good comedy show is a sketch synopsis that makesyou laugh, then we may be on to a winner. Thus, tonight, a robotnearly manages to smell cheese and - straying into Chris Morristerritory here - there's a new reality ...
PICK OF THE DAY
Mar 01, 2008; ... WEDNESDAY Wonderland: the Woman Who Bought a School for Her Son 9.50pm BBC2 Confronted with the difficulty of finding the right school forher two boys, Annabel Goldman, a single mum, decided to set up herown. Rock Rivals 9pm ITV1 This glossy drama takes us ...
PICK OF THE DAY
Mar 01, 2008; ... TUESDAY Imagine ... 10.35pm BBC1 Alan Yentob, in the last of the current series, meets MarcNewson, the London-based Australian industrial designer whoseprojects have ranged from coat-hangers and chairs to prototype carsfor Ford. Horizon 9pm BBC2 "Are We Alone?" ...
Getting on the slippery first rung of the property ladder
Mar 01, 2008; ... 100% mortgages are in short supply, but James Daley says theoutlook is not all bleak for first-time buyers First-time buyers without a deposit are finding it harder thanever to get a foot on the housing ladder. Over the last few weeks,many of the UK's largest lenders have withdrawn ...
Pick a share and win Pounds 100
Mar 01, 2008 ... The winner of this month's reader share competition was Mr JMitchell from St Leonards-on-Sea, who predicted Randgold Resourceswould be one of the stock market's best performers in February.Randgold rose an impressive 17.5 per cent between 5 February and 27February. Congratulations to Mr ...
GERRY LEWIS
Mar 01, 2008; ... Wales rugby physio When the great Welsh rugby player Gareth Edwards became the firstplayer in the history of the game to play 50 consecutiveinternational matches, he struck a special clock to mark theoccasion. Not for himself, but to present to the Wales teamphysiotherapist, ...
WHY THERE REALLY IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH
Mar 01, 2008; ... THRIFTY LIVING Mr Millard nods sagely when I ask him whether a freebie can trulyexist, or whether the term itself should be reviewed under the TradeDescriptions Act. "Free flights on cheap airlines seem to exist," hesays excitedly, tapping away on his laptop. Then he gets a bit ...
Goals shoots up as it wins overseas targets
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE WEEK IN REVIEW Goals Soccer Centres, organisers of five-a-side football in theUK, plans ventures in South Africa and the US. The timing is good asSouth Africa is the host of the 2010 World Cup. A site has beenlined up next to the World Cup Stadium in Johannesburg. It is ...
Include the best stocks? What an idea
Mar 01, 2008; ... THE ANALYST I have featured esoteric and higher-risk funds in this columnmore often than not. However, this week I am going back to basicsand focusing on a new core UK fund: Collins Stewart UK Focus.Collins Stewart is an independent financial services company, andrecently stepped ...
'I want to set up a fund for my son's education'
Mar 01, 2008; ... WEALTH CHECK Rachel Halstead has an 11-year-old son. She is keen to set up auniversity fund for him, but also wants to make improvements to herhome. "I want to be able to pay for my son's education, but alsohave a comfortable home and be able to enjoy my life," she says,adding ...
Don't ever bank on an A&L takeover
Mar 01, 2008; ... PRIVATE INVESTOR One thing I've managed to learn in the few years I've beendabbling in the stock market is to ignore bid rumours about Alliance& Leicester. A couple of years ago, there were apparently reliablereports that Credit Agricole was going to take A&L out for anythingup ...