The Independent (London, England) back issues from June 2008:
A royal opera to Garsington manor is born
Jun 02, 2008; ... Opera L'INCORONAZIONE DI DARIO Garsington Manor OXFORD The news that Garsington Opera's tenure at their eponymous manorwill end in 2010 means their remaining performances will betreasurable, since this venue has unique charm. But it's not theonly reason people go: the fare ...
Ready To Wear
Jun 02, 2008; ... It should, perhaps, come as no surprise that while high-end bagsbecome ever more preposterous where both price and intricacy ofdesign are concerned, a made-to-order service to be introduced byPrada this week is positively restrained by comparison. Not for MrsP anything as blousy - or, ...
Bright young things
Jun 02, 2008 ... The high street is a kaleidoscope of vivid hues this season - sotreat yourself to a splash of colour Bold and beautiful: (main picture) jacket, 140, by and i, 020-7351 3873; hooded sweat top, 29.50, by Gap, 0800 427 789; jeans, 30,by Topman, 0845 121 4519; (far left) V-neck top, ...
What a carry-on!
Jun 02, 2008; ... Lost luggage, fees and terminal queues - there are many reasonsto avoid checking in bags. But now designers have the solution allzipped up. Carola Long reports The baggage carousel might parade accessories in front of anaudience, but it can be more of an anti-catwalk than a ...
Beaming in from outer space
Jun 02, 2008; ... Visual arts LILIANE LIJN: STARDUST Riflemaker LONDON **** In the semi-darkness of the small upstairs gallery at Riflemakerin London's Beak Street there are a number of show cases filled witha strange, beautiful and fragile substance. It has an ethereal,otherworldly quality, ...
Poems matter, that much is clear; but there's no rhyme and little reason here
Jun 02, 2008; ... The Monday Book WHY POETRY MATTERS By Jay Parini YALE, Pounds 14.99 Order forPounds 13.49 (free p&p) on 0870 079 8897 In 1989, the American poet Dana Gioia lobbed a grenade into thecosy world of the US creative-writing industry. His essay, "CanPoetry Matter?", spoke wittily ...
Classical
Jun 02, 2008; ... BRITTEN SINFONIA/ MASSON/ MACGREGOR/ YOUSSEF Bath Abbey BATH **** Joanna MacGregor knows how to party, and I'm not just talkingabout the opening Party in the City for the 60th birthday of theBath International Music Festival. The whole feel of this year'sfestival radiates bubbly ...
Book Now
Jun 02, 2008 ... Britdoc Film Festival The go-to event for would-be documentary directors and fledglingfilm-makers, Britdoc celebrates the very best in documentaries andconnects international funders, distributors and film-makers. Thisyear's special guests are Larry Charles, Nitin Sawhney, Jon Snow ...
Theatre
Jun 02, 2008; ... TROILUS AND CRESSIDA Barbican LONDON **** No Shakespeare play feels more bitterly disillusioned than thiscynical debunking of the heroic mythology of war. Its pessimisticscepticism chimes with the spirit of the age and there has been arun of incisive recent productions. But Declan ...
Chess
Jun 02, 2008; ... The solution to this, the regular competition problem for TheIndependent, set on the first Monday of each month, should be sentto Jim Grevatt of the British Chess Problem Society at Lazybed,Headley Fields, Headley, Hants GU35 8PS to arrive by 21 July (justbefore the national competition ...
You write the reviews
Jun 02, 2008; ... BEN JOHNSON'S LIVERPOOL CITYSCAPE 2008 AND THE WORLD PANORAMASERIES Walker Art Gallery LIVERPOOL ***** I'm no lover of art, so Ben Johnson's Liverpool Cityscape 2008and the World Panorama Series exhibition came a distant second tothe public lectures featuring Richard Dawkins and ...
It needed a bit more tender loving care
Jun 02, 2008; ... FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE SUN BBC1 TONY ROBINSON'S CRIME ANDPUNISHMENT SUN CHANNEL 4 The Weekend's TV A lot became suddenly clearer when I saw that FlorenceNightingale, Norman Stone's drama-documentary about the lady withthe lamp, was a Faith & Values Media production. This is a ...
Bridge
Jun 02, 2008; ... The annual House of Lords versus House of Commons bridge matchfor the Jack Perry Trophy - the event being sponsored by his son,Stephen Perry - ended in a resounding victory for the Lords,captained by Lord Skelmersdale. This gave the Lords the lead in theseries, by 17-16. Lord ...
The ancient city of dreaming spires embraces the internet generation
Jun 02, 2008; ... ON NEW MEDIA The knowledge business is getting wikified. Last week I was atBalliol College at Oxford University with Wikipedia co-founder DrLarry Sanger to debate the proposition that "the internet is thefuture of knowledge". And we agreed that today's open-sourceinternet - with ...
Whose eco-disaster is it, anyway?
Jun 02, 2008; ... MEDIA DIARY AT THE risk of boring my dwindling and treacherous army ofreaders beyond endurance, I must return to the climate-changewarriors of the tabloid press. Of all the myriad subjects thatengage columnists on right-leaning red tops, this is the greatunifier. Every single one ...
As Honda's skydivers plummeted, its brand was heading heavenward
Jun 02, 2008; ... ON ADVERTISING Blame Soichiro Honda. Or blame advertising fatigue. Liveadvertising is the topic of the moment. When Mr Honda said"difficult is worth doing" it's unlikely he had a team of sky diversspelling out his name mid-air, live on television, in mind. But in abid to stand ...
The adman's big screen test
Jun 02, 2008; ... BROADCASTING ITV Advertising legend Rupert Howell was hired by Michael Grade tomastermind the commercial future of ITV. Phone-in scandals and thedeparture of Dawn Airey mean he has a difficult job ahead. He tellsIan Burrell of his plans to save the famous brand J ust like ...
Pop
Jun 02, 2008; ... DAWN KINNARD Bar Academy LONDON *** There's a story behind the whisky-soaked, lived-in voice thatbelongs to Dawn Kinnard. The daughter of a Baptist preacher inPennsylvania, Kinnard would take her guitar to her hairdressing job,where she started to write songs; she sold her ...
'These days, thrift isn't just virtuous, it's fun - if austerity has you tightening your belt, well, your waist will look smaller'
Jun 02, 2008; ... At the Sharp End Ah, the joys of having an attic! Anything you can't find animmediate use or space for ends up there. Go to fetch a suitcase andyou'll be there for hours, browsing your own personal junk shop.Dusty gardening equipment, framed posters, old pots and pans, a heapof ...
Drawing a blank
Jun 02, 2008; ... Gustav Klimt a giant of Art Nouveau? Hardly, says Tom Lubbock.The Tate's much-hyped new show reveals a painter who's all style andno substance I should say, straight out, that I'm not an admirer, and later onI'll be being rude. But many people must be looking forward to thisshow ....
'HE BELIEVED IN WHAT I TOLD HIM, WHICH IS HUGELY IMPORTANT FOR A RESEARCHER'
Jun 02, 2008; ... MY MENTOR HENRY BONSU ON MIKE EMBLEY I started working with Mike Embley at a time when my ego and self-esteem were feeling severely bruised by an experience with the firstproduction team I'd worked with at the BBC. I started off as a research trainee on a minorities ...
STEPHEN K AMOS
Jun 02, 2008; ... MY WEEK IN MEDIA Last week I watched ... You can't escape the nightmare that is Britain's Got Talent. Ithas been on every day and they even have an after-show on ITV2. It'stoo much. It all seems to be people laughing at the oddballs thatthey get on - a dancing child always ...
Is this harmless child's play - or virtual insanity?
Jun 02, 2008; ... ONLINE CHILDREN'S SITES Social networking websites for children are really taking off -and the advertisers are closing in. Meg Carter reports ondevelopments raising concerns for parents and regulators As social networking spreads to users as young as five, makers oftoys and ...
The new face of Q
Jun 02, 2008; ... BROADCASTING Q RADIO Fashionable young women form the vanguard of Q Radio, which goeson air today as a spin-off from the well-known magazine. Ian Burrellreports "If you were looking at Q you might expect the show to bepresented by a 40-year-old white man with a beard and a ...
Celebrating the best in young British journalism
Jun 02, 2008 ... One young writer tramped the streets of Salford to decipher theimpact of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders on the lives of young people,another landed an interview with a Nobel prize-winningenvironmentalist, while others still warned of the implications ofeating foie gras and factory-farmed ...
Strippers, gunshots and zebra sex ... it's all culture
Jun 02, 2008; ... TELEVISION ARTS Presenters Lauren Laverne and Mark Kermode tell Ciar Byrne why'The Culture Show' is on the way up, despite being cut to half anhour It is 10 o'clock in the morning. The scene is a working men'sclub in the north of England and a heavily pregnant Lauren ...
Sue Phillips
Jun 02, 2008 ... MY LIFE IN MEDIA 'I've worked behind the scenes for years making other people lookgood, so I would love to do something on air. But it is an ambitionI doubt will be fulfilled' Sue Phillips, 54, is the first female network director of theinternational broadcaster Al Jazeera ....
The Ten Best Motoring books
Jun 02, 2008; ... INDEPENDENT.CO.UK/BEST James Mays Magnificent Machines 7.99 is published by HodderPaperback 1 Drive On! LJK Setright The late Setright was probably the most erudite motoringjournalist in history, and one of the few who could quantify whatmotor vehicle dynamics were ...
Concise Crossword #6748
Jun 02, 2008 ... Across 1 Founder of modern communism (4) 3 Culinary herb (5) 8 Prolongs departure (7) 9 More than enough (5) 10 Exemplary (5) 11 Lessen (4,3) 12 Sports official (6) 14 Mild (6) 17 Model of excellence (7) 19 School ...
BEST OF THE REST
Jun 02, 2008 ... Pop: Foo Fighters (city of manchester stadium) Dave Grohl's outfit tour the LP Echoes, Silence, Patience &Grace. (08444 775 775) tonight Talks: Alistair Moffat (royal concert hall, glasgow) The historian talks about his book The Wall: Rome's ...
2 JUNE 1943
Jun 02, 2008 ... Days like these HL MENCKEN, American essayist and journalist, writes in hisdiary: "Dr. F.E. Townsend dropped off in Baltimore yesterday and Itook him to lunch at the Belvedere. The doctor told me about hiscousin, a man who lately came down with cancer of the prostate. Hesaid that ...
Great outdoors
Jun 02, 2008; ... Watching a play as the sun goes down is an experience like noother. Alice Jones picks this summer's best alfresco productions GIGI OPEN AIR THEATRE, REGENTS PARK, LONDON The Open Air Theatre's programme this year is Shakespeare-heavyas usual, with productions of Romeo ...
FIVE BEST Films
Jun 02, 2008 ... Jules et Jim (pg, franois truffaut, 105mins) An inter-war idyll, a dream of innocence, a love letter to la viebohme: Franois Truffaut's film retains the charm it had on itsrelease 46 years ago. Limited release California Dreamin' (Endless) (15, cristian ...
FIVE BEST Exhibitions
Jun 02, 2008 ... The Lure of the East (tate britain, london) Nineteeth-century British painters do the near East: WilliamHolman Hunt, Lord Leighton and Richard Dadd and others ... turbans,harems, hookahs and sand. (020-7887 8888) to 31 Aug Jake & Dinos Chapman (white cube ...
1924 MONDAY 2 JUNE
Jun 02, 2008 ... American Indians granted citizenship The Indian Citizenship Act, also known as the Snyder ...
CAMPBELL BURNAP
Jun 02, 2008; ... Jazz trombonist and broadcaster In terms of mileage, Campbell Burnap was the greatest of the jazzadventurers, constantly criss-crossing the world to play histrombone, sing and talk about the music. He was as big in Finland ashe was in Australia. Amongst many unusual jobs he took on ...
SIR RICHARD KNOWLES
Jun 02, 2008; ... Labour warrior for Birmingham The Labour politician Richard Knowles was Leader of BirminghamCity Council from 1982 to 1993 (and a councillor for nearly 30years) and Lord Mayor of Birmingham, 1994-95. The battle honours ofhis years in charge were recognised not only in the West ...
The faces of the day>>
Jun 02, 2008 ... CRISTIANO RONALDO Man Utd winger to decide on future 'within next ...
'Any swimmer would be ready for the Olympics at 3am if necessary'
Jun 02, 2008; ... An email conversation with David Davies You already have an Olympic medal, your 1500m freestyle bronzefrom Athens. What chance of repeating or beating that in China? It's going to be much more difficult. Swimming has moved onmassively in every event. Winning times from 2004 may ...
The Official History of the Olympic Games and the IOC By David Miller (Mainstream Publishing, Pounds 35)
Jun 02, 2008; ... Book of the week You would hardly expect the Official History of the Olympic Gamesand the IOC to give a scatty picture of the world's premier sportingevent - and you would be right. It's all here, from Baron Pierre deCoubertin, acknowledged founder of the modern Games, to ...
Vive la Revolution!!
Jun 02, 2008 ... MEDIA POLL Think you know who the real stars are in Britain's creativeindustries? Then vote now for a new world order in The Hospital Club100 Reigns of terror, the rattling descent of the guillotine andblood seeping through the floorboards - yes, we've got our share ...
HARVEY KORMAN
Jun 02, 2008; ... Comic actor who made an indelible impression in 'Blazing Saddles' A multi-Emmy award-winner for his work on American television,Harvey Korman was one of the medium's most hilarious and respected"second bananas" - a leading supporting player who makes aninvaluable contribution to ...
Stranger than fiction
Jun 02, 2008; ... At first it sounded like a dream come true - her bestsellingnovel was to be turned into a primetime drama by the biggestscriptwriter in the business. But from the moment she saw hercharacters step on to the set as a cast of actors, Joanna Briscoerealised that the whole experience would ...
LORENZO ODONE
Jun 02, 2008; ... Subject of 'Lorenzo's Oil' Lorenzo Odone spent all but the first few years of his sadlycurtailed life bedridden and in need of round-the-clock nursingcare. But thanks to his parent's love and persistence when allseemed hopeless, his experience contributed to the treatment - ifnot ...
Leading AIM group hit as Pandit fund pulls out of talks
Jun 02, 2008; ... Small Talk The tremors from the credit crunch continue to hit companieslisted on the Alternative Investment Market. The latest group tofeel the after-shocks is a company that was fted last year as thetop international group on AIM. Leadcom Integrated Solutionssuffered last week ...
Dumping 'What the Papers Say' is a sign BBC is losing sight of its remit
Jun 02, 2008; ... ON THE PRESS The BBC's decision to get rid of What the Papers Say is as clearan indication as you could have that the Corporation is losing sightof its public service remit. For more than 50 years the programmehas provided a glimpse into the workings of the Press, which Isuppose ...
WHO FOUND MACHU PICCHU?
Jun 02, 2008; ... HOW A GERMAN MAY HAVE BEATEN THE AMERICANS TO LOST INCA CITY When Peruvian locals led Hiram Bingham to Machu Picchu in 1911,it was a discovery which would make the Yale professor famous,highly respected and richer. Bingham went on to become a governor of Connecticut and member ...
Slim pickings for GB at World Cup
Jun 02, 2008 ... Sport IN BRIEF *ROWING Britain came away from the second World Cup regatta herewith just one gold medal, for Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase in thelightweight double scull, writes Robert Treharne Jones in Lucerne.In the heavyweight double Matt Wells and Steve Rowbotham took ...
Bronze medal for Livingston
Jun 02, 2008 ... Sport IN BRIEF *MODERN PENTATHLON Britain's Katy Livingston won a World Championship bronze medalin Budapest on Saturday, while her team-mate Heather Fell was fourthto help the team of Livingston, Fell, Mhairi Spence and GeorginaHarland to a silver medal. Livingston ...
Dietary supplements that work ... or I'll eat my own words
Jun 02, 2008; ... Miles Kington Remembered 2 OCTOBER 2002 There are so many diet books these days you can get thin andanxious just fighting your way through them. How is the averageperson expected to know whether it's better to eat fat and get thin,or eat grapefruit and get thin, or eat a lot ...
A lament for the death of the left as a political force
Jun 02, 2008; ... "The best champagne and the best people" I was told, celebratedthe launch of Standpoint, a magazine aiming to "celebrate Westerncivilisation", to reassert its dominance, shaken up by theeffrontery of 9/11. It is edited by Daniel Johnson, son of PaulJohnson, the leftie who turned rabid ...
The old anti-yob campaign in a new disguise
Jun 02, 2008 ... LEADING ARTICLE UNDERAGE DRINKING In a heavily trailed initiative, the Home Secretary will todayannounce new measures to address the problem of drunken youths whogather in public places. That teenagers below the legal drinking agehave little difficulty in obtaining alcohol ...
Torres hits the wall as Spain bid to climb out of trophy rut
Jun 02, 2008; ... Spanish fans were hoping their Premier League matadors would bethe key to ending 44 barren years, but Liverpool's Fernando Torrescannot buy a goal and Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas cannot make thestarting 11, writes Pete Jenson Talismen failing to live up to expectations The ...
Brown must not relent on energy taxation
Jun 02, 2008; ... This year has seen failing banks, a 10p tax revolt, a burstinghouse price bubble, anger over high food, gas and electricity pricesand, now, an oil shock. After over a decade of growth and risingexpectations, a sharp squeeze on living standards is making peoplevery cross. The Government's ...
Toshack pleased by Welsh character in Dutch defeat
Jun 02, 2008; ... NETHERLANDS 2 WALES 0 John Toshack, the Wales manager, felt his young players hadgained some valuable experience in their defeat to the Netherlandshere in Rotterdam yesterday. Goals either side of half-time from Arjen Robben and WesleySneijder undid a weakened Wales side as ...
Wenger speculation over PSG role
Jun 02, 2008; ... According to reports yesterday, the Arsenal manager, ArsneWenger, is preparing to leave England at the end of his currentcontract in 2011 and is already making plans for his next role infootball. The Sunday Telegraph claimed that Wenger has been in Franceadvising Paris St-Germain ...
Captain Beckham lost in England time warp
Jun 02, 2008; ... The great thing about being David Beckham is that no matter whathe discards or loses in the course of his career, there is alwayssomeone - usually a famous international manager - waiting to giveit back to him. On Saturday, Fabio Capello made official what hadbeen suspected for the ...
Warner tells FA to get its act together in 2018 bid
Jun 02, 2008; ... The importance of David Beckham to the Football Association'shopes of landing the 2018 World Cup has been laid bare by theinfluential Fifa executive Jack Warner, who joked he would have"been killed" if the midfielder had not played in last night'sfriendly against Trinidad & Tobago. The ...
MacGill calls time on Test career but Warne still not tempted
Jun 02, 2008; ... AUSTRALIA 479-7 dec WEST INDIES 125-3 The Australia leg-spinner Stuart MacGill has is to retire frominternational cricket at the end of the second Test against WestIndies here. The 37-year-old made his Test debut against South Africa 10 yearsago and has since taken 207 ...
Murky tale of race and match-fixing
Jun 02, 2008; ... The legacy of apartheid still casts a shadow over South Africa'sinternational cricket, as a TV expose of Hansie Cronje's misdeedsshows, writes Stephen Brenkley Icon who fell into bed with bookmakers Towards the end of this month South Africa arrive for their 14thtour of ...
Miller keen on return to Ibrox
Jun 02, 2008 ... SUMMER SALES Transfer news *RANGERS The club is reported to be closing in on their formerstriker Kenny Miller, who joined Derby from Celtic in August lastyear. Miller's agent claims there have been enquiries from clubs"all over Europe" with Greek side Olympiakos linked with a bid ....
Hodgson in for Harewood
Jun 02, 2008 ... SUMMER SALES Transfer news *FULHAM The West Ham forward Marlon Harewood (right) isreportedly attracting attention from Craven Cottage, though managerRoy Hodgson may face ...
Pandev opts to remain with Lazio
Jun 02, 2008 ... SUMMER SALES Transfer news *TOTTENHAM The Macedonia striker Goran Pandev looks set to remainwith Lazio despite claiming interest from Spurs. The 24-year-oldwould have been seen as a replacement for Dimitar Berbatov were heto leave, but wants to stay in Serie A. "It is true ...
We must keep our heads, even if others lose theirs
Jun 02, 2008; ... The inflation-targeting framework in the UK has seemingly beenhugely successful over the years. Arguably, though, it's neverreally been tested in difficult times. Under current circumstances,with inflation rising and house prices falling, will the frameworkreally be able to ...
Djokovic headlines Serbian triple act as US stars lose lustre
Jun 02, 2008; ... *TENNIS By the time Lleyton Hewitt was knocked out on Saturday afternoonhere at the French Open the English-speaking world was down to onesingles representative, Robby Ginepri of the United States. By thetime Novak Djokovic hit his final winner against Paul-Henri Mathieuyesterday ...