The Independent (London, England) back issues from February 2009:
Red Rose must thrive beneath furrowed brow
Feb 01, 2009; ... Tim Glover meets Martin Johnson After a fruitless autumn, now isthe time for Johnno to show his worth and for England to stand tallon the rugby fields of Europe The biggest thing about Martin Johnson, apart from his stature inthe game, is that few people know what exactly his role ...
Latecomer Byrne in a hurry to make another flying start
Feb 01, 2009; ... Osprey joins forces with club contingent for crucial opener. ByHugh Godwin It was the moment two weeks ago when all of Wales took a mightygulp. Lee Byrne jumped for a catch with his Ospreys team-mate MikePhillips, collided with the bigger man on landing and twisted hisankle. The ...
Paris is no towering obstacle now
Feb 01, 2009; ... Victories by club sides over the Channel bring belief that gloryof a decade ago can be revived SCOTLAND To paraphrase one celebrated Welsh voice, might it turn out to bejust a little bit of history repeating? We shall see at Murrayfielda week today, when Wales turn up for their ...
Kidney's x-factor has everyone on same song sheet
Feb 01, 2009; ... IRELAND The Declan Kidney effect is at work on Ireland. Pick a theme,however insignificant or unpromising, and exploit it to the maximum.The Kidney theme right now is of Ireland the downtrodden, Irelandthe under-resourced, Ireland the underdogs. After a couple of yearsin the Six ...
Bottle of Marcato has coach licking his lips
Feb 01, 2009; ... ITALY Nick Mallett has a "Friends, Romans, countrymen" demeanour,whether he is talking matters of state or what he wants on his plateat a press conference lunch. "I lived in France for 12 years andthey never serve cold salad on a hot dish," Mallett opined as hestood in the queue ...
Team spirit preferred to last year's experiment
Feb 01, 2009; ... FRANCE France will be stronger competitors in this season's Six Nations,according to the team manager, Jo Maso, for abandoning the rampantexperimentation which marked coach Marc Livremont's first crack atthe Championship last year. "It's easier to have a team spirit ifthere are ...
Clubs ready for dust-up but RFU struggle to sell tickets
Feb 01, 2009; ... Ruck and Maul Here we go again. The Rugby Football Union and the Premiershipare set for another big dust-up after disagreeing over plans toextend the fixture list. Because of the recession, the clubs want anextra six rounds of matches to generate more cash. It is describedby ...
The week ahead
Feb 01, 2009; ... TODAY Arizona are the sexy surprise package competing in their firstSuper Bowl but history suggests Pittsburgh will claim a record sixth"world" title. TOMORROW It's 2 February, so that means the end of the "January" transferwindow. Expect Mark Hughes to spend ...
Toon Army are finally beaten... by indifference
Feb 01, 2009; ... The Last Word It must be bad when even Newcastle fans give up ontheir team as a sense of despair envelops North-east If anyone wants to observe how humans behave in deep and soredisappointment, he should be with North-east supporters who havetravelled to see their team ... and who ...
I try to clear my mind but it all comes flooding back in the rain
Feb 01, 2009; ... The Hacker My mission to put my entire trust in my mind and body to setabout the hitting of my golf ball without any instruction from medid not get off to a good start. The Glamorganshire course is saturated, so last weekend'scompetition upon which I had placed my hopes of a ...
Elquemedo the victim when Miller made name for himself
Feb 01, 2009; ... On the Front Foot It is a matter of some perplexity that in the country of St Kitts& Nevis, the smaller place should have provided all the West IndiesTest cricketers. Nevisians, who number only 9,000, are extremelyproud of this and see it as part of the reason why they would ...
Desperate Dwain set to play the race card
Feb 01, 2009; ... Sprinter hits out at hypocrisy of being banned for GB today dueto an 'agenda' which will be revealed in his explosive book. BySimon Turnbull Contrary to the perception in many quarters, Dwain Chambers didnot return to competition from a drugs ban last year, when he becamesuch a ...
Seeing Red, by Alun Carter and Nick Bishop
Feb 01, 2009; ... Book of the Week Wales start next weekend's Six Nations campaign as favourites,but read this account of their management, or rather mismanagement,over the dozen years up to 2008 and you'd think they would be luckyto get the wooden spoon. Alun Carter, a former international ...
Outside Edge
Feb 01, 2009; ... AS HIS PLAYERS toil in the West Indies sun, England's captain,Andrew Strauss, probably doesn't have much time to ponder hischillier leadership duties as honorary skipper of Team Tenzing, whoon 21 April plan to set a cricket altitude record by playing aTwenty20 game on a Mount Everest ...
Funding cuts leave little Zoe with big weight on her mind
Feb 01, 2009; ... Inside Lines The swingeing funding cuts imposed on Britain's currently lesssuccessful sports turns the Olympic dictum of taking part being moreimportant than winning on its head. Despite all those fine wordswhen London won the bid, it is now likely that Team GB will bewithout ...
Magical McIlroy emerges from the gloom to move clear
Feb 01, 2009 ... SPORT IN BRIEF Rory McIlroy will look to build on the experience of his nearmisses today as he looks to claim a first professional title at theDubai Desert Classic after spectacularly taking control of the fog-affected event. The 19-year-old former world amateur No 1 sits atthe ...
Dixon guides Crusaders into limelight
Feb 01, 2009; ... Super League's new boys have come a long way in a short time -now it's the world champions in the big kick-off. By Dave Hadfield It was fitting that John Dixon should have emerged blinking intothe daylight from South Wales's last deep pit this week, because ifanyone has been ...
Victoria Ground is still derelict and Stoke fans cannot stand it
Feb 01, 2009; ... Outside the Box What happens to a famous old football stadium once the residentclub relocate to a new home? Not much, if the owners are St Modwen,"the UK's leading regeneration specialists". Tastefully (?) namedafter an Irish nun believed to have performed miracles at an ...
DAVID SMILEY
Feb 02, 2009; ... Military officer who became a master of irregular warfare In a military career that encompassed clandestine operations inthe Balkans, the Middle East and South-east Asia, as well as moreconventional soldiering with the Royal Horse Guards (the "Blues")during the Second World War, ...
INGER CHRISTENSEN
Feb 02, 2009; ... Experimental poet who used mathematical structures in her work Inger Christensen was one of Denmark's most innovativeexperimental poets. She is perhaps best known for her major poem"Alfabet" ("Alphabet", 1981), a systematic work which uses theletters from "a" (beginning with ...
BILLY POWELL
Feb 02, 2009; ... Keyboard player withLynyrd Skynyrd Though they are best known for the triple-guitar line-up of GaryRossington, Allen Collins and Ed King - and his replacement SteveGaines - and the passionate vocals of their original leader andlyricist Ronnie Van Zant, the Southern rock band ...
Radio Choice
Feb 02, 2009 ... A Fresh Start 9.05AM, 12.05PM, 4.05PM, 8.05PM & 1.05AM WORLD SERVICE As prison numbers in Britain continue to rise, this seriesaddresses one of the toughest questions in criminal justice: how canpeople be stopped from reoffending? Ken Bruce 9.30AM RADIO ...
The Fashion Audit 02/02/09
Feb 02, 2009; ... We love Liberty prints With Liberty print collaborations in full swing at Oasis and Gap,and an underwear range at Topshop, we've come over all bluestocking.The nostalgic, paisley-ish swirls are just the right side of ironicwhen worn with heavenly chunky knits or eccentrically ...
MISCHA BARTON ACTRESS
Feb 02, 2009 ... Dress code What are you wearing right now? An Elie Saab gown, as a result of the closing gala for ParisCouture Week. Who's your style icon? I'd have to say my mum; particularly during my formative years.She's Irish but lived throughout Europe, so had a lot of ...
Ready to Wear
Feb 02, 2009; ... The mere thought of summer dressing might be enough to bringabout an almighty case of goose pimples just now, but the trulycommitted fashion-follower is busily investing in what are known as"key pieces" for the new season as I write. Look out, then, for thefollowing: Zingy ...
Some like it haute
Feb 02, 2009; ... Lavish embroidery, wedding dresses and corsets ... For theinternational super-rich who buy at the Paris haute couture shows,it was business as usual, says Carola Long If the designers, CEOs and customers at last week's Paris coutureshows were feeling sheepish about attending a ...
WPP's knight foresees early dawn and many rising stars in the East
Feb 02, 2009; ... Sir Martin Sorrell sat before the Capitol as an invited guest atthe inauguration of President Obama in Washington before heading outto JF Kennedy airport to catch an overnight flight back to London.He arrived at Heathrow at 9.30am, plenty of time in Sir Martin'sworld to go straight to a ...
Lucy Yeomans
Feb 02, 2009; ... Why are you doing a special issue for March? It's our big spring fashion special, so going supersize is afantastic opportunity to show everything in a bigger, bolder andmore luxurious format. What makes 'Harper's Bazaar' stand out? The mix of arts and fashion. One of my ...
We want fun at the theatre
Feb 02, 2009; ... In hard times audiences need happy and familiar plays, says PaulVallely Up here in the provinces (Manchester in my case) we have had thebenefit of seeing the new production of Alan Bennett's long-lostplay Enjoy in its cut-down and much improved version, starringAlison Steadman ...
End of the guitar heroes
Feb 02, 2009; ... Franz Ferdinand's third album has a strange new sound. The bandtell Elisa Bray why the future is electronic Franz Ferdinand are having a self-confessed defensive day. In2003 when they emerged from Glasgow with their infectious rhythmicindie-rock music "for girls to dance to" they ...
For the record
Feb 02, 2009 ... "The digital network ... is as essential to our future prosperityin the 21st century as roads, bridges, trains and electricity werein the 20th century," Gordon Brown, following Thursday's launch ofLord Carter's report Digital Britain It's a Bun fight In spite of Rebekah Wade's ...
RUMOURS
Feb 01, 2009 ... Chelsea are determined to sign Robinho from Manchester City inthe summer and Luiz Felipe Scolari will finance the move for hisfellow Brazilian by sending Didier Drogba the other way. The dealcould have gone through last month but Mark Hughes wanted RoqueSanta Cruz instead (News of the ...
ON THE MOVE
Feb 01, 2009 ... Adnan Ahmed Tranmere to Port Vale (loan) Leon Andreasen Fulham to Hannover (free) Jon Ashton Grays to Stevenage (loan) Rikki Bains Free agent to Macclesfield Giles Barnes Derby to Fulham (loan) George Beavan Luton to Grays (loan) David Bell Norwich ...
Benitez pushes Keane closer to exit
Feb 01, 2009; ... 'The club spent Pounds 20m, not me' says Rafa as Scolari tipsDrogba to be best in world, starting at Anfield today. By SteveTongue Before the second leg oflast season's Champions' League semi-final at Stamford Bridge, Rafa Benitez - believing, no doubt, thathe was dealing in ...
Bolton look to sign Larsson as Veloso deal falls through
Feb 01, 2009; ... ROUND-UP Bolton and West Ham have made inquiries about the possibility ofHenrik Larsson returning to the Premier League. The 37-year-old is afree agent and could move to England on a short-term deal as he didwith Manchester United in 2007. Larsson, who scored 173 goals in ...
Spot-on United go five clear
Feb 01, 2009 ... Red and buried Cristiano Ronaldo fires in the penalty to earn Manchester Uniteda 1-0 victory over Everton ...
Perfect 10 for Serena, final blow for Laura
Feb 01, 2009; ... One-sided mauling in main event is embarrassing while Robson winsplaudits despite losing girls' tie As Dinara Safina and Laura Robson discovered here yesterday,there is sometimes no substitute for experience. Seven hours afterRobson lost her Australian Open girls' final to Ksenia ...
Strauss must tame his team before the Windies
Feb 01, 2009; ... IPL auction is a distraction but captain needs KP and Flintoffonside to win series WEST INDIES A 574-8 dec & 16-0 ENGLAND 414Match drawn For most of this decade, it has been a stretch to tell thedifferencebetween a cricket tour of the Caribbean and a walk in thepark. West ...
Chambers has Bolt in his sights as Pickering picks up pace
Feb 01, 2009; ... Now, where was Dwain Chambers? Ah yes, top of the European orderof speed merchants with a winning time of 10.00sec at the Olympictrials in Birmingham's (sorry, Birminghams) Alexander Stadium lastJuly. That was before his professional life in the fast lane was sorudely interrupted by his ...
Double for Walsh as McCoy is left on hold for landmark
Feb 01, 2009; ... For once, the man who lost was as much the focus of attentionhere as the men who won. A double for Paul Nicholls and Ruby Walshwith Celestial Halo and Herecomesthetruth in the day's chiefcontests might have been merely the supporting act had Tony McCoyreached the landmark of 3,000 jumps ...
Beattie shows value of wise investment
Feb 01, 2009; ... Bargain buy scores on his home debut as 10-man Stoke leaveManchester City again looking clueless away from Eastlands STOKECITY 1 Beattie (45) MANCHESTER CITY 0 No longer does a day go by without Manchester City making bignews. This particular story is one of pure embarrassment ....
Keeping up with Jones is too much for Rovers
Feb 01, 2009; ... MIDDLESBROUGH 0 BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 Sam Allardyce said yesterday that he was aware of El-HadjiDiouf's confrontation with Anton Ferdinand before he signed Diouffrom Sunderland for Blackburn Rovers for 2.8m on Friday. Diouf wasalleged to have threatened Ferdinand with menace but ...
Davies double helps Megson build bridges at Wanderers
Feb 01, 2009; ... BOLTON WANDERERS 3 Puygrenier (31), Davies (64, 87) TOTTENHAMHOTSPUR 2 Bent (73, 75) If Rafael Benitez is cracking up, what about Gary Megson? In thespace of six days last week he moaned about the press, the fans and,if you read between the lines, the board. Ifanyone ...
Berdos tests the patience of Saints
Feb 01, 2009; ... HARLEQUINS 27 NORTHAMPTON 6 Harlequins Tries: Botha, penalty, JEvans Cons: N Evans 3 Pens: N Evans 2 Northampton Pens: Myler 2 Half-time: 13-0 Att: 12,332 Harlequins' three England players - Nick Easter, Danny Care andUgo Monye - were obliged to sit out this fixture, with the ...
Balshaw's try has Shedheads raising the roof
Feb 01, 2009; ... GLOUCESTER 23 LONDON IRISH 21 Gloucester Try: Balshaw Pens:Barkley 6 London Irish Tries: Thompstone, Ojo Con: Hewat Pens: Hewat3 Half-time: 9-18 Att: 13,974 It might just be the salvation of their season. Gloucester hadbeen unravelling at an alarming rate, making a premature exit ...
Sale feel benefit of Wales call for Peel
Feb 01, 2009; ... WORCESTER 20 SALE 37 Worcester Tries: Latham, Garvey Cons:Carlisle 2 Pens: Carlisle 2 Sale Tries: C Jones, Ripol, Briggs, BellCons: Hodgson 4 Pens: Hodgson 2 Half-time: 10-16 DG: Hodgson Att:10,387 Dwayne Peel had a double cause for celebration last night. Havingheard just ...
Nevland double punishes the Pompey crimes
Feb 01, 2009; ... Norwegian striker helps Fulham end recent poor run of form andpiles more pressure on Adams FULHAM 3 Johnson (14), Nevland (71, 80)PORTSMOUTH 1 Nugent (84) Mid-table security is not having all that positive an effect onRoy Hodgson, judging by the bags under the Fulham manager's ...
Brown bears the Brunt as Hull fail to hold firm
Feb 01, 2009; ... HULL CITY 2 Mendy (44), Fagan (69) WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2Simpson (53), Brunt pen (73) Neither camp would willingly concede that this was a match theyhad to win, viewing it rather as one they dare not lose. It may seema subtle distinction but, in a relegation battle as close as ...
Fleck adds touch of gloss for Rangers
Feb 01, 2009; ... RANGERS 2 Fleck pen (78), Lafferty (90) DUNDEE UNITED 0 John Fleck earned and converted the penalty that broke thedeadlock here yesterday, might have scored twice from open play aswell and comfortably did enough to earn the man-of-the-match award.It was his second such accolade ...
Ronaldo and Carrick show sinks Everton
Feb 01, 2009; ... England midfielder hits his stride as Van der Sar anchors record-breakers MANCHESTER UNITED 1 Ronaldo pen (44) EVERTON 0 If any team are to hinder Manchester United's increasinglyconvincing pursuit of a third successive Premier League title, theymust first score a goal against ...
Villa vexed as scattergun approach misses target
Feb 01, 2009; ... ASTON VILLA 0 WIGAN ATHLETIC 0 Before this, his 100th League game as Aston Villa manager, MartinO'Neill had again deprecated his prospects of prolonging what has,to all intents and purposes, begun to resemble an authentic titlechallenge. Villa, he claimed, were like a wasp, merely ...
Wenger's quality gaps exposed by West Ham
Feb 01, 2009; ... ARSENAL 0 WEST HAM UNITED 0 Maybe Arsne Wenger is right, the solution to Arsenal's falteringseason is yet another creative player such as Andrei Arshavin,rather than a new Patrick Vieira or Tony Adams. Under a sky as blue as West Ham's shirts, but amid a piercingwind as ...
Wenger's quality gaps exposed by West Ham
Feb 01, 2009; ... ARSENAL 0 WEST HAM UNITED 0 Maybe Arsne Wenger is right, the solution to Arsenal's falteringseason is yet another creative player such as Andrei Arshavin,rather than a new Patrick Vieira or Tony Adams. Under a sky as blue as West Ham's shirts, but amid a piercingwind as ...
Ronaldo and Carrick show sinks Everton
Feb 01, 2009; ... England midfielder puts on virtuoso display as United MANCHESTERUNITED 1 Ronaldo pen (44) EVERTON 0 If any team are to hinder Manchester United's increasinglyconvincing pursuit of a third successive Premier League title, theymust first score a goal against them. It is proving a ...
Why all newspapers need faithful and benevolent guardians
Feb 02, 2009; ... From the moment of its birth, people have been trying to kill offThe Independent. On the day before its launch, Max Hastings, theneditor of The Daily Telegraph, sent a bottle of champagne to ouroffices in City Road, wishing us luck and promising to "bury" us.The following day he ...
'What do you tell your children if they ask whether your job is safe?'
Feb 02, 2009; ... Days Like These How much of the news should you tell your young children? It's aline all responsible parents walk with extreme care. Sometimes, whensome awful child-specific story fills the bulletins, broadcasterswill bring on a Tanya Byron to guide us through the minefield ....
2 FEBRUARY 1898
Feb 02, 2009 ... Days Like These Raymond Asquith, the son of British Prime Minister Herbert HenryAsquith, writes to his stepmother, Margot Asquith: "Thank you foryour charming letter. I would certainly consult you if I got intoany difficulty, for I think you know more of the world and take ...
TV news has been a Darwinian evolution
Feb 02, 2009; ... This year, as every schoolboy knows, is the 200th anniversary ofthe birth of Charles Darwin and the 20th anniversary of the launchof Sky News. Milestone birthdays are good moments for taking stock. SinceDarwin's bicentenary has prompted a small industry it seemsappropriate to ...
Why I might pen my own volume on the death of the book
Feb 02, 2009; ... Iam thinking of calling my next book "The Google Paradox". Itwill be a self-fulfilling prophesy about Google, authors and thebook business. It will argue that the more Google does to kill thetraditional publishing industry with the free online content fromits search engine, the more ...
Whether we like it or not, we're going digital
Feb 02, 2009; ... Last week the government decided that by 2012 digital must be inour national DNA. If you work in advertising, it's easy to assume italready is, as all things digital have been rushing to the top ofthe ad agenda for the past decade. Out in the real world of normal people, though, 40 ...
Forget the punchline and the joke's on you, Kelvin
Feb 02, 2009; ... Seemingly unconvinced by his boss Rebekah Wade's bullish CudlippLecture (of which more below), Kelvin MacKenzie looks to diversify.As Pandora has reported, Kelvin has taken his first step along KenDodd Drive with an open mic spot at a London comedy club, which hesays went slowly downhill ...
'I don't pay for sex. They should pay me'
Feb 02, 2009; ... Race, family and sexuality are the big themes of Hanif Kureishi'sera-defining fiction - but he also stands accused of misogyny andexploitation. Unapologetic, he tells Johann Hari aboutpsychoanalysis, fundamentalism, and losing his virginity Hanif Kureishi is embarked on an ...
How to be calmer
Feb 02, 2009; ... Life Support ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR THE MODERN WORLD TAKE CONTROL Feelings of stress can be overwhelming, but remember that theyare just that - feelings. It is possible to take control of one'semotions using simple physical and mental techniques. SPEND SOME TIME ...
What's in a name? In TV, quite a lot
Feb 02, 2009; ... Blighty, Eden and Yesterday. Three words that conjure a nostalgicimage of better times, when broadcasts were made with a plum inone's mouth and no one lost any sleep over advertising spend goingthrough the floor. And maybe that's UKTV's idea. With comfort brandsreportedly faring well in ...
We must wake up to compassion fatigue for the children in Congo
Feb 02, 2009; ... Any idea what's going on in Congo? Probably not. Why should you?When I last checked there were fewer than 150 references in thenational press since Christmas to the Democratic Republic of Congo.Most of those were brief mentions in end-of-year reviews, storiesabout footballers, ...