Recently added articles from The Independent on Sunday (London, England):
BEELZEBUB CROSSWORD No. 1028
Nov 01, 2009 ... ACROSS 1 Metal dealer's search was for a woman (11) 10 Mild phobia mostly disheartened lady slightly (6) 12 Swerve round cross, a source of annoyance (5) 13 Fungi? As usual, not one distributed in middle of forest (8) 15/16 Medicine in a universal drink ...
Fugitive crime boss arrested on the slopes of Vesuvius
Nov 01, 2009 ... World news in brief :: ITALY Italian police have arrested a senior figure in the Camorra, theMafia-like groups that dominate criminal activity around Naples. TheInterior Minister, Roberto Maroni, said that the fugitive, SalvatoreRusso, is a Camorra boss who had been convicted of ...
Repeat ad infinitum
Nov 01, 2009; ... Fiction When John Irving's novels are this exceptional, he canreturn to his favourite tropes as often as he likes Last Night inTwisted River By John Irving Bloomsbury Pounds 20 Repetition, repetition, repetition: there are those critics whohave long implied that John Irving - with ...
Let's recognise the 'specialness' of the live-in partner
Nov 01, 2009; ... It's a difficult one Should people who are cohabiting have theright to claim the estates of their loved ones when they die in thesame way bereaved spouses or civil partners do? The UK LawCommission says yes. But others say that if the cohabitees had meanttheir partners to have a share of ...
The appliance of science
Nov 01, 2009; ... Researchers devote years to devising the ultimate formulae foreverything from tea to toast. But why? 1 Scientists last week claimed to have solved the problem of aleaky teapot spout. Boffins from Lyon found that coating the insidewith a spray of microscopic bumps encourages liquid ...