The Sunday Telegraph London back issues from September 2009:
Ive just eaten my first piece of vinegar pie. I can only describe it as lemon meringue pie without the meringue or the lemon
Sep 06, 2009; ... When I was growing up in the United States there was a poem wewere taught to help with the basics of history. It began, In fourteen hundred and ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He had three ships and left from Spain; He sailed through sunshine, wind and ...
My perfect Sunday
Sep 06, 2009; ... I'd have a long lie in and wake up at around 11.30, having sleptsolidly without any disturbances. I'd wake up like people do incartoons, just sit up and stretch and smile - alarm clocks do notfeature anywhere on a perfect Sunday. I'd roll over and kiss myboyfriend and, after he'd brought ...
So I'm in the shower washing my hair, and I hear this singing. I open my eyes and Elvis is standing there with me... Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Saville: only one man has swung with them all. As he embarks on his most exhausting tour yet, Tom Jones talks to John Preston about his 'un-be-lievable' life
Sep 06, 2009; ... A 69-year-old man walks into the bar of the Mandarin OrientalHotel in Knightsbridge. Although he's famously well-preserved forhis age, this afternoon he is looking a little rough - his cheeks arepuffy, his eyes hooded and bleary. There are three other people withhim, but this is ...
Wish you were here? The Alps in Florida; a tropical island in Berlin; a Russian battleship in China... After travelling the world snapping 'simulated' holiday destinations, photographer Reiner Riedler is in desperate need of a real holiday, he tells Paul Kendall
Sep 06, 2009; ... Travel, they say, broadens the mind. Not if you're ReinerRiedler, it doesn't. An Austrian photographer best known for hissharp portrayal of everyday life for the likes of NationalGeographic, Riedler decided five years ago to change tack and turnhis lens on the 'unreal' environments of ...
Lights. camera. inaction Some have dreams of being the next Brad Pitt. Others are just happy with a few quid. But, as Richard Johnson discovers, one thing all film extras need is patience - and a good book
Sep 06, 2009; ... The chariot race in Ben Hur, MGM's 1959 Roman epic, will go downin history for two reasons. First, because it has a 263-to-1 cuttingratio - 263ft of film was shot for every one foot that made it intothe final movie. It is the least economically shot section of anyfilm. And second, ...
The ruler who gave it all away An exhibition at the British Museum hopes to clear the name of Moctezuma, the Aztec ruler who has long been derided in Mexico as a craven traitor
Sep 06, 2009; ... In the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution, in the mid-Twenties,Diego Rivera painted 120 murals around the Ministry of Educationcourtyard in Mexico City. Intended, in part, to celebrate the heroesof his nation's past just as it embraced a Republican future, theseries includes an ...
Love counts A romantic comedy has the numbers, while a mock doc comes out of left field
Sep 06, 2009; ... (500) Days of Summer (12A) 95mins ????? District 9 (15) 112mins ????? As it must, (500) Days of Summer begins on Day One, with anoffice flirtation. Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), frustrated writer fora LA greetings card company, catches the eye and ear of new tempSummer ...
Thomas Paine's Global triumph Dominic Dromgoole's latest venture at Shakespeare's Globe is original, ambitious and imbued with a tremendous sense of fun
Sep 06, 2009; ... A New World - A Life of Thomas Paine ????? Shakespeare's Globe, London SE1 (020 7902 1400) to Oct 9 It's at times like these, when even the spirited Dame EileenAtkins is saying to me that the West End looks a very desolateplace, that I thank my lucky ...
Perfectly attuned Martha Argerich lives up to expectations with dynamism and delicacy
Sep 06, 2009; ... Prom 60 ????? Prom 57 ????? Prom 56 ????? BBC Proms, 0845 401 5040, www.bbc.co.uk/proms Last Sunday's Prom was to have featured Martha Argerich playingtwo piano concertos, a feat that would have made it the unmissableconcert of the season. But even though ...
Classic Prodigy, classy prodigies Veteran ravers and young rock pretenders wow the Reading crowd
Sep 06, 2009; ... The Prodigy ????? Arctic Monkeys ????? For all the endless panoply of potential high-points the summerfestival season now supplies, there still aren't many better momentsto take the nation's musical temperature than Saturday night atReading. And the climax of this year's ...
Iggy Pop en pointe Sounds of the Seventies make a comeback
Sep 06, 2009; ... Michael Clark Company ????? All artists come with a certain amount of baggage, but MichaelClark must wish there could be some sort of statute of limitationson a colourful past. The dance press cannot put pen to paper withoutdredging up the Royal Ballet schooling, the early promise, ...
BOOK OFTHE WEEK SCIENCE Richard Dawkins treads familiar ground in this apologia for evolution, but his grandness of vision still dazzles, says Simon Ings
Sep 06, 2009; ... The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution By Richard Dawkins BANTAM PRESS, pounds 20, 950 pp On June 22, 2000, the Human Genome Project published a list ofthe three billion pairs of nucleotides that make up the humangenetic code. The project - an ...
Bibliotherapy What to read when you... need cheering up
Sep 06, 2009; ... From time to time, on a Sunday evening, I feel a certain glumnessdescend, a gloomy foreboding about Monday morning, and all theresponsibilities it entails. At such times a little light reading isin order. Most cheering of all in the circumstances is PGWodehouse's Psmith in the City, ...
BIOGRAPHY The 'Lord of the Flies' author had some dubious views on women - and a genius of an editor, finds Jonathan Bate
Sep 06, 2009; ... William Golding: The Man who wrote 'Lord of the Flies' By John Carey FABER, pounds 25, 592 pp Poor Polly Perkins. In 1953 the original manuscript of Lord ofthe Flies (draft title 'Strangers from Within') was rejected by fivepublishers and an ...
BIOGRAPHY Wendy Moore is astonished by the tale of a man whose lust for collecting would ultimately devour him
Sep 06, 2009; ... An Infinity of Things: How Sir Henry Wellcome Collected the WorldBy Frances Larson OXFORD, pounds 18.99, 320 pp Anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed by the relentless tide ofpaperwork and household clutter that inundates our daily livesshould spare a thought for the plight ...
POPULAR MUSIC Music fans will love to hate some of the opinions in this well researched pop polemic, says Charles Spencer
Sep 06, 2009; ... How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An alternative historyof American popular music By Elijah Wald OXFORD, pounds 13.99, 323 pp 'Extraordinary how potent cheap music is,' Amanda observes toElyot in Noel Coward's Private Lives (1930). To which one might add,almost 80 ...
LITERARY BIOGRAPHY Sex. Scandal. Literary genius. Anne Chisholm applauds a fresh take on Evelyn Waugh's friendship with a tragic family
Sep 06, 2009; ... Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and The Secrets of Brideshead By PaulaByrne HARPERCOLLINS, pounds 25, 344pp A good story is always worth retelling, especially when itinvolves a great writer, a famous book and a sexual scandal. EvelynWaugh's connection with the Lygon family, the ...
TITLE DEED HOW THE BOOK GOT ITS NAME The Metaphysics by Aristotle
Sep 06, 2009; ... Our word 'metaphysics' derives from an editorial decision by oneAndronicus of Rhodes. It was he who set himself the task of orderingAristotle's works and he who decided to group certain writings ofAristotle under the title Ta meta ta phusika, or 'the writings thatcome after the [book ...
Coming next No stunts, no crashes, no messing about... why 'the Hamster' has made a show where the facts are the stars
Sep 06, 2009; ... There is no more powerful TV triumvirate than Richard Hammond,James May and Jeremy Clarkson - the hosts of Top Gear get almostguaranteed coverage of their programme's every move, from thecontroversial (Clarkson) to the bizarre (anything involving caravans). But recently eachof ...
Review You won't see a better Heathcliff
Sep 06, 2009; ... The great temptation with Heathcliff is to play him as a complete stranger to the razor, thehairbrush, the trouser press and the deodorant stick - turning himin the process into one of those Bigfoot creatures who appear,always in frustratingly blurry footage, hanging round the ...
RSA targets distressed insurers in expansion drive
Sep 06, 2009; ... RSA Insurance Group is considering launching a bid for thedistressed businesses of AIG and Fortis as part of an ambitiousinternational expansion strategy, The Sunday Telegraph has learned. The FTSE 100 company, formerly known as Royal & Sun Alliance, islooking at the insurance ...
Fund manager seeks royal appointment
Sep 06, 2009; ... SCHRODERS, the FTSE 100 fund management group, has approachedPrince Andrew to explore the possibility of becoming an ambassadorfor its international business. The Queen's second son, who is Britain's Special Representativefor International Trade and Development, met Michael ...
Stagecoach in pounds 100m rail deal
Sep 06, 2009; ... STAGECOACH has agreed to give the Government around pounds 100mas a "change of control" payment to take over National Express'srail business. The payment to the Department for Transport is in exchange for anagreement that the Government will not force Stagecoach torelinquish ...
G20 will curb bank bonuses
Sep 06, 2009; ... BONUSES for bankers throughout the Western world will for thefirst time be subject to limits and checks as soon as next yearafter the G20 pledged to embark on an international crackdown onfinanciers' pay. Banks will have caps imposed on the size of the bonus pot theycan award to ...
Richard Baker back in the City with Whitbread
Sep 06, 2009; ... RICHARD Baker, the former Boots chief executive, is making asurprise comeback to the City by joining Whitbread, the Costa Coffeeto Premier Inn owner, as a non-executive director. The leisure group, which fell out of the FTSE 100 earlier thisyear, will announce Mr Baker's ...
Live gambling comes to TV as Five signs landmark deal with NetPlay
Sep 06, 2009; ... TV EXECUTIVES are to allow live interactive gambling onterrestrial TV in an attempt to increase revenue in the face of lowadvertising income. Viewers of broadcaster Five will be able to bet thousands ofpounds on roulette from the comfort of their sofa after thebroadcaster signed ...
O'Brien ready with euro40m-euro60M FOR INM
Sep 06, 2009; ... DENIS O'BRIEN, the 26pc activist shareholder in Independent News& Media (INM), is willing to stump up between euro40m to euro60m (pounds 35m to pounds 52m) of his own cash to prop up the strugglingmedia group. Sources close to Mr O'Brien confirmed that he will invest moremoney ...
Airlines face legal barrage after ruling
Sep 06, 2009; ... SOME of the world's biggest airlines, including British Airways,Air France/KLM and Qantas, face more than pounds 1bn in fines andcompensation as a result of the European Union's long-runninginquiry into a price-fixing cartel on cargo flights. The EU is expected to find the ...
Lloyds weighs up options to boost its capital position
Sep 06, 2009; ... LLOYDS Banking Group is considering plans to shore up itsfinances by converting pounds 6.79bn of preference shares intocommon equity. The move would boost its core tier one capital ratio andpotentially allow the bank to reduce its participation in the assetprotection scheme ...
Rover report: no fraud
Sep 06, 2009; ... THE report into the demise of MG Rover will highlight"questionable" business practices by the Phoenix Four but containsno "smoking gun" on the conduct of the Government, The SundayTelegraph understands. The report will be published this Friday after the Serious FraudOffice ...
John Lewis fends off ikea with Value range
Sep 06, 2009; ... JOHN Lewis, the department store retailer, will launch a low-price "Value" range next week in a bid to counter the threat ofcustomers defecting to cheaper rivals such as Tesco and Ikea, writesJames Hall. The move marks the first time that the upmarket retailer - whichis famous ...
Jon Moulton plans swift comeback The ousted founder of private equity firm Alchemy Partners says he will return to the fray after a day off
Sep 06, 2009; ... JON Moulton, the outspoken private equity veteran, is planning tostay in the sector despite quitting Alchemy Partners, the firm hefounded, after a bust-up with Dominic Slade, his chosen successor. In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph Mr Moulton said: "I amnot retiring. I am ...
G20 misses chance to do something of value
Sep 06, 2009; ... What a difference half a year makes. When the finance ministersand central bankers from the world's leading nations met in thespring, the mood was one of crisis; the agenda was dominated by oneimperative: to seal an agreement to pour an unprecedented amount ofcash into their stricken ...
BANKERS WILL WORK FOR LESS
Sep 06, 2009; ... THAT said, the problem of bonuses is more solid than a meresmokescreen. While there's a niggle that banks are creaming off toomuch from British businesses and pension funds, the debate willcontinue to dominate. But the solution should not be left up topoliticians, nor should it be so ...
BOLLAND ON THE RIGHT LINES
Sep 06, 2009; ... ONE of the highlights of this week's raft of retail results islikely to be the half-year numbers from Morrisons. This time last year Marc Bolland, the chief executive, wasunveiling like-for-like sales growth of 7.6pc and winning businessfrom his rivals as the no-nonsense, value ...
Lower trade barriers to make the hyped global recovery a reality
Sep 06, 2009; ... Last weekend, our newspapers and airwaves were full ofpredictions that the UK was set for "imminent recovery". Reality hassince punched through. The OECD, the Western world's economic think tank, has justissued new forecasts suggesting the global economy will emerge fromits worst ...
Stop using Keynes' name to justify wild fiscal experiments
Sep 06, 2009; ... LAST week, I faced Professor Lord Skidelsky on BBC2's Newsnight -with some trepidation. Skidelsky ranks among the UK's most respected intellectuals. Wewere debating John Maynard Keynes - and given his towering three-part biography of the British inter-war economist, Skidelsky is ...
The long and short of our financial woes
Sep 06, 2009; ... In most analyses of the causes of the financial crisis, thepervasive and powerful influence of shortening time horizons isgiven scant attention. But alongside the expectation and demand of individuals forimmediate gratification of their perceived needs, reflected in thegrowth of ...
Nobel economist sees a roaring recovery
Sep 06, 2009; ... At the ripe age of 78, Nobel economist Gary Becker finds himselfthe pin-up hero for libertarians around the world convinced thatmassive government response to the Great Contraction of 2008-2009 isnot only unnecessary but almost certainly a threat to economicfreedom as well. While ...
Is commercial property really on brink of recovery? With the beleaguered industry claiming it has reached 'inflection point', Graham Ruddick assesses whether there is substance to the rhetoric
Sep 06, 2009; ... As the great and good of the commercial property industry returnfrom their holidays or, in the case of Helical Bar's Mike Slade,from collecting more sailing gongs, a new buzz phrase has gainedcredence among agents - "inflection point". The phrase is designed to illustrate that ...
Potential, but work required After a dire 2008, which saw price falls of 16pc, the UK property market is picking up. Angela Monaghan reports
Sep 06, 2009; ... The UK housing market has been one of the more surprising sourcesof good news on the economic front in the past few months. A surge in new buyer inquiries, and rises in mortgage approvalshave signalled that conditions have bottomed out. The most startling trend, though, has ...
Britain heading back to dark ages The UK is facing a tipping point over the next few years in its ability to generate enough power to satisfy an ever increasing demand, writes Rowena Mason
Sep 06, 2009; ... When California was hit with a spate of crippling power cutseight years ago, it was not simply the fault of an unscrupulousenergy supplier called Enron manipulating prices. The power company was blamed for meddling with the market, butstate politicians were also forced to admit ...
Pensions 'could be raided again' Chris Allner tells Richard Tyler that small businesses feeling the squeeze could, like bailed-out KeTech, 'stretch' staff contributions
Sep 06, 2009; ... Octopus Capital's Chris Allner is absolutely clear on one thing.The fund manager caught up in the revelations that staff pensionshad been raided at a private company that he chose to rescue with pounds 2m of public money says it could happen again. The Telegraph has reported that ...
Appliance of science in finding love online
Sep 06, 2009; ... AFTER years of counselling failing couples clinical psychologistNeil Warren came to the conclusion that "opposites attract, but thenthey attack". Dr Warren discovered that he could do little to help many of hisclients because a fundamental clash of personalities meant they ...
techbyte Biz tech
Sep 06, 2009; ... NO, of course you don't use Apple Mac computers. They're forstudents, desktop publishers, designers and film product placementopportunities. Now, a month before Microsoft releases Windows 7, which aims torecover lost ground, Apple has released Mac OSX 10.6, Snow Leopard ....
BRIGHT IDEAS Sorted, with innovation from the City
Sep 06, 2009; ... One part of Britain's financial services industry, the City ofLondon, is under attack. Lord Turner, the chairman of the FinancialServices Authority, thinks it should be cut down to a moremanageable size. Last week, the Government said it would help young people who arestruggling ...
THE WEEK AHEAD
Sep 06, 2009 ... THE week begins in the aftermath of the meeting of the G20finance ministers in London over the weekend. It should provide aclearer picture of what action the world's largest countries believestill needs to be taken to alleviate the crisis, and how the G20might go about co-ordinating an ...
AIG gets some tough love from Michael Moore
Sep 06, 2009; ... OUCH! - this could be painful. Beleaguered bosses at Americaninsurer AIG (or Chartis as it now wants to be known) are bracingthemselves for an uncomfortable few days. Michael Moore's latest film Capitalism: A Love Story will haveits first screening at the Venice Film Festival this ...
Executive pay rises are odds-on at IG
Sep 06, 2009; ... I WONDER if Tim Howkins, chief executive of spread-bettingcompany IG Index, could give me the odds on someone forgoing a payrise. He's in a perfect position to know. The man himself said he would not be getting a pay rise this yeardespite the company growing revenues by ...
Well positioned for M&S search
Sep 06, 2009; ... NOT long now until the hunt starts for the next chief executive/executive chairman/president (delete as appropriate) of M&S. The name of the headhunter, let alone the likely candidate, isstill up for debate. However, the word is that Jan Hall of JCA islikely to be picked to run ...
Trump card tees up protests in Aberdeenshire
Sep 06, 2009; ... US billionaire Donald Trump hasn't joined the American boycott ofall things Scottish. He was busy last week expanding his plans for apounds 1bn golf course resort in Aberdeenshire. The property mogul(pictured here with wife Melania) was granted planning permission toexpand the ...
Playtech worth gamble but is a hold for now
Sep 06, 2009; ... Playtech 349p+1 1/4 Questor says HOLD GAMBLING software group Playtech posted interim results that werea touch higher than expectations - but these expectations had beenlower following a profit warning. Nevertheless, it was still a goodresult. However, ...
Afren 69 1/2p+ 1/2 Questor says BUY
Sep 06, 2009; ... WITH the US actively seeking to reduce its reliance on MiddleEastern oil, West Africa is at the head of the queue to provide itwith a large chunk of its energy needs. The US aims to buy 25pc of its oil from the area by 2015, up fromthe current 15pc. This is an opportunity for ...
Group NBT 257 1/2pNo change Questor says BUY
Sep 06, 2009; ... GROUP NBT was recommended as a buy on March 13 at 214 1/2p. Theshares have risen 20pc and remain a buy ahead of their full-yearnumbers on September 24. The company, which used to be known as NetBenefit, saw its shareprice collapse when the internet bubble burst at the start of ...
Arms and the big-stick man MIKE TURNER, CHAIRMAN, BABCOCK The Babcock chairman has strong words for the politicians on the equipment shortages faced by British forces in Iraq and Afghanistan
Sep 06, 2009; ... Lives: Cobham, Surrey Family: Married with four children and three grandchildren Passions: "My wife used to say it was Manchester United, BAE andthe family, in that order. Now it's Manchester United, Babcock andthe family." Business background: Worked for BAE Systems ...
10 WAYS TO CUTTHE CO ST OF MOTORING PRICES ARE RISING AT THE PUMPS, SAYS EMMA SIMON, BUT YOU CAN DRIVE DOWN EXPENSES BY FOLLOWING OUR TOP TIPS
Sep 06, 2009; ... There was more pain at the pumps for drivers this week when fuelduty increased by 2p per litre; the third increase in petrol anddiesel tax in nine months. Once VAT is included, this latest dutyrise will total 2.3p per litre - pushing the average price of petrolacross the country to 105p ...
Recession-hit citizens need all the advice they can get
Sep 06, 2009; ... For many of us there was a return to reality last week. Taking mytwo springer spaniels for their early morning walks I noticed thatthere was a distinct chill in the air. It won't be long before thoselazy sunrise strolls will be replaced by dark, windy and wet morningslogs through the ...
A CARROT FOR BOND INVESTORS
Sep 06, 2009; ... There were many sceptics in March who questioned the wisdom ofthe majority of investors piling into corporate bond funds. As wereport on page 5, those sceptics were wrong and bond funds have madehandsome returns. Now the question is whether investors who stayed on the ...
Barclays backtracks on interest-only loan Ask Jessica
Sep 06, 2009; ... I HAVE recently retired with a final salary pension of pounds68,000. At face value a good situation to be in, but we have notbeen helped by some very misleading advice from Barclays regardingour mortgage. Running until 2015 we have a repayment tracker mortgage of pounds 78,000 ...
Policies muddle Ask Jessica
Sep 06, 2009; ... Tax-free status and flexible benefits were the basis of MIP(Maximum Investment Plan) contracts offered as Qualifying Policies(QPs) in early 1988. I have a serious MIP problem with Prudentialand see no good solution. AO Oxford Your M&G Maximum Investment Plan had the ...
Counterfeit banknotes Ask Jessica
Sep 06, 2009; ... Our 17 year old son, who is studying for his exams, withdrew pounds 2,216 from his ISA (individual savings account) in cash fromBarclays Bank. Included in the sum were 2 x pounds 1,000 of pounds 20 noteswithin the enclosed paper band. After walking to Halifax bank to pay ...
Get your own back Moves are afoot to make claims a little fairer for policyholders, reports Emma Simon
Sep 06, 2009; ... Are policyholders being short-changed by the insurance industry?A group of lawyers, consumer groups and charities thinks so - andwants the law changed to boost customer protection. The Law Commission - an independent body set up by Parliament toreview and recommend legal reforms - ...
Internet-savvy pay less The digital divide penalises many consumers, report Paul Farrow and Harry Wallop
Sep 06, 2009; ... Energy wasted Only 14pc of people asked to work out how much they owed came upwith the right answer - even though they were allowed to make notesand use a calculator, writes Richard Evans. The online test, set by uSwitch.com, the price comparisonservice, involved a dummy bill ...
Have bond investors missed the boat? Corporate bonds have seen stellar gains and investors are still piling in. How long will the good times last, asks Paul Farrow
Sep 06, 2009; ... Concerns were rife in March that the hordes of investors rushingto buy corporate bond funds would have turned themselves intofashion victims. The reason being is that the most fashionable fund type each yeartends to come down with a mighty bump the following year. We saw itin ...
'No bubble'
Sep 06, 2009; ... It was only about six months ago that some people were suggestingthat there was a "bubble" in corporate bonds. I was critical of this scaremongering at thetime, which seemed to be based on little more than it being the mostpopular sector with investors. By March this year ...