In London air quality levels are so poor that one in seven children have asthma -
In London, air quality levels are so poor that one in seven children have asthma – a figure that is even worse for those children who live alongside major roads.By far the biggest cause of air pollution in London is exhaust fumes from road vehicles. Far from road use being in decline, the Government predicts [...]
What matters more than the season is where these plays happen on the border between damnation and salvation and
What matters more than the season is where these plays happen (on the border between damnation and salvation) and the historical period in which they were written (the gold-rush, colonialist fever of the early 16th century).Imagined as a performance before Queen Isabella of Portugal and her court, the plays amount to a political as well [...]
But having said that it seems to me that any model for self-regulation depends for
But having said that, it seems to me that any model for self-regulation depends for its effectiveness on an effective policing body. If an effective regulator was required then that should be the criterion applied to potential candidates, he said.The bluff Yorkshireman served Lady Thatcher at Downing Street for 11 years and now writes a [...]
papers claims The King is ready to come out of hiding! It is difficult to explain how the British tabloids are different: first
papers claims The King is ready to come out of hiding!” It is difficult to explain how the British tabloids are different: first you have to get across the notion of a national press (America has none). Eyebrows went up: money is a universal language.But there were other aspects of the story that were foreign [...]
Despite being richer today compared with 1950 we are much unhappier
Despite being richer today compared with 1950, we are much unhappier. A 25-year- old is three to 10 times more likely to be depressed. Diana’s depression was a famous fact about her; she was treated with therapy and Prozac. I do not think that for the most affected that “Diana” was any more real than [...]