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Ten Years On: Guantánamo
By Sophie Rose Walker — February 2, 2012
British lawyer Clive Stafford Smith is a notorious freedom fighter. He explains about the impact of Guantánamo ten years on.
The ‘Velvet Atheist’
By Mary O'Connor — February 2, 2012
The renowned philosopher AC Grayling talks about the new Oxbridge, the Good Book and his perfectly bouffant hair.
Under a supermodel’s skin
By Bella Foxwell — February 2, 2012
Therese Kerr, mother of super model Miranda Kerr talks about her passion for organic skincare.
Finding Strength
By George Leidig — February 2, 2012
Do workout supplements and protein shakes do what they say on the tin? But what is the science behind the substance.
The Ghurkas in York
By Tom Witherow — December 8, 2011
Gurkhas have served in the British armed forces for almost 200 years, but are the sacrifices these soldiers are making off the battlefield going unnoticed?
Dignified Dysmorphia
By Mia de Graaf — December 8, 2011
Polly Borland photographs adults as transvestite babies, and Berlusconi. But what is it all about?
Watching in the Wings
By Martin Spurr — December 8, 2011
Family politics has forced David Milliband to reconsider his career. Martin Spurr finds out why it’s not the end
A beautiful, invisible truth
By Bella Foxwell — December 8, 2011
It affects more people than we realise and seems to go hand in hand with intellectual brilliance. Bella Foxwell discovers what life is like living with Asperger’s
Adopting Equality
By Fiona Parker — November 7, 2011
The first week of November was National Adoption Week, but adopting for same-sex couples is still tainted with prejudice.
Homeless in York
By Hannah Ellis-Petersen — November 3, 2011
What’s the reality behind our cosy medieval city? Hannah Ellis-Petersen talks to two of York’s teens who have been forced to find a home on the streets.
Billy Bragg
By Sam Briggs — November 3, 2011
“I’m great, you’re shit, do you like my socks?” As summations of pop music today go, few cut through the superficiality of the mainstream quite so effectively
The Oppression U-turn
By Tom Witherow — November 3, 2011
The African National Congress (ANC) has been thrown into turmoil by the controversial youth leader Julius Malema. But could this have some troubling consequences for the rest South Africa as a whole?
The Great Escape
By Sophie Rose Walker — November 3, 2011
Meet Roslyn Walker, the UK’s leading Escapologist. He gets out of stuff for a living. Sophie Walker finds out why
India’s hidden war
By Jack Barton — October 12, 2011
Attacks by terrorist group the Naxalites never reach the news. Jack Barton investigates why
Immortalising the iCulture
By Sophie Rose Walker — October 12, 2011
“He achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: He changed the way each of us sees the world” said President Barack Obama in his speech to commemorate the death of Apple founder Steve Jobs, who died last Wednesday at the age of 56, from cancer.


