Last updated: 3/21/2010 7:09:56 PM GMT

It’s life, gym, but not as we know it
Posted on March 21, 2010
I have always considered health clubs with deep suspicion. It comes, I think, from living in London for most of my life. In a city, you skirt around strangers, weigh them up, acknowledge each other's physical space and avoid eye contact - and then you go and take your clothes off and sit in a big, bubbling bath with half a dozen of them, all but naked. Why?
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Introducing the Nelson tax
Posted on March 21, 2010
In the News of the World today, I propose a new tax on the rich: specifically, on ex-ministers who go on to earn a crust advising companies how to avoid the regulations with which they have saddled the British economy. I proposed this before the news broke about Byers and Hewitt etc, but their appalling story makes it all the more pertinent
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Today's Comments
Posted on March 21, 2010
Catherine Bennett: Go on. Buy yourself an It bag. It's your duty to your nation
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    Today's Comments
    Posted on March 20, 2010
    Colm O'Gorman:'I was a victim of abuse. This is what the Pope must do to stop it'
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    Weekend Travel Guide
    Posted on March 20, 2010
    Independent
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    Weekend Cinema: Film News and Reviews
    Posted on March 20, 2010
    Independent
    •Telegraph
    •New York Times
    •Guardian
    •Times
    •Film trailers
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    • Weekend book reviews
    Posted on March 20, 2010
    Independent
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    Sex sells: The girl band that changed pop forever
    Posted on March 19, 2010
    Under-age, under-dressed, and over-the-top, The Runaways were the first girl rock group to make a global impact. Now their story is a movie. Chris Salewicz recalls his times with Joan Jett, Cherie Currie and their band
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    Today's Comments
    Posted on March 19, 2010
    Martin Kettle: Darling's budget could point the way for Britain's renewal
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    Africa review
    Posted on March 18, 2010
    Wife budget doubled for President Zuma
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    • Glimmer of hope for media freedom in Afghanistan
    Posted on March 17, 2010
    Amid the ongoing violence in Afghanistan, it is boom time for the media there. As only an estimated third of the population is literate, local radio stations are on the increase, while newspapers lag far behind. Under the Taliban, there was only one station, but now there are dozens hitting the airwaves, despite being put under pressure by the government.
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    • Today's Comments
    Posted on March 17, 2010
    Jonathan Freedland: Israel slapped America – and may have jolted Obama awake
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    • Europe review
    Posted on March 17, 2010
    Thousands pay tribute to Latvia's fallen Nazi troops
  • France faces up to its Holocaust role              
  • The Dutch retreat                             
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    • Asia review
    Posted on March 16, 2010
    World's shortest man dies aged 21
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    • 'Top Secret': The Power And Struggle Of The Press
    Posted on March 16, 2010
    Listen to the story: Almost 40 years ago, the battle over the Pentagon Papers pitted national security against the freedom of the press. A top secret document many thousands of pages long, the Pentagon Papers was a study commissioned by then-Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara on the United States' involvement in Vietnam.
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