http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/ from www.independent.co.uk en-GB Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:52:17 +0100 http://www.typepad.com/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2009/07/cyclotherapy-new-home.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2009/07/cyclotherapy-new-home.html Our Cyclotherapy blog has moved to a new platform - click here to be redirected to Cyclotherapy. Cyclotherapy Jimmy Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:52:17 +0100 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/a-new-place-to-blog.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/a-new-place-to-blog.html By Jimmy Leach It’s an exciting day at The Independent with the launch of Independent Minds, our new comment and opinion platform for Independent journalists – and users. Regular readers will have noticed that our blogs by the likes of... Jimmy Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:38:22 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/the-life-browser-democratic-choices.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/the-life-browser-democratic-choices.html By John Matthew Hall Do not despair if after 14-years your faith in Guns‘n’Roses is waning. Those of us cautiously eyeing today’s release of the perennially forthcoming ‘Chinese Democracy’ album, can try before we (probably won’t) buy on the band’s... The Life Browser Jimmy Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:23:52 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/today-in-politics-why-brown-risked-income-tax-rise.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/today-in-politics-why-brown-risked-income-tax-rise.html By Andrew Grice "I am not the Chancellor, the man with the power," Gordon Brown quipped at the CBI's annual conference in London this morning. Well, you could have fooled me. Or most people in the Westminster village. Brown's most... Today in Politics Jimmy Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:16:11 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/keen-on-new-media-.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/keen-on-new-media-.html By Andrew Keen And so the Obama post-election brand is now becoming clearer. As the impressed David Brooks notes, it's the brainy brand - the senior Obama administration being made up, for the most part, of Harvard and Yale Law... Keen on New Media Jimmy Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:11:35 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/spending-power-time-to-save-7500-pubs.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/spending-power-time-to-save-7500-pubs.html By Martin Hickman Almost every sector of the economy is in jeopardy right now. Retailers are on the brink of meltdown. Housebuilders are laying off labourers, bricklayers, and electricians. Estate agents twiddle their thumbs waiting for buyers that never walk... Spending Power Martin Hickman Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:40:43 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/eat-another-pop.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/eat-another-pop.html By Terry Durack Having done London’s new pop-up restaurant Flash ( see review in today’s Independent on Sunday), it was interesting to pop over to Melbourne this week, and pop into the new pop-up bar and cafe in Federation Square.... Eat Terry Durack Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/today-in-politics-brown-wary-of-recession-election.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/today-in-politics-brown-wary-of-recession-election.html By Andrew Grice There was a time when Gordon Brown was toying with a double election next June - a general election on the same day as the European Parliament poll. However, it was before the great non-election fiasco of... Jimmy Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:50:23 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/beauty-treatment-at-the-barber.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/beauty-treatment-at-the-barber.html By Andrew Buncombe I just want a quick trim really, nothing special, nothing fancy. And I need to get in and out quickly. But the two young barbers are not going to let me off so easily. "Sir, will you... Asian (con)Fusion Andrew Buncombe Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:18:32 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/today-in-politics-more-trouble-with-the-banks.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/today-in-politics-more-trouble-with-the-banks.html By Andrew Grice As if Alistair Darling does not have enough on his plate a he finalises his Pre-Budget Report on Monday, another problem is the talk of Westminster. There are growing concerns among ministers and MPs that Gordon Brown's... Today in Politics Andrew Grice Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:43:48 +0000