The Economics Of Killing
An expose of the military-industrial complex shows how its actions grease the transfer of resources from the poorest to the richest globally
The Fall
Will Stone was left pondering an incoherent outing
Scottish reel treat
This weekend sees a unique celebration of cinema at Glasgow's Southside Film Festival
Arts
The state of welfare today
Tuesday 21 February 2006
FORMER Cabinet minister and left icon Tony Benn will give a major talk on the welfare state and his vision for the future of social provision at the Royal Geographical Society in London tomorrow.
Smash hit opera
Tuesday 21 February 2006
ROBERT TANITCH enjoys a hilarious performance by Richard Suart in Gilbert and Sullivan's best-loved opera.
We're afraid that things really are a bit shit
Wednesday 15 February 2006
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Christmas bestsellers STEVE LOWE and ALAN McARTHUR talk about the things in life that get them really annoyed.
From celebrity to a pauper's grave
Tuesday 14 February 2006
STEPHAN LONG witnesses a fitting tribute to the Austrian master of music, Mozart.
The pen their sword
Tuesday 14 February 2006
Introducing the Ken Sprague Fund international cartoon competition.
Guru and guerilla
Wednesday 08 February 2006
INTERVIEW: CHRIS SEARLE speaks about his confidence in poetry as an inspiration to ordinary people.
Commemorating our own history
Tuesday 07 February 2006
JOSEPH FOLEY glimpses part of the largest collection of union banners in the world at the People's History Museum.
A revolution in song
Tuesday 07 February 2006
OPERA for many is a no-go area. The idea of shrill, busty sopranos and corpulent tenors warbling away in foreign languages is some people's idea of a nightmare night out.
Suspend belief
Tuesday 07 February 2006
The Moscow City Ballet's take on what is already a fairly skimpy story - a princess is cursed by a vengeful fairy to sleep for 100 years and is awakened with a single kiss - is never going to develop into a complex and challenging narrative.