In the first of two articles seeking a solution to Syria’s crisis, Patrick Cockburn looks at the wishful thinking that helped an uprising escalate into a catastrophe
It’s a familiar complaint that all news is bad news, and that newspapers only send reporters to cover horror, crime or deprivation
It is not too ugly a caricature to say that the Conservatives like a good party, and as they gather for their conference, they have plenty enough excuse to drain Manchester’s stocks of champagne dr
These letters were published in the October 3rd edition of The Independent
Is the right of any woman to give birth a priority that supersedes the funding of costly drugs that can prolong life for all and reduce the impact of dementia?
Users of a popular socia media website listed the best jokes and put-downs of all time
The app is essentially TripAdvisor... for humans
Men said they had spent up to £14,500 on beard transplants
No more deadlines, no more neurosing over bills - it all sounded like a release, until they banned cigarettes...
We are in the midst of a patriotic pantomime, heraldic beasts and symbolic harps fluttering on banners across the stadiums of England
This new NHS measure puts lives at risk merely to incentivise doctors to land personal windfalls
Brave Israeli leadership would hold out the promise of statehood
Last week’s EU refugee summit produced one signal achievement. A refugee quota was agreed that will – over the next two years – see a total of 160,000 asylum-seekers shared across the bloc.
Two drugs that help supress the immune system in organ transplant patients could the answer to developing a male contraceptive pill
The UK is one of the most centralised and economically unbalanced countries in Europe.
The people-rating app is messed up, but it also seems like the logical endpoint of how many of us already use the internet
Jonathan Berman’s conducting is a rather coarse-grained affair: he has yet to unlock the beauties latent in Debussy’s exquisitely calibrated score
Apparently me and my colleagues are lazy, greedy, and now paid for our negligence. As a GP allow me to set the record straight
Who will be the next Sarah Millican? Who is the new Katherine Ryan, or Bridget Christie, or Roisin Conaty or Sara Pascoe?
It’s a topic which is regularly brought up in relationship counselling sessions
Even thinking about someone who is a potential romantic interest is apparently enough to lower the individual’s relationship satisfaction
Who you're attracted to is as much defined by your individual circumstances as your genes
Those among the 16,000 applying to the exclusive university this year may want to start revising these questions
Even before Russia started attacking Syrian rebels, Turkey was targeting the Kurds, the US-led coalition was bombing Isis, Israel was attacking Hezbollah, and Assad was killing everyone