Life & Society
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Powder Game
Every week Iain Simons gives you something to while away the hours. This week it's Powder Game. Enjoy responsibly and don't let the management catch you
Also in life & society
Wisdom teeth
Can't find an NHS dentist? Don't despair, it may soon be easier than you think. Private dentists, it seems, are flocking back to the fold
Too posh for popcorn
Independent cinemas once provided affordable art for all. Now, a growing number offer audiences a luxury experience
I'm not Michael Barrymore
Fresh air, banter with the lads, brick dust under my nails. Now that's what I call job satisfaction ... but then I had the terrible realisation that they’d mistaken me for Michael Barrymore
The truth about GM
Will GM technology feed the world - or destroy farming, and human health, in the name of corporate profit? How can we tell, when the science is up for sale?
Both sides are probably wrong
The latest evidence leaves the case for GM foods open
Asbestos: The lies that killed
Asbestos, now banned in the EU, kills up to 4,000 people a year in the UK alone. In this exclusive report, Ed Howker reveals how the industry hid the truth for decades and why the death toll will certainly continue to rise.
How ministers ignored the 'time bomb' in the classroom
Concerns about asbestos in schools were first voiced in the 1960s yet 13,000 schools today still contain the substance
More This Week
In Theatre
How to live a braver, wilder life
Having a production on always feels as if you've been in a boxing match. I'm beginning to care less about the critics' jabs, which implies I'm entering a state of either Zen or monomania
In Media
The Asian policeman who got uppity
Tarique Ghaffur is claiming that he was discriminated against in the police service, and some in the right-wing press are not taking it well
In Religion
Modern marriage
A new arrangement means a young Muslim is free to marry whomever he or she wishes, without their parents' consent
Columnists
Blogs
Life at Findhorn
A fortnightly insight into life inside one of Britain's best known eco-villages – Findhorn – by resident Jonathan Dawson.
