2014年12月18日 星期四

2014-12-19 U.K. Spotlight


Financial Times
   
'Fragmentation' and 'identity' are reshaping the world   
Financial Times
It is that time of year. What single word, an old friend challenged, best describes the forces that have been shaping the world. If I am allowed only one choice it has to be “fragmentation”. Were I permitted a second, it would be “identity”. The splintering of the old ...


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Daily Mail
   
Katie Price jokes as she models a wig on four-month-old daughter Bunny   
Daily Mail
Having recently welcomed her second daughter to the brood, Katie Price is already enjoying the girlier aspects of being a mother again. The former glamour model and mum of five was giving her youngest an early start on the beauty front this week when she ...


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BBC News
   
Are massive squid really the sea monsters of legend?   
BBC News
For centuries people have spun tales of sea monsters with giant tentacles that drag people to their doom. Is there any truth to the stories? facebook · Twitter · Google + · Email. Presented by. Melissa Hogenboom. For centuries, fishermen from Norway and ...


   


Financial Times
   
Make policy for real, not ideal, humans   
Financial Times
Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made. This famous remark of the German philosopher, Immanuel Kant, is particularly relevant to economists. “Homo economicus” is far-sighted, rational and self-interested. Real human beings ...


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The Guardian
   
Peppa Pig's Big Splash review – muddy fun makes the audience squeal   
The Guardian
Relentless energy … Emma Grace Arends as Daisy with Peppa Pig and friends. Photograph: Dan Tsantilis. Andrew Pulver. Wednesday 10 December 2014 06.36 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email · Share on LinkedIn · Share on ...


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BBC News
   
Labour back plans for added scrutiny of 'English laws'   
BBC News
Labour says it has found a "sensible" solution to the question of which MPs should vote on England-only matters. The party has suggested a committee of English MPs could scrutinise bills that would not apply elsewhere in the UK. Following the promise of ...


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Royal Mail's red herrings   
Financial Times
Pilot fish have received a battering from Lord Myners, a City grandee commissioned by the government to investigate the underpricing of the Royal Mail flotation. These lead investors, whose number included Lazard Asset Management and Schroders, were ...


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Mirror.co.uk
   
All the X Factor winners EVER: But where are they now?   
Mirror.co.uk
The X Factor ends this weekend with three contenders battling it out to be crowned winner. Bookmakers put Fleur East ahead of the other two finalists Ben Haenow and Andrea Faustini. But when the excitement dies down, how many of the show's winners ...


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Daily Star
   
Channel 4 to hijack X Factor final – introducing world's first amputee popstar   
Daily Star
THINK Stereo Kicks impostor Lee Nelson sent The X Factor into jeopardy with his boy band stage invading prank? Think again. By Nadia Mendoza / Published 13th December 2014. For Channel 4 are set to outdo him with plans to hijack the reality show final ...


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BBC News
   
Apple 'failing to protect Chinese factory workers'   
BBC News
Poor treatment of workers in Chinese factories which make Apple products has been discovered by an undercover BBC Panorama investigation. Filming on an iPhone 6 production line showed Apple's promises to protect workers were routinely broken.

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