National Grid

How renewable energy makes power cuts more likely

10 August 2019 9:20 pm

At 16 minutes past four on Friday a press officer at National Grid put out a tweet which seemed to…

How many party leaders get nearly 60% in their membership vote? More than you’d think

19 September 2015 8:00 am

It’s their party Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour leadership contest with 60% of the vote among four candidates in the…

Portrait of the week

1 November 2014 9:00 am

Home The last British combat troops turned over Camp Bastion in Helmand to Afghan forces and withdrew from Afghanistan after…

How Italy failed the stress test (and Emilio Botín didn’t)

1 November 2014 9:00 am

Continuing last week’s theme, it was the Italian banks — with nine fails, four still requiring capital injections — that…

Farewell to a natural born broadcaster

7 September 2013 9:00 am

‘He was a natural broadcaster,’ said Nick Higham, after the death last week of the rugby player and sports broadcaster…