Alexandra Topping

UK opposes benefits for migrants

LONDON: The British government has pledged to fight demands to ease restrictions on EU immigrants’ access to... Published 01 Jun, 2013 07:41am

Sylvia Plath novel branded as chick lit

DARK, witty and painful — Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar has disturbed and enthralled readers from the moment it was published under a pseudonym in 1963. Later that year the poet and writer killed herself. Published 04 Feb, 2013 12:00am

California’s death penalty fight

A RENEWED battle to repeal the death penalty in California has begun, days after residents voted to keep capital punishment in the state Published 09 Nov, 2012 10:03pm

UK bankers in the pink

AS the sun dipped below the London skyline on a perfect summer`s evening, a queue formed outside the lift leading to... Published 25 Jul, 2010 12:00am

The worst is over

IT has been an unhappy few years for the music industry, hit by plummeting CD sales and rampant online piracy. But... Published 22 Jul, 2009 12:00am

Eating out cheaper in London

HOUSE prices are dropping, the economic forecast is dreary and the rain has not let up for months in London. All the... Published 10 Sep, 2008 12:00am