How many times have you been told “it won’t snow, it’s too cold”?  Hundreds I expect but has it ever occurred to you how it manages to snow in Antarctica where the temperature never goes above freezing point, even at the coast? There is only one temperature where it is too cold to snow and

What Huhne’s departure means to 'the greenest government ever'

It was in May 2011 that the allegation first surfaced that, eight years previously, Chris Huhne had allegedly asked his then wife Vicky Pryce to take the rap for speeding points that would have seen the aspirant Lib Dem MP for Eastleigh lose his licence. It’s a charge Chris has strenuously denied ever since, always

Any CoffeeHousers with a taste for schadenfreude should read David Miliband’s article in the New Statesman. We have to move beyond big government, he declares. We need a growth strategy. I’m not sure if any Labour leader has ever argued otherwise: maybe, as Miliband implies, it has found one now. But, as I ask in my Daily Telegraph column today, what’s worse: a party that’s...

By Michael Meacher, from Left Futures What political leader in Opposition has ever stopped in its tracks what looked like irresistible momentum towards a disaster? No, I can’t think of one either. Certainly not Cameron – can you remember any of the positions he took during the 5 years before the 2010 election, apart from

Ask any number of your office colleagues and the answer is bound to be the same: British workers are facing tougher, longer hours than ever before.

National Maritime Museum 18.30-22.00 Thursday 16th February 2012 A satirical extravaganza about China, Britain, imperialism and drugs in the 19th century in verse & music. See narco-capitalists & Chinese lawmakers slug it out, take part in a poetry slam, and watch the weirdest tea ceremony ever. What do the humble cup of tea and the

I never really thought I’d be giving interviews on the topic of poo, but that’s exactly what I was doing yesterday. It’s all part of a drive to encourage more people than ever before to spot the signs of bowel cancer. So on Monday I launched the Government’s first ever national bowel cancer awareness campaign,

The Type 45 anti-air warfare destroyer HMS Dauntless is one of the most powerful warships ever launched by the Royal Navy. Here is a brief guide.

A plan to subsidise solar panels on homes was "one of the most ridiculous schemes ever dreamed up", a Government minister has said.