My word! Mick Aston quits Time Team after producers hire former model co-presenter Mick Aston, the archeologist, has quit Time Team after producers hired a former model as the programme’s co-presenter. So, toothsome bimbo to get her nipples out for the lads. Kown as the Dimmock Strategy. Woo Hoo! And I can see why a

Yesterday Antoine and I visited the Pompidou Centre. Follow the link above for the usual Pompidou Centre pictures. Here's a less usual picture of the thing, in the form of a picture of a model of it that we encountered inside: I was glad to visit this building, if only to go somewhere out of the cold, which has been extreme (and made much worse by the wind) but which may now be abating a...

EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard says global development challenges cannot be met if the world's economic powers do not rethink their growth model. In an exclusive interview with EurActiv, she also addresses controversial policies on emission charges for airlines and rejects calls for a price floor to sustain Europe's depressed carbon market. More »

It’s not as if this hasn’t been explained enough times. For one thing, the model used by the MIT scientists didn’t make precise “predictions”, but projected what was likely to happen if certain trends continued, allowing for “adjustable assumptions” of resource use. Their real finding was not that collapse was likely to occur by a

Staffed by employees and volunteers, The People’s Supermarket has an alternative business model that highlights a potential for regeneration

David Cameron has cast doubt on the current model of the euro, saying it does not have any of the "features of successful currency unions".

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has revealed her long-term vision for Europe, saying the debt crisis is forcing eurozone countries towards a federalist model and placing her on a collision course with the more eurosceptic UK. More »

Former soccer club mascot seen as role model for advocates of directly elected city mayors

"On the basis of economic theory and historical experience, the life expectancy of a societal model with 50 percent or more government control over the economy does therefore not look promising. The taxing, resources-consuming state-parasite must constantly weaken and sooner or later kill the productive and wealth-creating market-host. When does this happen? Well, we are about to find out, as we a...

When the week began, the idea of anyone but Mitt Romney claiming victory in tonight's South Carolina primary seemed fanciful. He had a 10 point lead in the polls, giving him a 90 per cent chance of victory according to Nate Silver's model. Any talk of someone else winning sounded like the wild hopes of a media keen for the nomination battle to go on as long as possible. But no longer. As...