Governor of Bank of England will take extended holiday after stepping down this monthSir Mervyn King is to become one of the growing number of high-profile business and finance figures to take a so-called “grey gap year” when he steps down as governor …
Journalism: to sting or not to sting?
The line that editors walk between legitimate investigation and entrapment can sometimes be a fine oneDuring the Leveson inquiry there were many references to journalistic “dark arts”. Much less attention was paid, however, to the much more common prob…
Coalition energy policy ‘threatens to destroy environmental case for HS2’
On eve of energy policy debate, Conservative MP Tim Yeo reiterates call for target to decarbonise UK electricity generationMinisters’ failure to set firm targets on cutting carbon emissions from electricity generation will destroy the environmental cas…
Endemol’s Tim Hincks: ‘Big Brother remains central to what we do’
The global entertainment maker’s president on producing drama such as Ripper Street and creating an app for the Rolling StonesDown the road from the BBC’s Television Centre, evacuated to make way for the bulldozers, is another small screen “fun factory…
The week ahead: Bilderberg 2013 comes to … the Grove hotel, Watford
The Bilderberg group’s meeting will receive greater scrutiny than usual as journalists and bloggers converge on WatfordWhen you’re picking a spot to hold the world’s most powerful policy summit, there’s really only one place that will do: Watford. I gu…
Gay marriage: it’s only fair | Michael Bloomberg
I backed same-sex weddings in New York for the sake of democracy. British lawmakers should tooAcross Europe and the US support for same-sex marriage is growing, and for a simple reason: it is consistent with democracy’s promise of equal rights for all …
Gibraltar tries to lure London hedge fund bosses with promise of low taxes
Peninsula launches campaign weeks after David Cameron asks overseas territories to ‘get houses in order’ over taxGibraltar is launching a campaign to persuade hedge funds to ditch their plush Mayfair offices for the low taxes of “the Rock”.Fabian Picar…
Lou Reed recovering after liver transplant
Musician, 71, underwent life-saving surgery last month in Cleveland, says wife Laurie AndersonLou Reed, the US songwriter, poet and vocalist with the Velvet Underground, had a liver transplant last month, according to his wife, the musician and perform…
Patrick Mercer: the scandal that was waiting to happen | Editorial
Mr Mercer’s reported and alleged willingness to lobby for undemocratic but sunny Fiji had a couldn’t-make-it-up qualityBobbing between the moats and the duck islands of the 2009 expenses crisis were a few wiser heads, who grasped that the real threat t…
Unthinkable? Not privatising Royal Mail | Editorial
The traditional reason for flogging the service was that it was a financial basket case. Not any moreIf ministers get their way, our postal services will be sold off within a year. Details of the privatisation are taking shape: Goldman Sachs and UBS wi…