Periscope Staff
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Prince Charles unwise?
- By Periscope 9 September 2010
The Leaders UK: All the best of the UK editorial pages, all in one place. The Times Second Estate Prince Charles has come under fire for his “charitable entrepreneurship.” In 2…
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- Tech & Science
Is science important to the UK?
- By Periscope 8 September 2010
The UK’s business secretary has denied that spending on science will be cut by 35%. So how much will it be cut and how important is science to the UK anyway? The UK’s b…
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Chilean miner in deep(er) trouble
- By Periscope 8 September 2010
Below the radar: Underreported stories from the week that was. Trapped miner has a ‘pit on the side’ The trapped miners submerged half a mile underground in Chile are behaving …
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- Tech & Science
Scientifically proven dance moves
- By Periscope 8 September 2010
Scientists at Northumbria University break dancing down. Are you a man whose dance repertoire features flailing wildly about the dance floor, punctuated by vaguely rhythmic jerks a…
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- Life & Culture
Booker slap – who did the jury overlook?
- By Periscope 8 September 2010
Is the Booker shortlist a slap in the face to the general reader? It’s that time of year again: the Man Booker Prize shortlist has been released. Bloggers have become all indigna…
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Koran-burning big publicity for small church
- By Periscope 8 September 2010
America’s top general in Afghanistan has condemned it, as have observers around the world – so why is the Dove World Outreach Center going ahead with plans to burn the Koran? I…
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