TheatreReviewLyttelton, LondonFlora and Edward are breakfasting in the garden. A wasp flies into the marmalade, a sting in what appears to be paradise. The campaign to kill it is mounted by Edward with military precision and a polite middle-class ruthlessness. But it is Flora and Edward's marriage that is dying, and the end is hastened by the stranger at the gate, a match seller who has apparently been there for months. Read More...
UK newsIf you think 'breast is best' for your child's intelligence then think again, say scientists· Study finds mother's milk has little or no effect on IQ · Baby's brainpower 'more a matter of inheritance'Breastfeeding your baby has little or no effect on its intelligence, the largest study ever conducted on the issue reveals today.
For almost 80 years research has found that children who are breastfed have higher IQs than those fed formula or cow's milk, leading to the belief that breast milk confers intelligence. Read More...
World dispatchWorld newsRevisiting Mussolini's railwaysWith ex-fascists back in government, the Italian railroad system looks like it is getting back on track, writes Philip WillanOne of the pleasanter things for which Benito Mussolini is remembered is having made Italian trains run on time.
With ex-fascists back in the government and a prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, who has promised to kick-start the economy through massive public investment projects, the prospects for the Italian railway system ought to be rosy. Read More...