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Published on Sunday, 01 March 2009 18:00 | 
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In 1969 John Rendall and Ace Berg saw a lion cub for sale in London's upmarket department store Harrods.
He weighed 35lbs and was huddled miserably in a small cage. They bought him and took him back to their flat. One year later he weighed 185lbs. Here's what happened after that.
And now take a look at another love story...
Published on Saturday, 28 February 2009 19:00 | | |
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With the banking system in disarray and many savers fighting for their financial lives, now is the time to look at different ways of doing business.
Tom Hodgkinson argues that we must look back to the Guilds of the Middle Ages, when trade was carried out under the principles of co-operation rather than competition. To this end he has stopped dealing with shareholder-owned companies and switched to co-ops. Co-operatives share their profits with their members (the dividend) and are he claims, staffed by more intelligent, courteous and humane people than the `brutal capitalist monsters’ that run our PLCs.
Pic: Worker owned and managed Rainbow Grocery, San Francisco, CA
Published on Friday, 27 February 2009 19:00 | |
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Lack of sleep, which affects one in five of us, impairs our health, work performance and psychological well-being. Anxiety is usually the culprit, but the less we sleep the more anxious we become.
The Sleep Council offers some tips on how to break this cycle and enjoy a decent night’s kip.
Published on Tuesday, 24 February 2009 19:00 | | |
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The Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra contains the best high school musicians from Venezuela's life-changing music program, El Sistema
Led by Gustavo Dudamel, they play Shostakovich's Symphony No 10, 2nd movement, and Arturo Márquez' Danzón No 2.
Click on 'Read More' below to watch their amazing performance and learn more about how this music programme has transformed so many young lives.
Published on Monday, 23 February 2009 19:00 | | |
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Comet Lulin - a brand new discovery - is now visible to the naked eye, although a pair of binoculars might come in handy!
Published on Sunday, 22 February 2009 19:00 | |
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Published on Saturday, 21 February 2009 19:00 | | |
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Growing our own food will soon become a necessity, argues Julia Stephenson
Rosie Boycott and the National Trust are my heroes this week. In her capacity as Chairman of London Food, Rosie is successfully encouraging large organisations such as British Waterways to turn over their unused land for food production, while the National Trust is creating up to 1000 allotments to encourage us to grow our own vegetables.