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Artists paint prison life in a new light

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:50:40 GMT

Prisoners have produced an eye-opening exhibition of artwork that's taking London's Southbank by storm. Art By Offenders is a collection of 140 pieces whittled down from 6,000 entries by six inmates chosen to lead the unusual nine-week project.

Urbanites are getting clucky about raising chickens

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:36:25 GMT

The Good Life captured the spirit of the Seventies like nothing else. People were abandoning the cities for the country to experiment with independent farming and self-sufficiency.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky: The banged-up billionaire

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:20:36 GMT

Former oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky was Russia's richest man and the 16th wealthiest person on the planet but he is now serving an eight-year prison sentence.

A Pulitzer study into why we make errors

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:31:06 GMT

Make no mistake: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Joseph Hallinan has written a book explaining why we make errors and what we can do to stop them.

Lest we forget to press for freedom

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:05:52 GMT

It seems impossible to stem the flow of alleged human rights abuses at the moment - we investigate why.

Pete Waterman is doing the locomotion without Kylie

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:18:49 GMT

The man who launched Kylie Minogues music career has another passion aside from producing records and he wants everyone to follow in his train tracks.

Kite-driven buggies are runners of the dunes

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:13:01 GMT

Ripping across the Sahara in kite-driven buggies at record-breaking speeds required four antipodeans to survive nature, and terrorists.

University of Wales: Britain's most divine library

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:06:39 GMT

If novelist Dan Brown's character Professor Robert Langdon is still looking for answers, Lampeter in Wales may hold the key.

Straight Edge is no sex, no drugs, just rock and roll

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:03:20 GMT

Straight Edge: An iconic 1980s movement that promoted clean living through aggressive punk rock is making a comeback.

No longer going by the book

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:05:28 GMT

With technology advancing and sales already on the increase, is the public ready to turn the page on the traditional book in favour of its internet-age relation?

9/11 revisited: Why September 11th conspiracy theories survive

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:09:38 GMT

9/11 revisited: Eight years on, belief in a conspiracy theory is stronger than ever. Why wont we accept the most plausible explanation?

Dealing with death is a grave profession

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:18:27 GMT

With a new book telling us how to delay death, we ask the people closely involved with the subject why so many of us are so scared of dying.

The room in which Churchill won the war

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:46:59 GMT

World War II began 70 years ago tomorrow. Metro delves below Londons streets to inspect Churchills Blitz bunker, which became the Cabinets military HQ.

Caroline Lucas: Tories are just pretending to be Green

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:57:45 GMT

Caroline Lucas is the leader of the Green Party and one of its best hopes of winning its first seat at the next election. Here she tells Metro why the current political status quo is in crisis.

Pub closing? It's time for a local hero

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:19:12 GMT

With British pubs closing at a rate of 52 per week, the glass looks half empty for the local boozer. According to the British Beer and Pub Association 2,377 premises have closed in the last year with the loss of 24,000 jobs.

Be inspired by volunteering

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:34:28 GMT

VOLUNTEERING: Charity Vinspired is changing the face of unpaid work and Metro is backing their first ever award ceremony celebrating young volunteers' efforts.

Violent history of Baby P's tormentors

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:54:05 GMT

Steven and Jason Barker, who showed no mercy to Baby P, even attacked their own frail grandmother, it can be revealed today.

Teamwork gives youth a new goal

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:42:59 GMT

The Premier League kicks off this weekend with Togo international Emmanuel Adebayor its highest paid player on £170,000 a week.

How cocaine became an epidemic in Britain

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:42:57 GMT

Cocaine use has become an epidemic in Britain, an £8billion trade fuelling world crime and conflict. The boom drug of the eighties is now the era-defining narcotic of the noughties.

Putting the courts on trial

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:14:57 GMT

I'm reliably informed there's a My Chemical Romance song that has the lyric 'teenagers scare the living s*** out of me'. So who better to let loose on the intimidating British justice system than a group of Year ten students.

What's the mother of all inventions?

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:54:09 GMT

Londons Science Museum is celebrating its 100th birthday with a vote for the greatest ever invention or discovery.

Our 11-day swine flu nightmare

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:38:36 GMT

The heatwave earlier this month drove most people to parks, beaches and pub gardens around the country.

Camp Delta: Still in need of closure

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:42:40 GMT

The US president is struggling to fulfil his promise of closing the controversial military prison by January 2010.

Living your life in a green house

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:42:04 GMT

Eco-living: Transforming your home into an energy efficient pad doesnt have to cost the Earth by James Day.

Live it up in another dimension

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:47:07 GMT

Cultural revolution: The future of 3D entertainment is looking bright but you wont necessarily have to wear shades. A breakthrough appears close as 2010 readies itself to be the year of 3D.