A bridge across the great divide: Winchester College joins the academy programme (Independent)

Do the words “Winchester College” and “comprehensive education” really go together? At first glance, there would appear to be very little to connect state schooling with Winchester, the cerebral seat of learning founded in 1387 by William of Wykeham, Chancellor to Richard II.

On the agenda: Melting rooms, love hotels, severed arms… the future’s looking odd, to say the least (Independent)

Judging by the popularity of Avatar and interest in Sky’s first 3D sports broadcast last Sunday, stereoscopic screenings are in the ascendancy. But the moving image isn’t the only medium getting a multi-dimensional makeover.

Letters: The anti-Brown plot (Independent)

On whose behalf were Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt acting when they took their action to destabilise the Labour movement and unseat the Prime Minister? Certainly not mine, nor that of many Labour activists here in Exeter and around the country steadfastly working for a fourth Labour term.

Go-ahead given to develop offshore wind farms (Independent)

A number of companies were today given the go-ahead to develop new offshore wind farms, potentially paving the way for a massive expansion in renewable energy around the UK’s shores.

Talent 2010: The politician, Nick Boles (Independent)

Nick Boles is a good bet for a fast-track promotion if the Conservative Party wins the general election. Although he would be a new MP if he wins the normally safe Tory seat of Grantham and Rutland, he would already be on the inside track of a David Cameron government.

Winter walks and refreshing rambles (Independent)

The latest addition to the Walkers Are Welcome network of towns and cities is well timed for the arrival of winter. Winchcombe, tucked away in the north of the Cotswolds, is the 33rd town to join the association, which encourages walkers, viewing them as “economic assets”, bringing money to cafés, pubs, restaurants, and B&Bs.

Letters: University funding (Independent)

On 20 November, the Higher Education Funding Council for England delivered this ultimatum to the governors and several senior managers at London Metropolitan University: you have six days to consider your positions. The deadline for their resignations has now passed, but the governors and executive all remain in place.

Women’s basketball holds on for season’s first victory (The Addison County Independent)

MIDDLEBURY — A young and shorthanded Middlebury College women’s basketball team outlasted visiting Castleton on Tuesday for its first victory, 51-43.

More bridge beams to move through Middlebury (The Addison County Independent)

MIDDLEBURY — Traffic interruptions will take place on Middlebury’s Merchants Row beginning Monday, Nov. 30, to accommodate the ongoing transport of huge, Cross Street Bridge-related beams through town.

Queens of the small screen (Independent)

The very first actor to play our Queen on film was an American cross-dresser. Steven Walden was a member of a San Francisco transvestite theatre troupe, the Cockettes, who, in 1971, made Tricia’s Wedding – a spoof of the White House wedding of Tricia Nixon, the eldest daughter of the then American president, Richard Nixon. In this cult sexploiter, Eartha Kitt puts LSD in the punch bowl, the …

Next Page »