When it comes to the Basel III banking reforms, the Eurozone and the US are dragging their feet. Some of the more sheltered economies have already begun enforcing changes to bank balance sheets. By comparison, the European arrangement still needs to be ratified by financial ministers before rules can come...

Last night's Capital One Cup tie saw a farcical incident in which a player was sent off for kicking a time-wasting ballboy. Chelsea's Eden Hazard saw red after taking none of the ball and all of the man in his challenge on the young Swansea fan.

First of all, it...

Those watching Saturday's 100m preliminary round might have mistaken Timi Garstang for a games steward given the sedentary pace at which he ran. During the race, the Marshall Islands sprinter clocked an underwhelming time of 12.81 seconds. In this time, he was lapped twice by Usain Bolt who had heard...

Looking at the Murray-O'Farrell private-state school debate , it is extremely interesting to see that almost all the Guardian commenters are parents. Even more interesting is that both of the aforementioned accounts are riddled with political rhetoric and self-righteous fallacy. As a 21 year-old graduate I'd...

My oh my, inspired by the Olympic dream, I have decided to get in shape. Lord Coe has instilled within me a sense of burgeoning ambition and, even at the ripe old age of 21, I am certain that I will play for England in the next World Cup. In...

Look at you with your university education, horrible red trousers and penchant for Starbucks macchiato. You've graduated, now you find yourself unemployed and Daddy's just cut you off. How are you going to fund your gratuitous middle-class lifestyle now? Jack Wills won't issue you a credit note Farquar.

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We live in a world where pragmatism dominates idealism. Does a nurse or an accountant provide more value to society? When faced with a question like this, the idealists among us would question the definition of "value". By contrast, the pragmatists would revert to the only objective benchmark available and...

In three years of jobseeking, I have submitted around 100 applications, amassed 18 rounds of assessment, been through more interviews than I can remember and, through all of this, maintained a 100% record. Sadly, this unblemished level of achievement that I speak of corresponds to a 100% record of failure....