https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/ A blog and forum. en Copyright 2013 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:13:58 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.33-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss On 2 December 2002 Donald Rumsfeld signed a memorandum authorising 18 techniques of interrogation not previously allowed by the United States. In Torture Team leading QC Philippe Sands traces the life of the memorandum and examines the use of torture... https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/torture_team_by_philippe_sands.html https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/torture_team_by_philippe_sands.html Book club Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:13:58 +0000 As many of you who've used the BBC's blogs will know, it has for some months been a deeply frustrating experience, not just for you but for us too. The point of blogging about our programmes is to have a... https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/blogging_a_new_era.html https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/blogging_a_new_era.html Newsnight Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:49:16 +0000 From 1800 this evening (UK time), we'll be doing some essential maintenance to the blog. As a result of this, you won't be able to leave any comments on our blog posts from that time until Thursday morning and the... https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/blog_fix_imminent.html https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/blog_fix_imminent.html Newsnight Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:32:45 +0000 Anyone who regularly reads the Newsnight blog will know that we have suffered from a series of technical problems for some time now. Comments disappear, the dreaded 502 'not available' message appears, and multiple copies of comments get submitted in... https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/blog_problems_a_solution_is_nigh.html https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/blog_problems_a_solution_is_nigh.html Newsnight Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:40:29 +0000 The Three Trillion Dollar War by Nobel award-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes of Harvard University is an attempt to put a price on how much was spent invading Iraq. Stiglitz and Bilmes try to put numerical values not... https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/02/the_three_trillion_dollar_war_by_stiglitz_and_bilm_1.html https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/02/the_three_trillion_dollar_war_by_stiglitz_and_bilm_1.html Book club Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:32:38 +0000 Journalist Edward Lucas claims that Russia has started a new Cold War - and the West is losing it because it is unwilling to confront the new threat. Edward Lucas speaks to Jeremy Paxman on 12 February. Extract from: The... https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/02/the_new_cold_war_by_edward_lucas.html https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/02/the_new_cold_war_by_edward_lucas.html Book club Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:34:56 +0000 Shy Keenan was systematically raped by her stepfather Stanley Claridge throughout her childhood. When she was just ten she was almost killed by a group of abusers he had sold her to. In a Newsnight special investigation in 2000, she... https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/02/newsnight_book_club_broken_by_shy_keenan.html https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/02/newsnight_book_club_broken_by_shy_keenan.html Book club Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:18:12 +0000 In the latest entry into the Newsnight bookclub, journalist Michael Pollan argues that our idea of what food is and what we should be eating has been completely distorted by the food industry and nutritionists. He believes that people are... https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/01/in_defence_of_food_by_michael_pollan.html https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/01/in_defence_of_food_by_michael_pollan.html Book club Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:40:00 +0000 In the latest entry into the Newsnight bookclub, businessman Sir Ronald Cohen offers budding entrepreneurs guidance on how to approach the challenges and opportunities ahead of them. Sir Ronald Cohen speaks to Newsnight on Wednesday, 7 November. Extract from The... https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2007/11/the_second_bounce_of_the_ball_by_ronald_cohen.html https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2007/11/the_second_bounce_of_the_ball_by_ronald_cohen.html Book club Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:52:42 +0000 The latest entry into the Newsnight Book Club is Valerie Plame's Fair Game. Valerie Plame Wilson is the woman at the centre of the scandal that, ultimately, led to the downfall, prosecution and conviction of the former White House chief... https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2007/10/newsnight_book_club_fair_game_by_valerie_plame_wil.html https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2007/10/newsnight_book_club_fair_game_by_valerie_plame_wil.html Book club Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:01:35 +0000 Microtrends The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow’s Big Changes By Mark J Penn with E Kinney Zalesne In Microtrends, Mark Penn explores the trends in American society today. He suggests that the ideas shaping our world are relatively unseen – under-the-radar... https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2007/10/microtrends_by_mark_j_penn.html https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2007/10/microtrends_by_mark_j_penn.html Book club Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:51:58 +0000 General Sir Mike Jackson's autobiography Soldier details key events during his 45 years of service in the British Army. From early cadet days, through service in Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles, to commanding troops in Kosovo... https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2007/09/soldier_general_sir_mike_jackson.html https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2007/09/soldier_general_sir_mike_jackson.html Book club Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:03:13 +0000 Wikinomics by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams looks at how companies are beginning to use mass collaboration of knowledge to gain success. Citing many examples of successful and surprising projects, the authors explain how big businesses could harness external... https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2007/09/wikinomics_don_tapscott_and_anthony_d_williams.html https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2007/09/wikinomics_don_tapscott_and_anthony_d_williams.html Book club Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:37:16 +0000 In The Political Brain Drew Westen, professor of psychology and psychiatry at Emory University, examines the role of emotion in determining national politics. Westen looks at how politicians capture the hearts and minds of the electorate and suggests ways in... https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2007/08/the_political_brain_by_drew_westen.html https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2007/08/the_political_brain_by_drew_westen.html Book club Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:19:50 +0000 The Cult of the Amateur How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting Our Economy by Andrew Keen “If we are all amateurs, there are no experts.” Watch the Newsnight discussion here. Andrew Keen’s new book, The Cult of... https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2007/06/the_cult_of_the_amateur_by_andrew_keen_1.html https://bbclatestnews.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2007/06/the_cult_of_the_amateur_by_andrew_keen_1.html Book club Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:07:16 +0000