Articles for ‘The Guardian’

Canada – where bank charges are usual

Articles posted 23.06.09
: Bank charges are the norm in Canada, but at least you get a personal service in return. Would you get similar in the UK?

Can’t draw, can compute

Articles posted 24.04.09
: Step away from the unhelpful paintbrush and the terrifying blank canvas and let your imagination run riot, urges Quin Parker

Are computer games a literary genre?

Articles posted 27.03.09
: A waste of words, or the driving element in modern gaming? Our writers beg to differ..

The Bible quiz – it’s revelations time

Articles posted 23.02.09
: Following poet Andrew Motion's pronouncement that young people have terrible Bible knowledge, we decided to test you, good reader. And here's how you did ...

Should post-work drinking be encouraged?

Articles posted 01.12.08
: Quin Parker is taken by the Swedish approach to post-work drinking

Quiz: Universities trivia

Articles posted 28.11.08
: Test yourself on what you didn't know you didn't know about British universities

Quiz: How well do you know the world?

Articles posted 19.11.08
: A recent survey showed many Brits had a woeful grasp of the UK and the world's geography. Can you do any better? Here are ten questions to try

Iranian minister sacked over fake degree

Articles posted 04.11.08
: Parliament fires interior minister who claimed he had an honorary doctorate from Oxford

Schools set to get more powers to search pupils

Articles posted 14.07.08
: The government's top adviser on behaviour in schools has recommended that teachers be given powers to search pupils for alcohol and stolen property

Second Life: Disability charity sets up virtual advice service

Articles posted 10.06.08
: A charity that helps the parents of disabled children contact each other and access services has set up an office in the virtual world of Second Life

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