en-uk Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:37:29 GMT Copyright 2007 Times Newspapers Ltd. custserv@timesonline.co.uk http://www.timesonline.co.uk Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:34:57 GMT Newspapers 144 21 http://www.timesonline.co.uk http://images.thetimes.co.uk/TGD/picture/0,,116979,00.gif India Knight Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01:00 GMT 2009-11-21T11:23:37Z Two things struck me in the aftermath of my interview with Belle de Jour last week. The first is that several of my female colleagues in the media appeared to be deeply personally offended by the fact that Belle, or rather Dr Brooke Magnanti, wasn’t at any point raped or beaten up during the 14 months she spent as a call girl. India Knight Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:24:11 GMT 2009-11-14T09:57:57Z Here’s a thing I don’t understand about dogs — bad dogs, I mean; dogs that look like canine wrestlers, with barrel-shaped bodies, squat little legs and horrible snarling faces. The thing I don’t understand is: why are they even around? India Knight Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-11-07T06:50:53Z Jenny Paton, a mother of three from Dorset, took her local council to court last week for snooping on her using surveillance powers designed to combat terrorism. Poole borough council used the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa), passed in 2000, to ascertain whether Paton did or did not live in the catchment area for Lilliput first school. India Knight Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:07:00 GMT 2009-10-31T11:47:40Z According to a piece of perhaps not entirely academic research from the University of Sussex — it was commissioned by Hardys, the Australian wine brand — the traditional dinner party is dying out. It has been replaced by “more socially inclusive rituals” with no dress code and people helping themselves to things rather than sitting anxiously waiting for the host to notice their wine glass is empty.