Steve Boggan on the £1.5m clifftop home that is actually as safe as houses
When 80ft of the land in front of his new £1.5m cliffside home fell into the sea, Nick Skilton was unnervingly sanguine. Wasn't he worried that the house, complete with glass spiral staircase and...
View ArticleSteve Boggan on a Big Brother-style government super-database
Tony Blair insists his government is not building a Big Brother-style super-database. But all the talk of 'perfectly sensible' reforms and 'transformational government' masks a chilling assault on our...
View ArticleWhere are all the women?
For all their rugged beauty, the Western Isles face an agonising future - unless islanders can somehow reverse the exodus of women of child-bearing age. Steve Boggan reportsIf you have ever been to...
View ArticleA working life: The wedding photographer
Everyone wants great pictures of their big day, but Alan Kirwin even joins the happy couple on their honeymoon. Steve Boggan found out moreHaving been nudged and tugged several times too many by greasy...
View ArticleThe question: Why are we dumping so many cats?
Alexander Solzhenitsyn once said: "Nowadays we don't think much of a man's love for an animal; we laugh at people who are attached to cats. But if we stop loving animals, aren't we bound to stop loving...
View ArticleWatching the detectives
The rich and famous have always used private eyes. But now, with almost half of all divorce cases involving investigators, it seems the rest of us are also spying on our partners. Steve Boggan joins a...
View ArticleSteve Boggan: A HIPs energy inspector speaks ...
Did you feel the thrill of schadenfreude on Tuesday when the government announced a two-month delay in the introduction of Home Information Packs? Did you imagine thousands of disappointed home...
View ArticleWho else was poisoned by polonium?
When the news broke that a radioactive substance had been used to murder ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, a team of scientists rushed to find out how far the contamination had spread. It led them on a...
View ArticleSteve Boggan: Slowing down is harder than it looks
As someone with permanently itchy feet - perhaps caused by ants falling from my pants - I feel indebted this morning to the Right Rev Stephen Cottrell, Bishop of Reading, as I reach for my alarm clock...
View ArticleThe question: Who will the floods hit next?
Sadly, many areas already affected may have more trouble in store. The Met Office has issued an early warning of heavy rainfall, probably peaking on Saturday, which could bring fresh flooding and...
View ArticleThe moment they came for Shambo
News blog: How it unfolded Perhaps it was when Edwyn Tudor Buick bent over to take off his waterproof trousers and wellingtons that the last vestige of dignity deserted him. If not, then maybe it was...
View ArticleSteve Boggan: Shambo's gone. What about the rabbits, llamas and elephants?
Following the slaughter of Shambo, the tuberculosis-infected bull given refuge in a Hindu temple in Wales, there is more bad news for animal lovers: another bull and a water buffalo at the same...
View Article'Besieged' McCanns weather media storm in Portugal
· Couple will stay until they know Madeleine's fate · We will not be intimidated, says missing girl's motherGerry and Kate McCann spoke out yesterday about the "hurtful, intrusive and disrespectful"...
View ArticleSteve Boggan on Labour's latest election candidate, the 17-year-old Emily Benn
Do you remember what you were doing during the 1992 general election? No? Well, Emily Benn, Labour's latest election candidate, does - and she's just 17.Emily, Tony Benn's granddaughter, has just been...
View ArticleThe question: Where is Tony Blair at the Labour party conference?
It's the question everybody isn't asking, particularly at the Labour conference in Bournemouth. Like some Communist party leader airbrushed from history, the former prime minister seems to have...
View ArticleOnward Virgin sailors
Only three months after Steve Boggan and friends learnt to sail in Kent they chartered their own yacht in the CaribbeanWhen my friend Jonathan told me that we were going to sail a yacht in the...
View ArticleSteve Boggan: Nanotechnology could revolutionise food, but will consumers...
The science of nanotechnology is already revolutionising the worlds of medicine and construction. Soon it could be doing the same for our food - but after the backlash against GM foods, says Steve...
View ArticlePass the bucks | Steve Boggan | $10
Steve Boggan followed a $10 note around the US. The people who pocketed it – from the couple clearing repossessed houses to the merchant banker – tell the story of the country's faltering economic...
View ArticleWi-Fi security flaw for smartphones puts your credit cards at risk
BT Openzone and other hotspots can be easily mimicked leaving consumers vulnerable, Guardian investigation findsMillions of smartphone users and BT customers who use Wi-Fi wireless internet "hotspot"...
View ArticleA history of violence: is Clare's Law working?
When Clare Wood was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, a scheme was set up to allow women to see details of their partner's violent past. Six months on, Steve Boggan finds out if 'Clare's Law' is workingShe...
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