Cost of Life day: Budapest Europe’s cheapest capital?

('Ole Skambraks',) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:45:00 -0000

Twelve cafebabel.com local teams, from Sofia to London, spent one night simultaneously going for a movie, followed by dinner, a drink and a ride home on public transport. Compare their costs, and you’ll find that Europe is not as homogenised as we tend to believe

John Bird: ‘I know what it's like to be prejudiced, drunk, imprisoned’

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:34:06 -0000

As ‘The Big Issue’ street magazine for the homeless turns seventeen this September, its co-founder and social entrepreneur, 62, on racist London-Irish upbringings, crime, Paris 1968 and poverty in Britain