Thursday, 21 April 2011

The First Post 

The First Post

The bloody war millions of Americans prefer to forget

Alexander Cockburn: Was the Civil War worth it? Might slavery have died out anyway, as it did in Brazil?

Ten things you need to know today

Thursday: The First Post’s super-quick catch-up on the main news talking points


The X Factor UK: no need to mourn Simon Cowell

Johnny Dee: The show will better without the high-trousered Priest of Pop

Chis Hondros in Misrata

Picture of the day: One of the last photos taken by respected war photographer Hondros on the frontline in Libya

Arthur: bad Russell Brand, great Greta Gerwig

Film of the week: Greta Gerwig is the one bright spot in this insipid remake

Libya is not Vietnam - it is the right thing to do

Robert Fox: Sending military advisers to Libyan rebels will help, but civilians need help now

Tabloids’ ‘rogue’ judge joins press watchdog

At the PCC, Judge Jeremy Roberts will sit in judgment over the newspapers who criticised him

British heatwave

In pictures: Summer arrives early as Brits prepare for Easter

Apple iPhone 5 ‘on sale by September’

Jobs-botherers beside themselves at news that white iPhone 4 will be available within weeks