A man enjoys his favourite tipple of dandelion and burdock at Fitzpatrick’s Temperance Bar in Rawtenstall, Lancashire. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images I stopped drinking almost 20 years ago, and I sometimes think that my real life began on that day in 1991. Getting sober was one of the best things I ever did, and, strangely, [...]

The new Samsung Galaxy Tab on show at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Samsung’s new Android-powered tablet computer, the Galaxy Tab, has been well-received by industry analysts – even though full pricing details have still not been released. The Tab, launched at the IFA show in Berlin, is expected [...]

U.S. Coast Guard / Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert A Coast Guard C-130 Hercules airplane is prepped for a search and rescue patrol at Air Station Elizabeth City, Aug. 31, 2010. The crew of the C-130 broadcasted a warning message to boating and shipping traffic from the northern tip of New Jersey to the [...]

Ed Balls: disagrees with Tony Blair on the deficit. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Ed Balls today rounded on Tony Blair for his claim that Labour had been wrong to allow the structural deficit to build up during the last decade. The Labour leadership contender said Blair was mistaken in his apparent support of the coalition’s [...]