24 November 2008

Catastrophe averted?

The leaders of the rich countries went to Washington to save the world from sliding into deep recession. We asked key politicians, commentators and economists whether they succeeded and what we should expect, and hope for, in the coming weeks

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World saved . . . planet doomed

By Mark Lynas

Green activists are seeing the global economic crisis as an opportunity, but the truth remains: high economic growth cannot be reconciled with limited resources

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The best-dressed man

By Gideon Donald

Silence of the bees

By Sholto Byrnes

Beekeepers have been struck two such terrible blows over the past 18 months that there may not be any home-produced honey in Britain's shops by Christmas

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'Everything is in ruins'

By Viv Groskop

The war with Russia last August has devastated Georgia: work and even food are now scarce. And Georgians fear that worse is to come

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South Ossetia: the plaything of Russia - or Georgia?

By Tim Whewell

The region is a political black hole, reports Tim Whewell

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One long Sats test

By Francis Gilbert

In this emotional indictment of our education system, the writer and teacher Francis Gilbert explains how an obsession with testing has broken enthusiasm for learning

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We will get there

By Alice O'Keeffe

The New Statesman’s campaign to free children locked up in UK detention centres has made progress

The Politics Column

The outlandish talent of Robert Kilroy-Silk

The Politics Column

The travelling man

By Martin Bright

Gordon Brown likes to portray himself as a chancellor for the world. But he cannot keep leaving these shores with an election looming

Commons Confidential

The Yellow Peril gets on his scooter

By Kevin Maguire

All the gossip from the Westminster village

The Politics Column

Who's after George?

By Martin Bright and James Macintyre

Is George Osborne "nerdy", "nasty" and "overpromoted", as his Conservative critics would have it, or the potential saviour of his party and a future leader? Special report

You make my palate water No 4053

We asked for some chat-up lines from a range of professionals of your choice, such as chefs, footballers, teachers and so on