New Statesman

"Jesus was a leftie"

Sholto Byrnes — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:37:58 GMT

So says Daily Mail star writer. Why will that annoy lefties so much?

Quote of the Week!

Sophie Elmhirst — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:28:11 GMT

Coming all the way from Idaho

Q&A: Duncan Bannatyne

Sean Carey — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:30:38 GMT

The entrepreneur discusses his philanthropy and anti-smoking campaigning

Shlomo Sand in conversation with the New Statesman

Jonathan Derbyshire — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:48:05 GMT

The Invention of the Jewish People

Horrific shooting at Fort Hood

Mehdi Hasan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:37:52 GMT

What does this mean for America's Muslim soldiers?

Brown: Britain "will not walk away" from Afghanistan

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:26:47 GMT

PM defends war, as opinion polls show crumbling public support

Third round of postal strikes called off

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:11:58 GMT

No more strikes before Christmas, under interim agreement

BA announces further 1,200 job losses after record loss

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:10:31 GMT

Airline recorded pre-tax loss of �292 million in past six months

13 dead at Fort Hood army base

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:37:15 GMT

US major opens fire in what Obama calls a "horrific outburst of violence"

Science as a "political act"

Jonathan Derbyshire — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:26:32 GMT

Pierre Bourdieu on Claude L�vi-Strauss

Gay rights and "cultural relativism"

Petra Davis — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:24:55 GMT

A response to Peter Tatchell

Universal soldiers

Sam Kinchin-Smith — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:47:31 GMT

Asterix and Obelix, 50 years on

Palestinian Gandhi

Mehdi Hasan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:21:29 GMT

Have we found one?

Oh Mickey, you�re so fine

Sophie Elmhirst — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:26:56 GMT

The rebirth of Mickey Mouse

Autism should never be used as a political insult

George Eaton — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:41:14 GMT

We condemned George Osborne; we should condemn France's Europe minister, too

Can Ken Clarke stay in this shadow cabinet?

Mehdi Hasan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:40:43 GMT

Pro-European Tories must remain consistent -- and brave

Immoral icons

Owen Hatherley — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:12:21 GMT

The annual Stirling Prize celebrates British achievement in architecture. But the winning buildings have left us with a doubtful legacy

A life less ordinary

Nesrine Malik — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:24:24 GMT

Why modern film-makers should not be afraid of tackling Islam

�It would be a missed opportunity not to have a referendum on election day�

Mehdi Hasan and James Macintyre — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:56:42 GMT

An interview with the Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw

Linda-Gail Bekker - extended interview

Sophie Elmhirst — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:10:12 GMT

Bank expected to extend quantitative easing

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:32:21 GMT

MPC may increase the amount of pumped into the economy by up to �50bn

UN to relocate 600 staff after Taliban attack

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:59:19 GMT

Non-essential foreign staff to be relocated after suicide attack killed five UN workers

French minister: Tory plans will "castrate" UK in Europe

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:23:10 GMT

Europe minister warns that Cameron's plan to reclaim powers won't succeed "for a minute"

MPs push for pay rise after expenses curbs

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:42:19 GMT

Senior MPs lobby for a pay rise of up to �15,000 following the Kelly report on expenses

Leader: Killed in the name of crooked Karzai

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

The tawdry spectacle of Karzai's "re-election" should shame western leaders

Leader: Electoral change � glimmers of hope?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Electoral reform remains the key to unlocking democracy in this country

Drugs rows, Aids denial and the post

Peter Wilby — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Legalising all drugs would raise billions in revenue

Bite-sized briefing: world

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

The Leader will see you in the library . . .

Colin Brazier — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Bite-sized briefing: UK

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Poppy pushers

Kevin Maguire — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Bitter pill for the government

Becky Hogge — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Class Monitor No. 7: Migrant NHS staff

Michael Hodges — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

What if... England had qualified in '74

Dominic Sandbrook — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Brussels is back with a vengeance

James Macintyre — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

The ratification of the Lisbon Treaty creates new dilemmas for David Cameron-and for David Miliband

I have to admit, I love it when there�s talk of Tony

Fran Reddington — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

It's not that I'm not a supporter of GB. It's just that he definitely doesn't know my name

Happiness is U-shaped

David Blanchflower — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Don't believe all you read suggesting that quality of life in the UK is rotten

Where the Wilde things are

Will Self — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

The desecration of Oscar Wilde's grave by his "fans" is criminally vulgar

Suicide attacks are un-Islamic

Mehdi Hasan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

There is nothing Islamic about so-called Islamic terrorism. But why are so many Muslims reluctant to condemn it?

The NS Interview: Linda-Gail Bekker

Sophie Elmhirst — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

�So many of our people live daily with the effects of HIV�

The last revolutionary

Simon Reid-Henry — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Fidel Castro has survived 600 assassination attempts to become the world symbol of anti-capitalism. His sister has just confessed she used to spy on him, the US embargo stands, and his health is failing, yet still he endures

The revolutionary road

Simon Reid-Henry — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Fidel�s defining moments

Our future in their hands

Steve Richards — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

It is a myth that David Cameron and George Osborne have no ideas � from elected police chiefs to parents setting up �free schools�, they have armed their party with policies that match their vision of a smaller state

Since the dawn of time

Dan Jones — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Two hundred years after Darwin�s birth, scientists still can�t agree on whether evolution and religion can happily coexist

What do you call a male ferret?

Mark Watson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Campaign spotlight: Toxic assets

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Adam Ramsay, campaigner at People and Planet

We are the Ronaldos of activism

Bibi van der Zee — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Good idea: Trust the experts

Alyssa McDonald — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

End of the irony age

Tim Adams — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Once shocking, much of the work in Tate�s latest survey of pop art now seems tired. It shows how inured we�ve become to big-bucks banality

Bright Star (PG)

Ryan Gilbey — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

A deft treatment of John Keats's love life

Alfred Schnittke Archive

Rick Jones — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Rick Jones discovers a forgotten genius of 20th-century music

Into the Storm/Wonderland

Rachel Cooke — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Unlike Blair or Brown, Churchill had a conscience

The Day the Wall Came Down

Antonia Quirke — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Life is a constant puzzle to the genial presenter

Invisible

Leo Robson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

The existential thrillers of Paul Auster remain seductive, but his is a �voodoo enterprise�: a fiction of tricks yet little emotional depth.

1989: Bob Dylan Didn�t Have This to Sing About

Owen Hatherley — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Blood's a Rover

David Flusfeder — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

The philosopher discusses his new book A Week At the Airport

Contact!

Tristan Quinn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

The Eitingons: a 20th-Century Story

Tristan Quinn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

Love of the World: Essays

Stephanie Hegarty — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

The Returning Officer

Stephen Brasher — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

The Wrekin

Footballers, let�s keep it friendly

Hunter Davies — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

The NS competition: No 4100

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

This bus terminates at Purgatory

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT

The new idea that weekends are times for the Tube to take it easy is most unwelcome

Obama's first year -- good or bad?

Mehdi Hasan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:36:54 GMT

Debating the Obamaniacs

It's official: faith in science is a belief

Sholto Byrnes — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:43:38 GMT

New legal ruling places it in the same category as religion

Media mob pays attention to Twittersphere

Samira Shackle — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:05:29 GMT

New Statesman sets the agenda on the rise of mob rule

The Sun gives Cameron a pass on Europe

George Eaton — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:35:40 GMT

Where are the cries of betrayal?

PMQs review

James Macintyre — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:58:02 GMT

Cameron avoids discussing the Lisbon Treaty

Kelly announces recommendations on MPs' expenses

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:46:56 GMT

MPs to be banned from claiming back mortgage interest and employing relatives

Is Brown planning a March election?

George Eaton — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:47:26 GMT

Labour should avoid delaying an election until June

Kim Howells sees sense on Afghanistan

Mehdi Hasan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:06:20 GMT

The former Foreign Office minister calls for withdrawal

Clashes between police and protesters in Iran

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:15:05 GMT

Opposition supporters return to street protest

Republicans win two key US elections

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:14:18 GMT

Double blow to Obama as Republicans win governorships of Virginia and New Jersey

Cameron to set out harsh new EU policy

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:13:03 GMT

Conservatives renege on "cast-iron guarantee" of Lisbon Treaty referendum

Labour MP calls for withdrawal from Afghanistan

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:10:54 GMT

Former foreign office minister calls for more domestic surveillance

Bankers lose bonuses in exchange for further �40 billion

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:24:18 GMT

Treasury imposes restrictions on bailed-out banks as government takes on more risk

Words that return to haunt Cameron

James Macintyre — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:13:54 GMT

Proof of the folly of pleasing the Sun

Would Cameron lose a Lisbon referendum?

George Eaton — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:16:27 GMT

Who would win a post-ratification vote?

Czech president signs Lisbon Treaty

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:08:03 GMT

Move comes as Cameron prepares to abandon referendum pledge

Met denies Damian Green arrest "trick"

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:02:09 GMT

Scotland Yard denies it "tricked" Commons officials into allowing the search of Tory MP's office

Postal union to take legal action against Royal Mail over agency staff

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:56:18 GMT

CWU will seek injunction against the use of 30,000 temporary workers as "strike breakers"

RBS and Lloyds announce sell-off plans

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:52:11 GMT

Banks to sell branches and other assets in order to meet EU competition rules

Will the Tory right revolt over Lisbon?

George Eaton — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:36:16 GMT

Can Cameron avoid another civil war over Europe?

Quote of the day

Mehdi Hasan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:41:40 GMT

David Cameron on ConservativeHome

New Statesman wins in magazine category at Just Add Stock awards

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:55:26 GMT

Designer Micha Weidmann wins for anti-monarchy cover

Iain Duncan Smith calls for end of short prison sentences

Stephen Morris — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:50:25 GMT

Former Conservative leader rails against "farcical" system

Two questions for Cameron . . .

James Macintyre — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:18:44 GMT

. . . on Tory MP's "Jews under the Nazis" expenses comparison

Lord Pearson's anti-Muslim rant

Mehdi Hasan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:14:58 GMT

Islamophobia and Ukip

Tories 17 points ahead in latest poll

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:34:55 GMT

Figures would give Conservatives a Commons majority of 106

Tory MP: Politicians treated like Jews in Nazi Germany

George Eaton — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:57:06 GMT

The most absurd statement on the expenses scandal?

Suicide attack kills at least 34 in Rawlpindi

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:36:34 GMT

Chaos in Pakistan continues with deadly suicide bombing

Alistair Darling to break up RBS and Lloyds

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:19:30 GMT

New high street banking chains to be created in a bid to improve competition

Afghan run-off cancelled as Abdullah pulls out

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:58:39 GMT

Karzai is declared president as closest rival pulls out of run-off

Alan Johnson sacks chief drugs adviser

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:57:42 GMT

Two members of drugs advisory council resign in protest

Elia Suleiman and the politics of disappointment

Jonathan Derbyshire — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:55:57 GMT

Doha diary, part 3

Beyond Kaminski

Mehdi Hasan — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:17:29 GMT

Have we forgotten the Latvians and the rest?

Martin Scorsese drops in

Jonathan Derbyshire — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:29:49 GMT

Doha diary, part 2

Ed Husain versus Melanie Phillips

Mehdi Hasan — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:05:58 GMT

Former Islamist stands up to Islamist obsessive

Capitalism, Michael Sandel and Michael Moore

Jonathan Derbyshire — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:11:34 GMT

Doha diary, part 1

Headline of the week!

Sophie Elmhirst — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:06:08 GMT

Pravda. You are the best.

Chief Rabbi of Poland on BBC

James Macintyre — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:35:39 GMT

He can't escape his own instincts

Second day of postal strikes begins

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:34:59 GMT

CWU general secretary warns "we could be looking at longer strikes"

Labour criticised as US economy emerges from recession

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:58:29 GMT

Brown's claim that UK is "best placed" lies "in tatters", says Osborne

Ministers consider plans to cut election night costs

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:14:20 GMT

Officials examine plans to reduce the number of polling stations and cut voting hours

Blair's chances of EU presidency fade

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:54:30 GMT

Former prime minister's bid damaged by opposition from the left and the right

Not the Croisette, the Corniche

Jonathan Derbyshire — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:11:33 GMT

Doha Tribeca Film Festival

McNulty ordered to repay �13,837 in expenses

Stephen Morris — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:13:55 GMT

Former minister apologises �without reservation� for claiming on a residence where his parents lived

Interview with Slavoj Zizek - full transcript

Jonathan Derbyshire — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:28:57 GMT

Kaminski: the facts

James Macintyre — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:59:21 GMT

What Poland's Chief Rabbi actually said

New Statesman appoints deputy editor

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:58:32 GMT

Jon Bernstein, the former multimedia editor for Channel 4 News, is appointed deputy editor

Kaminski and the Israel angle

Mehdi Hasan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:51:49 GMT

Can we deal with this red herring, please?

Tony Benn portrait shoot

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:19:20 GMT

Kaminski ties continue to shame the Tories

George Eaton — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:14:48 GMT

The party's dishonesty is doing it no favours

Q&A: Dominic Sandbrook

George Eaton and Samira Shackle — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:50:33 GMT

The historian discusses his essay on the return of the politics of the mob

Letter from Hebron

Liana Wood — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:24:01 GMT

Life for Palestinians on the West Bank can feel as isolated as life for Gazans

Nimrod crash was due to cost cuts, says report

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:11:19 GMT

Independent review finds "systemic" failings by MoD and BAE

Five dead in attack on UN guesthouse in Afghanistan

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:10:13 GMT

Secretary-general says UN is undeterred by deadly Kabul attack

Pakistan bomb death toll passes 100

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:08:59 GMT

Worst terrorist attack in two years kills mainly women and children

Second phase of postal strikes begins

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:07:37 GMT

Royal Mail and CWU blame each other as talks collapse

�I am a Leninist. Lenin wasn�t afraid to dirty his hands. If you can get power, grab it�

Jonathan Derbyshire — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

The eminent thinker Slavoj �i�ek tells Jonathan Derbyshire why he rejects mainstream political theory, why he supports Barack Obama, and why we need Marx more than ever

The battlefield of ideas

Vernon Bogdanor — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

In earlier decades, the atmosphere in the universities was optimistic, heady even, stimulated by close ties with Westminster and Whitehall. Now that close relationship seems to have gone. What went wrong, and who is to blame?

Leader: George Osborne: what is your plan B?

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

The complacency of the political classes may yet send Britain into the depression we have so far avoided

Rory Stewart, Who�s Who and clubs

Jason Cowley — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

Stewart is a man of action and a man of letters of a kind you no longer find in British politics

Bite-sized briefing: world

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

The forgotten war

Samira Shackle — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

Bite-sized briefing: UK

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

Alpha mail

Daniel Trilling — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

Until he surfaced recently Royal Mail boss Adam Crozier had stayed strangely quiet

Not enough memory

Becky Hogge — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

Rise and fall of little voice

Sophie Elmhirst — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

Class Monitor No.6: The travellers

Michael Hodges — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

What if... Britain had stayed out of the EEC

Dominic Sandbrook — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

�We must move on from New Labour�

James Macintyre — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

The Westminster village would do well to listen to an emboldened Peter Hain

Our battle was begun on the playing fields of Eton

Gideon Donald — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

Darling must not put VAT back up

David Blanchflower — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

The news that we are still in recession proves that this is no time to raise taxes

Poverty impoverishes us all

Phillip Blond — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

Cameron's Tories, unlike the left, recognise that we are in social as well as economic crisis

There�s nothing to debate about racism

Mehdi Hasan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

On the issue of race and the rise of the far right, it is time to condemn a little more and understand a little less

The NS Interview: Tony Benn

Emily Mann — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

�I would be ashamed if I ever said anything I didn�t believe in�

We are killing in the light of God

Xan Rice — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

More than five million people have died in the war that has been raging in eastern Congo. And now, yet another rebel group is at large in the country, slaughtering hundreds of civilians. It is led by Joseph Kony, a ruthless yet charismatic killer who claims he is fighting a holy war

Trial by fury

Dominic Sandbrook — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

We live in an age when everyone is encouraged to have their say on Twitter or blogs. But, in our anger over MPs� expenses or Nick Griffin, we are nearer to the baying, blood-hungry mob of ancient Rome or 18th-century Tyburn than we would like to admit

Home is where the heartbreak is

Samira Shackle — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

Asylum-seeking women are especially vulnerable to persecution, but the British immigration system does little to help

When it comes to carbon footprints, I�m a LoseACC

Sophie Elmhirst — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

Campaign spotlight: Grey pride

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

Kylie Murray, student and ambassador for Help the Aged and Age Concern's Big Q Campaign

Sacrificed in the name of sushi

Mark Lynas — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

Good idea: Starting from scratch

Samira Shackle — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

She�s lost control

Fisun G�ner — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

When Sophie Calle�s lover dumped her by email, she turned life into art. Fisun G�ner on a woman who binds the helpless and confessional to the coolly conceptual

An Education (12A)/Taking Woodstock (15)

Ryan Gilbey — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

It�s hard to avoid clich� in such a well-visited era

The prude of love

Andrew Billen — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

The erstwhile Victor Meldrew is on fine form

The Thick of It

Rachel Cooke — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

This once-biting political satire now feels strangely dated

Performance review

Antonia Quirke — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

How to stay cheery in the face of management-speak

Graphic images

Sue Hubbard — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

Ed Ruscha's paintings play with the typography of the US

Tikka chance on ghee

Will Self — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

The Humbling

Jason Cowley — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

Sex, death, loneliness, old age: yes, it�s another Roth novel. But this time, is the great American author merely repeating himself?

The Books Interview: Stephen J Dubner

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

Crude World: the Violent Twilight of Oil

James Buchan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

The lion king

James Macintyre — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

The Plot: a Biography of an English Acre

Sophie Elmhirst — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

The Returning Officer

Stephen Brasher — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

Buckingham

Andrei�s cultured foot, and other fairy tales

Hunter Davies — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

Sue Ryder on the storm

Nicholas Lezard — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

LFF #9 -- A Serious Man

Daniel Trilling — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:51:34 GMT

From the London Film Festival: the Coen brothers are back

Quote of the week

Mehdi Hasan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:38:34 GMT

Former US official on Afghan imbroglio

Osborne under assault from all sides

George Eaton — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:08:27 GMT

Alastair Campbell slams Boy George

Cameron on Blair and Europe

Sholto Byrnes — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:53:24 GMT

A hit, a veritable hit!

Spitting images

Sam Kinchin-Smith — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:30:13 GMT

Welcome to South Park

EU to approve Northern Rock split paving way for sale

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:08:05 GMT

Bank will be broken up and partially sold

Government reverses �20m cuts to Territorial Army

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:40:06 GMT

PM intervenes to halt cuts to training budget after protests from Labour MPs

Brown to actively campaign for Blair to become EU president

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:18:06 GMT

Downing Street confirms Brown will openly lobby for Blair to become first European Union president

MPs face ban on mortgage claims

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:54:05 GMT

Kelly report will also prohibit MPs from employing family members