Politics Colombian senator banned for “collaborating“ with FARC rebels Piedad Córdoba, a close ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, is ousted from the senate. By Ruth Collins
Is Broadway dying? Change has come…for the arts? Obama’s victory at the US elections this week has been tipped as the dawn… By Ruth Collins
A load of Banksy? Taking liberties In a week of controversy fuelled by the Brand-Ross duo, it seems pertinent to question the extent… By Ruth Collins
More than just the Beatles Cultured crowds flock to Merseyside, while the people of Madrid occupy themselves in daubing fibre-g By Ruth Collins
Blooming in the desert Houellebecq and Henri-Levy are raging against the French media, while Qatar gets a new publishing ho By Ruth Collins