Guantánamo Bay files: Profiles of the 10 released British prisoners
Detainees were eventually released after up to six years – all have denied wrongdoing and none have faced chargesFeroz AbbasiFeroz Abbasi was 24 when he became the first British national to be detained...
View ArticleDelhi Commonwealth Games organiser arrested in corruption investigation
Suresh Kalmadi accused of favouring Swiss company when buying equipment for Delhi eventIndian officials have arrested the chief organiser of last year's Commonwealth Games as part of a corruption...
View ArticleHan Bennink – review
Vortex, LondonThe kind of free-improvised jazz that used to drive people screaming for the exits has been celebrated in a big way around London's Dalston in recent days. Eager, mixed-generation crowds...
View ArticleRPO/Karabits – review
Royal Festival Hall, LondonMost conductors in concert save the best for last, but Kirill Karabits and the Royal Philharmonic, whether by accident or design, gave us the finest first: a performance of...
View ArticleRip, Fold, Scrunch – review
Southbank Centre, LondonOrigami meets theatre in Rip, Fold, Scrunch, a fantasy played out in a white world where paper falls from umbrellas like snow and can be transformed into a hat, a fan, a kite or...
View ArticleGolgotha – review
King's College Chapel, CambridgeNobody seems quite sure when Frank Martin's Golgotha was last heard in the UK, though Malcolm Sargent certainly conducted a performance for the BBC in the 1950s. It has...
View ArticleR Kelly – review
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonIt has been more than a decade since R Kelly, the self-proclaimed King of R&B, last passed through London – time enough for his original fans to have grown up and stayed...
View ArticleGaddafi compound hit in Nato attack
Libyans claim Nato directly targeting Gaddafi in violation of UN resolution after office building and reception area damagedNato appeared to be targeting Muammar Gaddafi and his inner circle after two...
View ArticleFrom the archive, 23 April 1934: Sir O. Mosley's big London meeting
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 23 April 1934FLEET STREET, SUNDAYDo people go to hear Sir Oswald Mosley because they hope to see some fisticuffs or because they think there is...
View ArticleFrom the archive, 25 April 1963: Byzantine bride - grave and beautiful
Originally published in the Guardian on 25 April 1963Weddings, a wise elderly woman used to say, are essentially private affairs, at which all guests other than intimates are intruders. The crowds...
View ArticleJosef Klein obituary
My father, Joe Klein, who has died aged 83, after suffering from Alzheimer's disease, spent nearly 50 years in the hotel and restaurant business in Kent, in the Margate area, most notably running a...
View ArticleJoyce Wainwright obituary
Joyce Wainwright, who was mother to the three of us and our late brother Andrew, was a powerful political force and a pioneer of social networks to promote reform. Although she tried gamely, the...
View ArticleWD Halls obituary
Educationist and historian with a special interest in FranceWilfred Douglas Halls, who has died aged 92, played a significant role in establishing comparative education – the study of educational...
View ArticleMarie-France Pisier obituary
French actor, novelist and director who starred in films by Truffaut and BuñuelThose who followed the adventures of Antoine Doinel (played by Jean-Pierre Léaud) in a series of lyrical and...
View ArticleGuantánamo files: US agencies fought internal war over handling of detainees
Professional investigators who deplored torture were repeatedly sidelined as CIA and soldiers with little training took harsh stepsOne of the biggest and most explosive clashes at Guantánamo Bay has...
View ArticleSarkozy and Berlusconi to call for return of border controls in Europe
French president and Italian prime minister want to curb passport-free EU travel after row over north African immigrantsNicolas Sarkozy and Silvio Berlusconi are expected to call on Tuesday for a...
View ArticleSai Baba obituary
Revered Indian guru with a global following whose work was dogged by controversySai Baba, who has died of heart failure aged 84, was the most influential and richest in India's long line of spiritual...
View ArticleVigil held for Isobel Reilly, 15, who died at party
• Girl died apparently after finding drugs in house• Owner, a respected academic, bailed by policeFriends of a schoolgirl who died after apparently finding drugs during a party at the home of respected...
View ArticleAlan Johnson accuses coalition of hijacking AV debate
Former home secretary appeals to Labour voters, saying the Tories have 'most to lose from a fairer voting system'Alan Johnson, the former home secretary and Labour grandee, has accused the coalition of...
View ArticleRoyal wedding: welcome back, Paul Burrell, our favourite mad servant | Marina...
News that Paul Burrell will give his royal insights on Fox TV means he is standing up to those who have tried to silence him• Say what you like about weddings, they do offer the chance to reconnect...
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