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Letters: Off-quota plan harms poor students
The government's proposal for "off-quota" university places (Richest students to pay for extra places at Britain's best universities, 9 May) would finally kill off the myth that the best and brightest...
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Letters: Camden is not all middle-class liberals
David Helliwell (Letters, 9 May) repeats the tired cliche that Camden is full of middle-class liberals who aren't in touch with "real issues", in contrast with common-sense Doncaster. In terms of...
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William Hague plans shift in diplomacy to station more envoys in Asia
• China and India embassies boosted and Europe posts cut• Foreign Office 'must match realities of 21st century'William Hague is due to unveil changes to the way Britain deploys diplomats around the...
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Letters: Bengali poet who will not be lost in translation
Ian Jack, in a stimulating article on Rabindranath Tagore (Report, 9 May), asks: "Is his poetry any good? The answer for anyone who can't read Bengali must be: don't know. No translation (according to...
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Letters: Election deadline
So David Laws, reputedly a millionaire, is likely to receive a mild reprimand for misclaiming £40,000 in parliamentary expenses (Report, 9 May). Barnsley MP Eric Illsley misclaimed £14,000 and was...
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David Willetts: The tide of history man
What was being floated might allow straight-A students who have tens of thousands of pounds to hand to buy their way into OxbridgeThin-end-of-the-wedge arguments are often lazy arguments, but glance...
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In praise of... Jenni Murray
Anyone who dismisses Jenni Murray as the voice of Middle England is in for a rude awakeningAll was set for it to be Year of the Lad at the Sony Radio Academy Awards on Monday night, with wins for Frank...
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Greece and the eurozone: Kicking the can along
The way to sort out a country's economic problems is typically not to give it a whacking great loan at a high price and expect it to pay it back by making huge spending cutsThe clearest lesson to be...
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Pollutionwatch: Easter smog in the UK
The government's smog warning on 21 April heralded the worst air pollution of the year so far. The UK describes air pollution as low, moderate, high or very high according to the health risk. Over the...
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Country diary: Wenlock Edge
A golden swarm of mayflies dances along the rays of the setting sun between the river and the sky. There was a time when the sky looked blue and stiff with its corners swept and its harsh, bright...
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Hugh Muir's diary
Hard to feel anything but sympathy for Vince Cable, really. But Jeremy Hunt loves a challenge• To the Commons press gallery yesterday, where the chair, BBC presenter Carolyn Quinn, was understandably...
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Osama bin Laden said: 'Find me a wife'
Matchmaker reveals how he found the right girl for al-Qaida leader – Yemeni woman who is now in Pakistan's custodyIt was early in September 1999 when Rashad Mohammed Saeed Ismael, a Yemeni sheikh in...
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I Am the Wind | Michael Billington
Young Vic, LondonYou can't beat a pre-emptive strike. Both Jon Fosse and Patrice Chereau, the Norwegian author and French director of this strange piece, have said in advance they expect to be...
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Crackdown on careless drivers
Fines of £80 to £100 portrayed as a break from the previous government's supposed reliance on speed camerasMotorists are to be hit with on-the-spot fines of between £80 and £100 for careless driving as...
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Coalition to water down employees' rights
Government attempts to clear away restrictions for employersThe government is to extend its review of employment law to tighten up discrimination compensation and dilute rules protecting employees'...
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Martha Graham's choreography embodied by a Google doodle
Martha Graham, whose 'fierce' dance language has left a worldwide legacy, would have been 117 years oldMartha Graham, the American dancer and choreographer whose name became synonymous with 'modern' or...
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Forget Sarah Palin and Donald Trump: Obama needs a challenge from the left |...
If the president had a Democratic opponent in the primaries it might stop him repeatedly triangulating to the rightCast your minds back to November. Barack Obama had received his "shellacking" in the...
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Hardest Hit march brings disabled people out on to the streets
Concerns about cuts to benefits and services led thousands of protesters to London. For some it involved an enormous effortJust after 10 morning, a group of around 40 blind people gathered by...
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Tesco appoints financier Sir Richard Broadbent as chairman
Analysts said Tesco would clearly benefit from Sir Richard Broadbent's experience in government and the CityTesco has appointed Sir Richard Broadbent, the deputy chairman of Barclays and a former...
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WikiLeaks: US opens grand jury hearing
First session of process of deciding whether to prosecute website and founder Julian Assange for espionageThe US government has opened a grand jury hearing into the passing of hundreds of thousands of...
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