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Corrections and clarifications
• An interview with Marine Le Pen suffered a substantial editing failure that led to nearly 20 lines of text relating to her views of the Front National's approach to antisemitism and Islamophobia...
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Letters: Rock shareholders stake their claim
The interesting letter from Chuka Umunna MP and others (Letters, 18 March), which calls for the government to give equal and due consideration to a mutual option for the future of Northern Rock,...
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Letters: Ofgem's impotence
Ofgem's blunt criticism of the energy companies and market (Report, 22 March) is simply recording the failure of the privatisation of this industry, with the unintended consequences of pretend...
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Letters: Workhouse heritage
English Heritage has never asserted that the Cleveland Street workhouse was the model for the one in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist (Mudfog's workhouse, Letters, 19 March). In our advice to government...
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Letters: Ground rules for coalition governments
Here are some ground rules for manifestos in an age of coalition (Editorial, 21 March): 1) Manifestos should mean what they say. 2) Coalitions are only possible around points of common ground. 3) All...
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Letters: Cockney sparrows
Stephen Moss on the Italian sparrow (Birdwatch, 21 March) reminded me that about 40 years ago I saw in a market in Pisa a bundle of about a dozen sparrows strung up by their necks, clearly on sale to...
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In praise of … the voice of experience | Editorial
Ministers who have never seen active service should pay heed to the words of those who haveOnly 13 of the 570 MPs who voted in the Commons on Monday opposed Britain's military action in Libya. Kris...
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Split on Libya averted as Nato given military control
International coalition including Qatar and United Arab Emirates to share oversight of UN-mandated anti-Gaddafi campaignBosnia, which came to symbolise Europe's failure to prevent bloodshed on its...
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Plantwatch: Welcome warmth brings spring blossom
Spring is coming in fits and starts, but has been spurred on over the past few days with some glorious warm weather. The bright yellow coltsfoot bloom that looks like a dandelion is underway, and is...
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Country diary: Wenlock Edge
Strange omens, strange times. What happened to the moon, swapped for some fat baby in a veil? After dark, and rising from rolling ground between high trees and rooftops here, the full moon came closer...
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Hugh Muir's diary
Question to a worried man. Are you now or have you ever been the election agent for Nick Griffin?• Don't panic was the advice to old timers in Dad's Army, and it's the advice we would share with the no...
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - review
Gielgud, London"Charmingly attenuated" was how the New Yorker's Pauline Kael described the original 1964 Jacques Demy movie. Suspiciously thin would be my verdict on this stage version adapted and...
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Syria: Four killed in Deraa as protests spread across south
Hundreds of Syrian protesters turn out in Deraa, with reports of four dead in attack by security forces on Omari mosqueSyria faces the most serious unrest in the 11-year rule of President Bashar...
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Pet Shop Boys/The Most Incredible Thing - review
Sadler's Wells, LondonIt may have been Tchaikovsky who inspired Pet Shop Boys to attempt their first ballet score, but the music they've written for The Most Incredible Thing is not even a distant...
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Nato to take control in Libya after US, UK and France reach agreement
• Nato to assume day-to-day military command in Libya• Obama and Cameron: Substantial progress madeBritain, France and the US have agreed that Nato will take over the military command of the no-fly...
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US judge writes unhappy ending for Google's online library plans
Some authors had complained they had not given permission for books to be scanned and made available onlineGoogle's controversial plans to create the world's biggest online library have been shelved by...
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Surgeons to perform first UK face and hand transplant
Patients being assessed for radical double procedure as NHS watchdog warns more evidence of risks is neededPatients are being assessed for Britain's first face and hand transplant – a procedure that...
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French civil servant's confession strikes a chord in drive to shrink state
The French public services are vast, expensive and notoriously complex. But reform is the country's great political tabooAurélie Boullet is an unlikely whistleblower. A straight-A student, she attended...
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Middlesbrough looks to George Osborne for way out of wilderness
The town is pushing hard for regeneration, hoping to become one of the new enterprise zonesGeorge Osborne does not know it, but Wednesday's "budget for growth" could change much more than the lives of...
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Debunking stereotypes: the French are impossibly rude
It's more that, unlike the British, they have no problem is saying exactly what they think – especially if you don't follow their codesThe French aren't rude; they just hate you. That's not true,...
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