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Barack Obama's UK visit: view from US

Meeting with Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, at Buckingham Palace helps to raise press interest in AmericaTornado-Damaged Missouri Braces for Second Storm, Obama Arrives in London, read...

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In praise of … Brian Urquhart | Editorial

A second world war soldier who set out on quest of peace and helped to create IAEA and UN peacekeeping troopsAs the red carpet is rolled out for Barack, the symbolism of diplomacy is much in evidence,...

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Supporters of Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara 'killing enemies'

Atrocities being committed against real or perceived supporters of former leader Laurent Gbagbo, says Amnesty InternationalReprisal attacks are still being committed by forces loyal to the president of...

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Letters: Privacy, privilege, politicians and the press

The ability of disclosures on Twitter to make nonsense of privacy injunctions is causing understandable consternation at present (Privacy laws in chaos as MP names Giggs over injunction, 24 May).The...

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Letters: Electricity pythons

Your article (I'd like to order in Mandarin, please, G2, 19 May) says Mandarin is "notoriously difficult" to learn. As any English speaker who has learned it will testify, it is far from difficult;...

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Letters: An arrow through the heart of freedom

1) News of the World caught phone hacking. 2) Other newspapers look as though they are likely to be found out doing the same. 3) Create a fuss about privacy laws – mix up public interest with...

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Corrections and clarifications

• Looking at the extent to which universities are eyeing the revenue-boosting potential from foreign students' fees, an article listed the London School of Economics along with Oxford and Cambridge...

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Letters: Likely effects of Michael Gove's academy schools programme

Julian Glover misunderstands the purpose and likely effect of Michael Gove's academy programme (Comment, 23 May). The purpose is clear: to turn all schools in England into government schools – with...

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Greece and the eurozone: political battles, economic reality | Editorial

What happens in Athens and Frankfurt will determine the outlook for the Greek economy and the entire eurozone for yearsAt the heart of the latest round of the Greek financial crisis lie two battles...

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Parliamentary privilege: Responsible behaviour | Editorial

The naming of Ryan Giggs by an MP this week poses difficult questions for the media and for the constitutionContrary to what some politicians like to claim, not every right automatically implies a...

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Kenneth Clarke meets sex attack victim in wake of furore over rape remarks

Justice secretary describes conversation with Gabrielle Browne, to whom he had written an apology, as 'thought-provoking'The justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, has said he had a "thought-provoking"...

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Plantwatch: fastforward to summer

One minute we were in a glorious hot spring covered in bluebells and primroses, then suddenly the season flipped into high summer, with wildflowers that would normally be expected in three or four...

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Country diary: Wenlock Edge

Her body was positioned on the mound as if by ritual or the results of some terrible violence which ended in ceremony. She was waiting for eternity alone. Around her, speckled wood butterflies snapped...

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Gordon Ramsay's father-in-law fails to retain superinjunction

Chris Hutcheson can be named in a case involving his family after court of appeal partially lifts privacy orderA superinjunction obtained by the father-in-law of the television chef Gordon Ramsay has...

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Hugh Muir's Diary

We'll get to the truth on Tomlinson. But the journey won't be cheap• And so a new chapter opens in the long-running saga to discover just what happened to poor Ian Tomlinson and whether any individual...

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One Man, Two Guvnors - review

Lyttelton, LondonIn 1746, Carlo Goldoni wrote a classic comedy normally translated as The Servant of Two Masters. Richard Bean has used it for a riotous farce combining the original's structure with a...

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Guardian.co.uk wins two awards for digital news

Judges describe website's WikiLeaks coverage as a 'jaw-dropper' as site wins Digital News Service of the YearThe Guardian website has won two major prizes at the Newspaper Awards, the Oscars of the...

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Oldham schools still polarised 10 years on from race riots

Study says that a key underlying factor was the segregated nature of schools and communities in the townSchools in Oldham remain among the most racially polarised in England, despite the closure of its...

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Haiti's quake refugees brave sea and uncertainty for new life in Amazon

Haitians fleeing 2010 earthquake chaos are enduring long journeys and border-town limbo for a fresh start in BrazilEach night they gather on Brazil Avenue under the amber glow of street lamps. Perched...

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Rory Bremner to parody Bullingdon Club with translation of comic opera

Comedian and satirist writing updated English translation of Jacques Offenbach's satirical work, Orpheus in the UnderworldThe comedian and satirist Rory Bremner is planning to parody the coalition...

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