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Malta prepares to vote in historic referendum to allow divorce
Reforming MP accuses no campaign of 'spiritual terrorism' as only country in Europe to ban divorce heads to the pollsLikened by critics to an island marooned in the Middle Ages, Malta may take a step...
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Jacques Grosjean obituary
In 1961 Jacques Grosjean, who has died aged 86, joined what was then the Bristol College of Science and Technology as head of the applied mechanics group. This recently designated College of Advanced...
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Freedom Riders hit the road again, 50 years after US civil rights milestone
Civil rights activists who helped to end segregation at bus and train stations reunite in Jackson, Mississippi It was just like the old days, when Mississippi was burning. Freedom Riders were back on...
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Greenpeace and watchdog attack 'scaremongering' energy firms
Campaigners' claims spark new row over George Osborne's £2bn windfall tax on oil and gas companiesA fresh row has erupted over the chancellor's £2bn energy windfall tax after green campaigners accused...
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HSBC pay deals spark investor revolt
Fifth of HSBC shareholders fail to support bank's remuneration policy and one in 10 do not back election of chairman Douglas Flint to boardroomA fifth of investors failed to back HSBC's pay deals at a...
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Much Ado About Nothing – review
Globe, LondonOn a chill, damp night Jeremy Herrin's production, pre-empting next week's West End version (starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate) conquered its audience. But, although Herrin's...
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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Petrenko – review
Philharmonic Hall, LiverpoolVasily Petrenko's Mahler cycle with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic has reached the Seventh Symphony, a work which, not so long ago, was considered imperfect by many....
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Ariodante – review
Barbican, LondonConcert versions of Handel's operas can end up feeling like competitions. As singer follows singer in apparently endless sequence, each attempting to nail one impossible aria after...
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Uchida/LSO/Davis – review
Barbican, LondonSir Colin Davis's cycle of Nielsen symphonies with the LSO has not been a hurried affair. Yet if performances over the last couple of years of the Fourth and Fifth Symphonies (released...
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Injunctions row: Meet the man who helps celebrities remain anonymous
High-profile barrister Hugh Tomlinson QC says privacy law is good, if properly defined and enforcedHugh Tomlinson QC has become renowned for making clients anonymous. It is his persuasive charm that...
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Janet Brown obituary
Actor best known for comedy shows and her impersonations of Margaret ThatcherJanet Brown, who has died aged 87, wrote an autobiography in 1986 titled Prime Mimicker, and it is for her takeoffs of...
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Boris Johnson and the Routemaster: soft edges and cheerful demeanour
The mayor of London gets behind the wheel of the bus that will soon be taking to London's streetsAs unbelievable as it sounds, Boris Johnson won an election on this bus. Thousands of rational people...
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Ratko Mladic ruled fit for extradition to face Bosnia war crimes tribunal
Defence insists Bosnian Serb general is ill but court approves transfer to The Hague and officials say he is in robust formRatko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general charged with orchestrating the...
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Ryan Giggs faces a public trial under world's biggest spotlight
A week after being at the centre of injunctions row, football's tarnished star prepares to step out at WembleyIt wasn't supposed to be like this for Ryan Giggs. In the past week, British football's...
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Fifa crisis deepens as Sepp Blatter goes before ethics committee
President to be questioned on Sunday along with Mohamed bin Hammam and Jack Warner as bribery investigation widensWorld football's governing body has been plunged deeper into crisis after its ethics...
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Phone hacking: police warn Mail journalists of voicemail interceptions
Mail on Sunday and Daily Mail may have been targeted by News of the World investigator Glenn MulcaireSix journalists who worked for the Mail on Sunday and its sister title the Daily Mail are set to be...
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Twitter buys UK's TweetDeck for £25m
TweetDeck acquisition puts Britain's web entrepreneurs on map, along with Shoreditch's 'Silicon Roundabout'It was once famed for its art scene and residents with daft haircuts. But the area around Old...
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David Cameron defends aid spending at G8 summit
PM launches passionate defence of Britain's commitment to international aid and calls on other leaders to fulfil their pledgesDavid Cameron made a scathing attack on his fellow leaders over aid to...
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G8 summit: Gaddafi isolated as Russia joins demand for Libyan leader to go
Nations united over Libya as Cameron says pressure on Tripoli beginning to tell – but G8 rift remains over SyriaColonel Gaddafi has beenleft diplomatically deserted after Russia, his sole international...
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Shortage of black professors: a failure to nurture talent
It does matter that just 0.4% of British professors are black – 50 out of 14,385Another day, another story of disproportions. Too many black youths being jailed, too few black youths achieving at...
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