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Tesco revamps executive pay policy to appease shareholders
Retail giant claims to be challenging fat cat pay excess with scrapping of controversial incentive schemeTesco has overhauled its pay policy for top executives as it tries to head off a repeat of last...
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Irish presidential hopeful David Norris in row over paedophilia remarks
Gay senator says presidential campaign is being smeared by republication of 2002 Greek 'classic paedophilia' interviewThe man who was on course to become Ireland and Europe's first openly gay president...
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Kafka's Monkey – review
Young Vic, LondonIf Kathryn Hunter's performance as ape-turned-variety-performer Red Peter were merely physically impressive, it would be startling enough. From the moment she lopes on to the stage,...
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Anna Politkovskaya murder suspect arrested
Rustam Makhmudov reported to have been detained in Chechnya on suspicion of killing Russian journalist in 2006Russian authorities have detained the main suspect in the killing of the investigative...
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Guatemala pays high price for global food system failings | Felicity Lawrence
Despite being a leading agroexporter, half the country's population of 14 million live in extreme povertyDomingo Tamupsis works on a Guatemalan sugar plantation for a company that exports bioethanol to...
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Saudi woman driver freed after agreeing to quit campaign
Manal al-Sharif, jailed after posting a YouTube video of herself driving, leaves Women2Drive movementA Saudi Arabian woman who was jailed for driving a car has been released after nine days, having...
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From the archive, 31 May 1912: The suggested French alliance
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 31 May 1912PARIS, MAY 28The suggestion made in England that the Entente Cordiale should be converted into a definite Anglo-French alliance has...
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Colombia to compensate victims of armed conflict
Historic law to financially redress up to four million victims of decades-long internal conflict including those of the stateNearly four million victims of Colombia's long-running internal conflict...
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Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco – review
Tron, GlasgowThere used to be an argument that a play couldn't be called feminist – even one with an all-female cast – if its characters' lives were defined by men. Gary Owen's three-hander from 2001...
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E coli deaths rise to 16 with first outside Germany
Outbreak kills two more and reaches Sweden, as total infected rises above 1,150 and Spain complains of blame and import banA deadly E coli outbreak has claimed two more lives, including the first...
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David Gray – review
Barbican, YorkDavid Gray reveals that, before his latest tour, he asked fans which songs they would like to hear. "There were 156 suggestions," he chuckles. "One of them was Frankie Goes to Hollywood's...
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Russia's trial of oil magnate Khodorkovsky not political, court rules
European court award businessman damages for violation of rights but says political claims are unprovenThe European court of human rights has rejected a claim by imprisoned Russian oil magnate Mikhail...
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Fall in house prices raises fears for US economy
• Recovery hit by drop in consumer confidence• US house prices back to 2002 levelsUS house prices have fallen back to levels last seen in 2002 and consumer confidence has also fallen sharply according...
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Goldman Sachs lost 98% of Gaddafi's $1.3bn investment
As compensation Goldman Sachs offered to turn Gaddafi into one of its top investors, the Wall Street Journal reports A bitter rift has opened up between the world's most powerful bank and one of its...
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Joan Tapsfield obituary
My friend Joan Tapsfield, who has died aged 97, was a senior civil servant in the National Savings department in London, where in the 1960s she was in charge of the operational work of more than 3,000...
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Tom Forsyth obituary
My husband, Tom Forsyth, who has died aged 90, was a founder member, with Lionel Monteith, of the Lincoln Clinic and Centre for Psychotherapy, in 1967. Tom lectured there for many years and trained...
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Roger Nichols obituary
Recording engineer who collaborated with Steely Dan for 30 yearsThe albums of Steely Dan were renowned for their sophisticated musical content and for their benchmark-setting audio quality. An...
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Madelyn Pugh obituary
Television writer behind the enduring sitcom I Love LucyMadelyn Pugh, who has died aged 90, carved out a place for herself in television history when she co-created, with Bob Carroll Jr, I Love Lucy,...
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Selwyn Goldsmith obituary
Author of Designing for the DisabledSelwyn Goldsmith, who has died aged 78, was the author of Designing for the Disabled (1963), a comprehensive architectural planning manual providing guidance on...
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Lord of the Flies – review
Open Air, LondonThere are few stages more apt to evoke a desert island than the Open Air Theatre's. This Regent Park venue's oasis-like qualities scarcely need embellishment to double as the location...
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