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Terence Rattigan and a theatre of cultural reaction | David Hare
Turning Terence Rattigan into a martyr smacks of the wheedling Tory tone of self-righteous privilegeOf course, you must expect it: in rightwing times, rightwing art flourishes. In the London theatre,...
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Mental health experts warn against pace of incapacity benefit cuts
Open letter to Guardian suggests changes to welfare system are having 'devastating' impact, driving some to suicide attemptsThe government's changes to the welfare system are having a "devastating"...
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Yard detective teams up with big business to nail the cyber-criminals
Former anti-terror and Flying Squad officer taps into private sector expertise that is the envy of the policeJanet Williams had a problem. In her career as a borough commander, and as a senior...
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Letters: Fatal consequences of benefit changes
Reform of the welfare system is steaming ahead, and already we're hearing about the devastating effects this is having on the mental health of hundreds of thousands of people across Great Britain....
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Cholera early warning system could save thousands of lives
Higher temperatures and rainfall predict cholera outbreaks months in advance, allowing preventive measures to be takenAn early warning system that can predict devastating outbreaks of cholera months...
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The triple crunch won't be pretty. But will it banish our economic torpor? |...
There is now potential for not just one crisis but three: ATMs freeze up, the planet warms up and the lights go outOne Sunday in October 2008, Alistair Darling flew back from Washington to find Britain...
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Former French minister Luc Ferry makes child abuse claim on TV
Luc Ferry claims state sources informed him ex-minister abused children in Morocco but privacy laws prevented reportingFormer French education minister Luc Ferry has told a TV chatshow that a member of...
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Yemen: a map ruled by conflict | Khaled Fattah
The movement to oust Ali Abdullah Saleh may not be able to save Yemen from its long-exploited divisionsSince the beginning of Yemen's popular uprising in February, President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been...
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Washington moves to classify cyber-attacks as acts of war
Pentagon has concluded that the laws of armed conflict can be widened to embrace cyberwarfareThe US government is rewriting its military rule book to make cyber-attacks a possible act of war, giving...
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Ratko Mladic is granted parting wish before extradition to The Hague
Former Bosnian Serb general allowed to visit daughter's grave ahead of flight to Netherlands and Scheveningen prison Ratko Mladic was flown to the Netherlands on Tuesday night to face charges at The...
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GP consortiums 'may not be accountable' for £60bn NHS spend
King's Fund thinktank warns of weaknesses in the coalition's proposed health reformsGP consortiums and hospitals may not be fully accountable for the large sums of NHS money they spend and the care...
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Chris Huhne faces second inquiry into 2010 general election expenses
Electoral commission launches case review into claims Huhne failed to declare all his spending as Essex police conclude speeding inquiryChris Huhne is facing a second potentially damaging inquiry after...
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Karla Black at the Venice Biennale: 'Don't call my art feminine'
In the Palazzo Pisani, Glasgow-based Turner prize contender sculpts cosmetics into peach and pistachio 'cave paintings'In the 15th-century Palazzo Pisani, Karla Black has made the kind of work that...
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Letters: Teapot diplomacy
Your editorial is a timely reminder of the power of the teapot as a conversation starter (In praise of… teapots, 31 May). On 9 June, hundreds of supporters of some of the UK's largest aid agencies,...
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Venice Biennale: Mike Nelson's British Pavilion – review
The British installation is a convincing fictional world – but the best part is re-emerging into realityMike Nelson's work buries the British Pavilion at Venice and transfigures it, with grimy...
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Letters: Lack of political will hinders a climate bailout
Your article on climate change sounds a terrifying wake-up call, and rightly calls on political leaders to act with greater urgency (Worst ever CO2 emissions leave climate on the brink, 30 May).That...
View ArticleMartin Rowson on Fifa corruption allegations
With Fifa clouded in scandal, the future of its sponsorship deals is far from clearMartin Rowson
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UK Venice Biennale entry 'avoids Britishness'
Installation by two-time Turner prize nominee Mike Nelson plunges viewers into dusty Turkish caravanseraiIt has taken the artist Mike Nelson 13 weeks, with a handful of helpers and a team of Moldovan...
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Letters: Care home checks
Care home inspections have not been "reduced to almost zero" (Letters, 31 May). They remain central to CQC's regulation of adult social care, and our inspectors regularly visit care homes.Nor are...
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Letters: Cultural populism and Nick Clegg's bedtime reading
My congratulations are insufficient to thank Mark Lawson for bringing attention to the huge shift by our politicians away from conspicuous involvement with arts and culture into tabloid-fearing...
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