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Weatherwatch: The weather in Moby-Dick
Captain Ahab is on deck after a night of thunder and lightning. "The not yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk and, striding in the Pequod's gurgling track, pushed her on like...
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Protest march against coalition cuts expected to attract 300,000
Police braced for high numbers in London with 800 coaches and at least 10 trains chartered from around the countryMore than a quarter of a million protesters against public sector cuts are expected to...
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Port Eliot film festival selection has hints of Martin Scorsese
Festival-goers will be able to enjoy director's 'own subtle, spectral presence' through his playful choice of filmsMartin Scorsese's four specially chosen double bills at the Port Eliot Festival is...
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People of all faiths should be protesting against the cuts | David Haslam
The scriptures of most major faiths can teach us what fairness really meansPeople of faith should be on the streets of London today, as an act of prophecy against the greatest attack on the vulnerable...
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France and Britain – a new special relationship | Jean-Pierre Chevènement
The euro is doomed. But together, France and Britain can save the European projectIn the past 60 years, two major choices have shaped French foreign policy while pulling France and the UK apart: the...
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Free education for young Scots? Only if the English students pay full whack |...
Native Scottish students are unlikely to be lumbered with tuition fees, but students from the rest of the UK at university in Scotland could see their bills soarMy daughter studies at a Scottish...
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A vineyard in Montmartre: just one of the hidden pleasures of Paris
Julian Barnes says forget the Arc de Triomphe, Napoleon's Tomb, and definitely the Eiffel Tower: the appeal of Paris lies in those moments of surprise when you turn a street cornerIn a recent essay,...
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This Is Britain – review
(BBC2)Have you filled in this bloody census yet? I'm just tackling it now: I've got to the section on health. Am I deaf or dumb? No, neither. Blind? Going that way. Lunatic? Hmmm, ditto I'd say....
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Japan faces new setback in fight to avert disaster at Fukushima plant
Prime minister urges vigilance after safety officials said break in nuclear reactor may have caused big radiation leakA suspected break in the core of a nuclear reactor could have been responsible for...
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Today's march is a challenge the rule of money | John Holloway
How do we escape a system that's tearing up the world? We say 'no', and do things differentlyThese are days of rage. Rage in the Arab world, of course, but also on the streets of Athens, Dublin, Rome,...
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Budget boost for clinical trials | Ben Goldacre
New body should end bizarre paradox in medicine and make trials cheaper and easier to runVery occasionally, a government will do something awesomely good. The budget contains plans for a unified Health...
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The conversation: Is nuclear power still the answer to our energy problems?
As we move to reduce our reliance on high-carbon energy, George Monbiot believes nuclear is the best option. No, says Caroline Lucas, renewables should be the priority. Susanna Rustin chairs the...
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If you earn less than the average wage, you're not middle class. It's all a...
I don't know what class will be protesting today – squeezed, strugglers. But will they resist the fiction that class no long matters?My cafetiere is pink. Shocking pink. I am shocked myself, as I...
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Bidisha's thought for the day: Bears
An outpouring of grief accompanies the news of the death of Berlin's human-reared polar bear. But I'm revolted by people's sentimentality about animalsThe life of the human-reared, Berlin zoo-dwelling...
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Gardening: the secret of happiness
What could be more delightful than kneeling in the mud, pulling out weeds, with the soft spring sunshine on your back? Novelist Julie Myerson explains the intense joy that gardening has brought her,...
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Japan nuclear workers evacuated after radiation levels soar
Tests at Fukushima No 2 reactor reveal radiation at 10m times normal levels amid warnings crisis could last monthsRadioactivity levels in one part of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are...
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Anti-cuts march: more than 200 in custody after violence
Clean-up begins after 84 injured including at least 31 police as minority of anarchists attacked symbols of wealth in LondonMore than 200 people are in police custody after trouble flared in central...
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Taxi driver charged with murdering Sian O'Callaghan
Chris Halliwell, 47, accused of murdering 22-year-old as police continue efforts to identify remains of second bodyPolice have charged a 47-year-old taxi driver with the murder of Sian O'Callaghan, who...
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Italy seeks Unesco protection for Neapolitan pizza
Dish voted by Italians as one that helps sum up nation could be placed on cultural heritage listOn a roll after securing Unesco status for the Mediterranean diet, Italy is mulling over an attempt to...
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Pakistan's contemporary artists respond to strife
Exhibition at Karachi's Mohatta Palace documents in art Pakistan's modern political, economic and religious conflictsIn pictures: The Rising Tide exhibition After Islamist militants killed Nausheen...
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