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Review | Theatre | Rocket to the Moon | Venue | Michael Billington
Lyttelton, LondonWhat was Clifford Odets up to in this strange 1938 play? Was he, as he once claimed, writing about the near-impossibility of love between man and woman in a deeply competitive society?...
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Libya conflict: Gaddafi's close ally Mousa Kousa defects
In a huge blow, Libya's long time foreign intelligence chief has become the most senior of Gaddafi's men to defectIt was not so long ago that Mousa Kousa, Libya's foreign minister, was being wheeled...
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Olympic 2012 site in London sees security guard arrested for explosives
40-year-old dog handler held after vehicle searched in a car park off Pudding Mill LaneA female security guard has been arrested near London's Olympic stadium site on suspicion of possessing...
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway rocked after heir apparent resigns
David Sokol, considered the most likely candidate to succeed the billionaire investor, resigns after purchasing Lubrizol sharesThe heir apparent to business icon Warren Buffett's investment firm has...
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Junior Isa plans revealed
Junior Isa with a £3,000 investment limit will launch at the start of November, partially filling the gap left by the axed child trust fundSix million children who missed out on child trust funds (CTF)...
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Birdwatch reveals breeding success of small garden birds after harsh winter
Big Garden Birdwatch, the mass public survey led by the RSPB, shows surprise comeback for goldcrests, tits and sparrows• Reader photos of garden birdsSmall birds have made a comeback this year after a...
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Spain's family bonds lie at the heart and soul of great healthcare
Spain leads the world in organ transplants, but its success in the operating theatre is matched by its holistic approach outsideLooking tired, Adolfo Martínez Pérez, dressed in a white clinical coat,...
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Syria must change or be changed | Haytham Manna
The young protesters in Syria will not be put off by President Bashar al-Assad's refusal to listenOn Friday 18 March more than 2,000 citizens staging a demonstration in the southern Syrian city of...
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Is Spain sleepwalking into educational apartheid?
The Basque region's publicly funded private schools are 'open to all' but experts say the admission process is inherently selectiveAfter 11 years of walking to her local school, Begoña Frutos decided...
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Spain is still a very Roman Catholic country, but times are changing
Few Spaniards go to weekly mass, though the church retains a powerful influenceIt has produced the world-conquering Jesuits, the mysteriously powerful Opus Dei and, of course, the Spanish inquisition....
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Response: This threat to France's shopkeepers is just the latest in a...
Small traders have long been protected in their battles against big businessThere could be "trouble in store for the small shopkeepers of France", according to a Paris retail consultant quoted in your...
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After unscripted Arab drama, the west sneaks back on set | Soumaya Ghannoushi
People were not rebelling solely against dictators but the economic model. Yet foreign interests may again be calling the shotsArab dictators were not the only ones to have been taken aback by the...
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In praise of… unnatural selection | Editorial
The drive to rip out pennywort and kill killer shrimps may be harsh, but human intervention in nature is sometimes necessaryThe Killer Shrimp sounds like Monty Python's take on King Kong, but...
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British and US military destroy Libyan ammunition dumps
One of coalition's longest joint bombing runs hit targets 500 miles south of Libyan coastBritish and US aircraft have destroyed ammunition dumps deep in the desert 500 miles south of the Libyan coast...
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David Cameron rattled by two Eds
The prime minister can't avoid references to stags as he deals with pending nuptials and niggling provocationsThe news from Libya was grim. So naturally the Commons knew what it had to concentrate on:...
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G20 pathologist Freddy Patel suspended
Forensic examiner not allowed to practise for at least four months after botched postmortem delayed murder investigationThe pathologist Dr Freddy Patel whose botched postmortem examination led to a...
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From the archive, 31 March 1992: Major and Lamont 'split' on tax
Originally published in the Guardian on 31 March 1992Battle-weary election protagonists in both major parties last night claimed victory after renewed clashes over tax and public expenditure, in which...
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Swiss nuclear lobby hit by bomb
Two injured after parcel bomb explodes in offices of SwissnuclearTwo people have been injured after a parcel bomb exploded in the offices of the Swiss nuclear lobby, police said.The two female...
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'If he is dead, I hope not this way': a Libyan father's prayer for his rebel son
Ahmed plunged himself into the uprising around Ras Lanuf. His father, Mohammed, fears he has been tortured and killedMohammed Ahmed Boulika feared the worst, and it was not that his son had been shot...
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