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Spy Kim Philby died disillusioned with communism
• Wife claims defector tried to drink himself to death• Agent asked 'why do old people live so badly here?'Kim Philby, the most successful of the Cambridge spies, tried to drink himself to death in...
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Crackdown in China spreads terror among dissidents
More than 20 people have been detained and others are missing after anonymous calls for 'jasmine revolution'China has launched the most severe crackdown on dissidents and activists for more than a...
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Moussa Koussa could know truth about Lockerbie bombing, say campaigners
Victims' families say defection of former Gaddafi spy chief raises hopes of finding facts behind bombing of Pan Am flight 103Crucial questions about Libya's role in the Lockerbie bombing could finally...
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South Downs: bells ring out to celebrate Britain's new national park
Creation of the fourth-largest national park in England and Wales is met with joy – and a little scepticism• In pictures: The UK's newest national parkShould you be lucky enough to be standing at a...
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Olot's striking diversity is a mark of Spain's tolerence of migrants
Catalan town's smooth integration of migrants revealed by a stroll through peaceful medieval streetsOlot is the sort of town in which you might find what tourist brochures call the real Spain. In the...
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Smiley Culture's family demand answers from police over singer's death
Meeting of Metropolitan police authority turns to chaos as senior officers accused of being 'murderers'A meeting between top Metropolitan police officers and members of the public descended into chaos...
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Ivory Coast pro-Gbagbo troops kill 37, says Human Rights Watch
Militiamen massacre African immigrants in Bedi-Gouzan a day after opposition loyalists seize nearby town, says watchdogMilitiamen loyal to Ivory Coast's incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo massacred 37...
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Safety warning issued over 'walking water balls'
US government urges people to stay out of giant, inflatable spheres due to the risk of drowning or suffocationThe US government is warning people to stay out of giant, see-through inflatable spheres...
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Quarter of Northern Rock 'bad bank' mortgage holders in negative equity
Northern Rock customers who took out controversial 125% loan are vulnerable to tax and interest rate risesA quarter of Northern Rock's "bad bank" mortgages are in negative equity, leaving customers...
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Lorry boss Edward Stobart dies aged 56
Haulage supremo, who built up the Eddie Stobart empire, has died in hospital after suffering from heart problemsHaulage magnate Edward Stobart, who ran the Eddie Stobart lorry empire for more than...
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Letter: John Steane obituary
Richard Taylor writes: In the early 1960s, John Steane (obituary, 29 March) was the teacher at Merchant Taylors' school who introduced me to the work of FR Leavis and EM Forster, and to Benjamin...
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Letter: Diana Wynne Jones obituary
Nicholas Tucker writes: There is reason to doubt Diana Wynne Jones's story of seeing her younger sister slapped by Beatrix Potter, repeated in the obituary by Christopher Priest (28 March).My family...
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Aodh Mag Eoin obituary
Our friend Aodh Mag Eoin, who has died aged 83, was a renowned Irish teacher at the boys' grammar school St Columb's college, in Derry, Northern Ireland. His pupils won many scholarships, debating...
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Brenda Moon obituary
My colleague and mentor Brenda Moon, who has died aged 79, was the former librarian of Edinburgh University and the first woman to head a Scottish university library. Brenda was a slightly built and...
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Prudential pays highest-earning employee £8.4m
Michael McLintock, head of M&G, takes home £5.4m – more than Prudential chief executive Tidjane ThiamInsurance company Prudential has revealed that one of its employees was paid £8.4m in 2010 –...
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Taylor Swift – review
O2, LondonOne night in London, even a night at the O2, is small beer compared to Taylor Swift's record-breaking success back home in the US. There, her recent single Mine topped the iTunes chart within...
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Nikolai Andrianov obituary
One of the greatest gymnasts ever, he won 15 Olympic medalsThe popularity of gymnastics boomed throughout the 1970s, as the television public fell in love with the Olympic exploits of Russia's Olga...
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Ireland's ailing banks need another €24bn of capital
• Two new universal banks to be created• Cost of Irish bank bailout now €70bnIreland's embattled banks need to be bolstered by an extra €24bn (£21bn) – some €13bn of which needs to be used to prop up...
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The Band Wagon – review
Lilian Baylis, LondonIn 1931, this Broadway revue was considered the last word in sophistication. It starred Fred and Adele Astaire, boasted satirical sketches by George S Kaufman and Howard Dietz and...
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Big Audio Dynamite – review
Academy, LiverpoolJoe Strummer's 2002 demise put paid to any lingering talk of a Clash reunion, so it was perhaps inevitable that Mick Jones would eventually bow to nostalgia and reform his other...
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