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Letters: Flaws in guidance on detainees abroad
The response of the Home office to the Guardian's inquiries about Omar Awadh Omar highlights the serious flaws in the UK's "consolidated guidance" on detaining and interviewing detainees overseas...
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Letters: Sex and violence
Hadley Freeman (Once again, in the case of Delroy Grant, the public seems unable to accept the idea that rape has nothing to do with desirability, G2, 30 March) points to the actual reality of...
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Corrections and clarifications
• An article about health drinks compared them with lemonade and cola and said that a 500ml bottle of Coke contained 35g of sugar. In fact it has rather more – 53g. The article was headlined Sweet...
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Letters: Tackling income inequality the way to improve social mobility
While the intent behind the new social mobility report card (Could do better? Report card to test social mobility, 31 March) is good, there are many reasons to believe that measuring and reporting...
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Letters: Fools' paradise
The fact that the most "negotiable" aspect of the budget would appear to be that of an increased tax on oil companies (Osborne urged to drop £2bn windfall tax on North Sea oil, 1 April) is testament to...
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Country diary: Hay-on-Wye
Leaving the book town behind on a bright spring morning, I followed the old railway track along its lovely river. Under the road bridge to Clyro two dippers, surely a breeding pair, worked the rapids....
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Weatherwatch: Camus muses on a gentle Tuscan breeze
In 1936 or 1937, the young Albert Camus is in Oran, in his native Algeria, but he has Italy in mind: a view of the hills in Tuscany. "On each of these hills the olive-trees were pale as little wisps of...
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Cameron steps up AV attack while celebrities rally to the cause
PM says alternative vote is unBritish and likely to favour extremists as Tory chairwoman is accused of 'Goebbels-like' liesDavid Cameron has stepped up his attack on the alternative vote backed by Nick...
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Job cut hitlist for military personnel to be unveiled by MoD
Frontline troops in Libya and Afghanistan conflicts may face redundancy as job loss alert is issuedThousands of serving military personnel are to be told on 4 April that they are in line for redundancy...
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Toyota wins US case over 2005 crash
Driver had said the crash was caused by defects in the floor mats – but jury ruled Japanese car giant was not to blameA federal jury in New York has found that Toyota was not to blame for a car crash...
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I admire Nick Clegg more than David Cameron, says Norman Tebbit
Eurosceptic Conservative MP says Lib Dem leader is more politically motivated than prime ministerHaving earned the ire of his own party's rank-and-file on one side and disgruntled Conservative...
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Afghanistan: United Nations mission rocked by mob killings
Death toll unconfirmed after protesters storm Mazar-e-Sharif compound in response to Qur'an burning by US pastorThe United Nations mission in Afghanistan has been plunged into jeopardy after protesters...
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A Place in the Sun: Home or Away – review
The world's most indecisive couple couldn't work out whether or not to move to ItalyPoor Jonnie Irwin and Jasmine Harman are trying to help Jayne and Henrik find a house, but they don't know what they...
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A googly for the jingoists | Mukul Kesavan
Leaders will piggyback on today's all-Asian cricket World Cup final, but the game confounds agendasSri Lanka and India, who meet in the final of the World Cup today, have both won the tournament before...
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Simon Hoggart's week: Why do we worry when writers go stateside?
Martin Amis won't get better reviews in the US but at least his cellulite won't be on show in the tabloids✒ I see Martin Amis is leaving Britain, again. I thought he'd left ages ago, but like Frank...
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Atheism's aesthetic of enchantment
Two centuries on, it is timely to recall Shelley's argument for the non-existence of GodAs an Oxford undergraduate in the early 19th century, Percy Bysshe Shelley developed an argument for the...
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Ben Goldacre | Anarchy in the UK? That depends on how you handle the numbers
Whether people are taking part in cuts protests or sport, it pays to be careful when it comes to counting themHere are two fun ways in which numbers can be distorted for political purposes. Stop me if...
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'Cricket diplomacy' is fine, but India and Pakistan will need more than that...
The tussles over water that are at the source of India and Pakistan's historical conflict are not over. Some people are looking for new solutions, but not enoughThe Upper Riparians batted first and...
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The conversation: Is France right to "ban the burqa"?
Salma Yaqoob, leader of the Respect party, is opposed, while commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown believes the French may be doing the right thing. Amelia Hill chairs the debateFrom 11 April, women in...
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Dirt is everywhere – in sex, in class, in art and, yes readers, in my home |...
We shell out for antibacterial wipes and Cillit Bang while third world children die because of a lack of basic sanitation – that's the real dirtFilth, actual filth, is fashionable again. Intellectually...
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