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George Fothergill obituary
My friend George Fothergill, who has died aged 77, was a teacher who influenced many young lives. His first full-time post was at the Bolton school in Lancashire, where he taught history between 1958...
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Alice Beer obituary
My mother, Alice Beer – Quaker, potter and poet, who has died aged 98 – was still making new friends in her 90s. At 95, she was interviewed by a woman working on a PhD, who introduced Alice to her...
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Female war artists celebrated in Imperial War Museum's new show
Curator aims to challenge preconceptions with works from first world war to the presentWar through the eyes of men is a well-trodden artistic subject which is why the Imperial War Museum is providing...
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Trey Songz – review
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonIn the wake of Chris Brown's fall from grace in 2009, the music industry needed a replacement: a photogenic male singer appealing to teenagers and adults. Trey Songz, a...
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Anant Pai obituary
His comic books recounting Indian tales sold 90m copiesThe editor and publisher Anant Pai, who has died of a heart attack aged 81, was the creator of the educational Indian comic-book series Amar...
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Rebels without a corps: Benghazi's defenders strive to become an army
Libyan volunteers set up boot camp for revolutionaries – 'No one knows how to use their weapon. No discipline'Mareh Bejou was a pilot for Emirates when he flew in to Tripoli in mid-February. The next...
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Uncle Vanya – review
Belgrade, CoventryAny production of Chekhov seems to carry a certain number of given factors: there will be silver birches, there will be samovars, there will be parasols. The opening tableau of Helena...
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Baruch Blumberg obituary
Biochemist whose work on hepatitis B won him a Nobel prizeBaruch Blumberg, known as Barry, who has died aged 85, was an extraordinary man whose work blurred the boundaries between virology, immunology,...
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Gbagbo's Iron Lady
Simone Ehivet Gbagbo, the first of the president's two wives, incites love and terror in equal measureHoled up in her presidential palace turned prison in the smart part of Abidjan with rebel forces...
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Charlie Hunter – review
Vortex, LondonCharlie Hunter specialises in coupling an R&B rhythm-guitarist's choppy propulsiveness with jazz-improv melodic variations and a driving bassline – but all on his own. The Rhode...
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Rachel Cameron obituary
Gifted Australian ballerina and inspirational educator for ballet teachersIn Britain, few did more to keep the fragile art of classical ballet alive than the gifted dancer and supreme educator Rachel...
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Sesame Street comes to Pakistan
US government aid agency sponsors $20m Pakistani remake of the American kids' TV showThere's no Cookie Monster, no Big Bird and no Count von Count.But Pakistani children will soon start experiencing...
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Thomas Zehetmair/Ruth Killius – review
Wigmore Hall, LondonThomas Zehetmair's last Wigmore concert this season was a recital of violin-viola duets with Ruth Killius, exploring a repertoire that is striking if often patchy. The Romantics,...
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Lancashire school strike: Teachers walk out over out-of-control pupils
Staff at Darwen Vale comprehensive claim headteacher is not consistent in dealing with bad behaviourTeachers at a Lancashire comprehensive who walked out over the unruly behaviour of their pupils have...
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US Christian right flies the flag for Laurent Gbagbo
Ivory Coast leader – a Christian – is the real election winner and not Muslim rival Alassane Ouattara, claim key evangelicalsWhile Laurent Gbagbo, the besieged Ivory Coast leader, has been largely...
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Sibling rivalry 'good for children'
Parents need have no concern if arguments get worse – as long as they also increase their verbal sophisticationIt's the news that parents, tired of beseeching unruly children to play nicely together,...
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Kidnapped German doctor's murder trial suspended
Dieter Krombach, who is accused of the 1982 murder of his stepdaughter, taken to hospital with heart problemsThe French trial of a retired German doctor accused of killing his stepdaughter has been...
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Theresa May pushes for air passenger data storing to be expanded
Home secretary wants plan to collect details of flights in and out of Europe to be expanded to include all flights within EUBritain is trying to set up an EU-wide network of travel databases to record...
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European Central Bank raises interest rates to 1.25%
• Interest rate rise is first since 2008 • Decision will put pressure on debt-laden eurozone membersDebt-ridden consumers across the eurozone face higher borrowing costs after the European Central Bank...
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Sir David Attenborough's TV life: the BBC looks back
Retrospective expected to be aired next year will mark 60 years since the naturalist joined the corporation in 1952The BBC is planning a TV retrospective of the work of Sir David Attenborough next year...
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