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Letter: National shame
As we approach racing's national day of shame there is one thing you can bet on, and that is that horses will definitely suffer, if not die, during the Grand National (Walsh siblings in 40-runner...
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Letters: Lack of vital knowledge about effects of the Chernobyl accident
Mr Monbiot has a point in that there has been exaggeration of the effects of the Chernobyl accident (The unpalatable truth is that the anti-nuclear lobby has misled us all, 5 April). But equally he...
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Country diary: South Uist
The first wheatears have returned to the islands, and chiffchaffs and willow warblers are beginning to pass through on their spring journeys. A bright and sunny morning seems the perfect time to look...
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New Europe: Old problems | Editorial
Bailouts will not drive the eurozone or the EU through the floor – but both will need running repairsYesterday, Dublin. Today, Lisbon. Portugal's caretaker government now has to choose between going...
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Portugal debt crisis proves need for cuts, says George Osborne
Chancellor 'scaremongering' over Portuguese bailout, Labour says, after he stressed domestic significance of single currencyGeorge Osborne used Portugal's plea for a €90bn (£79bn) rescue package to...
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Martin Rees: Prize war | Editorial
Accepting a £1m prize for spiritual works does not make the astronomer royal a fraud or a hypocriteThere are evolutionary theorists who describe scorpion flies as rapists, and Nobel laureate economists...
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In praise of… music to make you cry | Editorial
So what if Nick Clegg cries to classical music? At least he's not a Robbie Williams fanIt's his party and he can cry if he wants to: Nick Clegg, according to this week's New Statesman, listens to...
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Hugh Muir's diary
Drax and double drax. A book describing his kith and kin and the MP didn't show• It seems that Tory MP Richard Drax is unlikely to want to appear on the popular BBC series Who Do You Think You Are? any...
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Libyan defector Moussa Koussa interviewed over Lockerbie
Scottish officials confirm that meeting between ex-Libya minister and police investigating the Lockerbie bombing has taken placePolice investigating the Lockerbie bombing have met with the defector and...
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Shell's outgoing UK chairman has seen oil firm's role shift in a changing...
Chairman James Smith says Shell has had to respond to the global warming challengeNow is a good time to be running an oil company. Prices are sky-high, energy demand is increasing at an unprecedented...
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For a generation of young Poles, travelling abroad is still often the only...
In the town of Limanowa, teenagers are pessimistic about their prospects and know they may well have to seek work elsewhereIt's 4pm, and the town of Limanowa is being battered by a sudden downpour. In...
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Mansfield museum the most family friendly in the UK
Nottinghamshire venue wins Guardian award after meeting criteria including having attendants that never say shushAfter being visited by small but dedicated teams of undercover children – and their...
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Liberal Democrats face local elections struggle with fewer candidates
Party contests fewest seats since 1999 as Labour attempts to make inroads into Lib Dem heartlandsThe proportion of council seats that the Liberal Democrats are contesting at the local elections next...
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In praise of antidepressants | John Crace
Some see the hand of Big Pharma behind the rise in prescriptions. I just see drugs that workHere we go again. The number of antidepressants prescribed has been increasing for years. The latest figures...
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Response: Royal Navy airpower offers a far cheaper option overseas than the...
UK military action abroad will always be best served by aircraft carrier battle groups not land-based air forcesThe remarks by Sir Stephen Dalton (Expensive? It's relative. What are the consequences of...
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Debunking stereotypes: Poles are hardworking
The Polish have built up a reputation for pulling their weight in the UK, but back home it is a different storyEver since hundreds of thousands of Poles abandoned the motherland following EU accession...
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Milk poisoning kills children in China
Three children die and more than 30 people have been poisoned by nitrite after drinking milk from two dairy farms in GansuThree children have died and 35 people have become ill from drinking...
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Smolensk air crash – a year on and the scars are yet to heal
Conspiracy theory over crash that killed president and more than 90 other leading Poles deepens emotional divisions in PolandEvery evening, come snow, wind or rain, a small crowd gathers for an outdoor...
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Iceland, fight this injustice | Eva Joly
Saturday's referendum is a chance for Icelanders to strike at the conspiracy that leaves us all bailing out financiersOn Saturday the Icelandic people vote in a referendum on whether the Icelandic...
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