Minister for cycling angers road safety campaigners by spurning bike helmet
Critics say Norman Baker's decision to 'enjoy the wind in his hair' while cycling means he's unfit for his jobAny parent knows the maxim "do as I say, not as I do". But one bold transport minister is...
View ArticlePoland's PM Donald Tusk wants more countries from east to join EU
Polish leader criticises David Cameron's plan to cut EU budget and 'language of state protectionism'Poland is to spearhead a drive to encourage "more and more" eastern European countries to join the EU...
View ArticleOur revolution's doing what Saleh can't – uniting Yemen | Tawakkol Karman
Yemen's struggle to overthrow the president has brought stability and peace to a country riven by conflict. This is truly historic• Activist Tawakkol Karman proves a thorn in the side for SalehThe...
View ArticleSimon Hoggart's week: Notes from a cosy island of liberalism
In Boulder, Colorado, the Rockies are sheer and vertical, the food cheap, and Republicans pained✒I am in Boulder, Colorado, again performing at the grandiosely named Conference on World Affairs which,...
View ArticleMonty Python's Terry Jones sinks his teeth into canine opera
The Doctor's Tale debuts alongside Stewart Copeland's setting of Edgar Allan Poe tale in Royal Opera House double billWhat do you get if you cross a dog with a doctor and a Python with a former Police...
View ArticleOmagh murder: third suspect arrested
Police investigating the car bombing of police officer Ronan Kerr in Omagh have arrested a 33-year-old local manPolice investigating the murder of police officer Ronan Kerr in a car bombing in Omagh...
View ArticleDavid Cameron's well-oiled winning machine is now a car crash | Polly Toynbee
From NHS to schools, a catalogue of errors and incompetence is undermining confidence in a once pitch-perfect Tory partyA year ago running up to the election, everything they did looked clever, well...
View ArticleAV: Tories come out in support of no campaign to the tune of £1.8m
CMC spread betting firm founder gives largest donation of £400,000A series of Tory donors are named as key supporters of the no campaign in next month's referendum on electoral reform. As Nick Clegg...
View ArticleSudoku 235 killer
Normal Sudoku rules apply, except the numbers in the cells contained within dotted lines add up to the figures in the corner. No number can be repeated within each shape formed by dotted lines.For a...
View ArticleSudoku 1,843 hard
Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9.For a helping hand call our solutions line on 09068 338 228. Calls cost 60p per minute at all times. Service...
View ArticleTreasury committee condemns stream of leaks ahead of budget
• MPs say spinning 'corrosive to government'• Warning shot fired at Office for Budget ResponsibilityThe Treasury has been condemned by an influential group of MPs for leaking important tax and benefit...
View ArticlePhone hacking: An apology – but no answers | Editorial
One imagines there to have been limited joy in heaven after News International's qualified statement of repentanceOne imagines there to have been limited joy in heaven yesterday afternoon as the news...
View ArticleUnthinkable? Banishing tyrants to exile | Editorial
A formal system of exile to lure tyrannical has-beens away from their nations is neededWanted: a small island, cut off from the world, prepared to revive the ancient practice of banishment. St Helena...
View ArticleGood to meet you: Luka Ivanovich
A reader from Serbia tells how he discovered the Guardian on his travels around Europe - and the difficulty of finding a copy in BelgradeI first discovered the Guardian two years ago, after finding it...
View ArticleLetters: Sharing Poland's rich heritage
Regarding your world literature tour's search for recommended reading from Poland (4 April), readers who cannot read Polish but know French and would like to explore the rich literature of Poland past...
View ArticleCorrections and clarifications
• A film feature about the phenomenon of the recut-of-the-recut of the director's cut confused certain release dates and formats. In the case of Blade Runner – which originally came out in 1982 – the...
View ArticleLetters: Young fighting cuts in Cameron county
In David Cameron's home county of Oxfordshire young people are certainly being hit hardest by the cuts (Young people bear brunt as councils reveal which services are being cut, 1 April)....
View ArticleLetter: If the John Smith I knew had lived…
There is one hole in Francis Beckett's account (What if Smith had lived?, G2, 8 April) – Europe. The John Smith I knew was one of the few senior Labour politicians unequivocal in his support for the...
View ArticleWill anyone vote for AV in the electoral reform referendum?
In less than four weeks, Britain will decide on whether to change the voting system. But do people understand AV? And how many will turn out to vote?Thursday lunchtime, and two Sheffield University...
View ArticleThe Saturday interview: architect Amanda Levete
Amanda Levete made her reputation working with in the influential architectural practice, Future Systems. She talks about her 'spectacular failures', and also her many thrilling triumphsAmanda Levete...
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