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Bob Dylan's political road – and Sesame Street's | Mark Lawson
Tyrannical regimes may be influenced by cultural 'soft power', but a boycott can be less compromisingBlowing in the wind at the moment is the question of cultural diplomacy. Bob Dylan plays a gig in...
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Deutsche Börse merger with NYSE Euronext could lead to more tie-ups
Merger paves the way for more consolidation of exchangesThe consolidation of the world's most important stock exchanges could accelerate after the merger of Germany's Deutsche Börse and the New-York...
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Soaring commodities prices push China's trade balance into the red
Demand for consumer goods from abroad pushes up import billThe commodities boom has pushed China's trade balance into the red for the first time since 2004.Official figures released on Sunday show that...
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Hosni Mubarak insists he did nothing wrong as Egypt's president
In his first public address since leaving power, deposed leader denies stealing billions of dollars from the state and says accusations of corruption are 'a lie'Egypt's deposed former president, Hosni...
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The Tea Party tail wags the Republican dog, but it's Obama dragged off course...
The American right is on the verge of imploding. Yet on the budget as in healthcare, the president punched below his weightThe recently elected Republican governor of Maine, Paul LePage, is no art...
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Bradley Manning: top US legal scholars voice outrage at 'torture'
Obama professor among 250 experts who have signed letter condemning humiliation of alleged WikiLeaks sourceMore than 250 of America's most eminent legal scholars have signed a letter protesting against...
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Barcelona votes on Catalan independence from Spain
Pro-independence groups hope to improve turnout, but skeptics say non-binding ballot is an exercise in futilityPro-independence activists have asked citizens of Barcelona whether their north-eastern...
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Ian Fleming and Agatha Christie lead list of UK's top-earning crimewriters
Dead authors are still making a fortune, while John Grisham and Dan Brown lead the US rankingsIan Fleming, creator of James Bond, has beaten Agatha Christie to the title of most successful – and...
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War in Afghanistan is destabilising Pakistan, says president
Asif Ali Zardari criticises members of US Congress and US media in Guardian interviewThe war in Afghanistan is destabilising Pakistan and seriously undermining efforts to restore its democratic...
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Nick Clegg adviser threatens to resign over rush to reform NHS
Norman Lamb, a government whip, says Lib Dem MPs and peers will not support reform bill unless their demands are metDavid Cameron has been warned that he will have to endorse sweeping changes to the...
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Grand National 'on a par with bullfighting' after deaths
Aintree to review safety after two horses died following race in sweltering heat and over firmer ground than usualThe Grand National has been compared to "Spanish bullfighting" and its organisers...
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Britain needs to end its love affair with the world stage | Jackie Ashley
While we pull in our belts at home, our leaders get carried away abroad. It's time we turned our backs on our imperial pastThere are three ways to respond when the going gets tough: head in the sand,...
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Banks threaten to leave London over measures to prevent another bailout
Commission's plans unlikely to include breaking up institutions, but banks 'may still quit UK'A government commission is to unveil measures aimed at ensuring taxpayers will never again need to bail out...
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Cuba denounces acquittal of former CIA agent Luis Posada as a farce
US accused of protecting a known terrorist after jury clears anti-communist agent of all 11 charges against himCuba has denounced as a "farce" the acquittal in the United States of Luis Posada...
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Syria death toll rises as threats of force become more explicit
At least three killed and many more wounded in shootings in port city of Banias amid reports army was moving inHuman rights groups have warned over the rising death toll in Syria as security forces...
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Google's Eric Schmidt to give MacTaggart lecture
Search engine executive chairman is first leading figure from a technology company to deliver the speechFor the first time in its 35-year history, the MacTaggart lecture at this year's MediaGuardian...
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The Tempest – review
Barbican, LondonThere is something liberating about Shakespeare in a foreign language. And Declan Donnellan, working for the fourth time with Cheek by Jowl's Russian ensemble, has come up with a...
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Wiley – review
Academy, NewcastleAfter pioneering grime with his Roll Deep crew (which included Dizzee Rascal and Tinchy Stryder), Wiley's 2008 No 2 hit Wearing My Rolex went overground but alienated his fanbase....
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Now That's What I Call Music goes digital
Maker of 1980s chart tapes holds 500 house parties to launch service allowing fans to make and download own compilationsBack in the dry-ice-swept and pre-digital days of the 1980s, their endless series...
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Is Tevatron's particle a new force of nature? | Jim Al-Khalili
Physicists have evidence for a particle that – if true – would rock theories of how the universe worksIt would seem that the biggest and most famous scientific experiment in the world, the Large Hadron...
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