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Isserlis/Hough – review
Wigmore Hall, LondonSteven Isserlis is the Wigmore Hall's artist in residence this season – not that you would necessarily know it, as he is never away from the venue for long anyway. Concerts such as...
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Japan radiation fears grip town on edge of destruction
Minamisoma straddles the 20km perimeter from Fukushima plant, and residents are divided on whether to stay or goThe debris strewn along the coastal neighbourhoods of Minamisoma should be proof enough...
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The new MG: made in China, fine-tuned in Birmingham
After 16 years, the MG is about to hit the road again – thanks to the Shanghai Automotive Industry CorporationThe automotive offspring of an Anglo-Chinese collaboration will roll off the production...
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Syrian soldiers shot for refusing to fire on protesters
Witnesses claim soldiers who disobeyed orders in Banias were shot by security services as crackdown on protests intensifiesSyrian soldiers have been shot by security forces after refusing to fire on...
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Libyan air strikes prompt Nato rift with Britain and France
William Hague and Alain Juppé press for intensified military action against Gaddafi but Nato rejects criticismA potential rift in the international coalition behind air strikes against Muammar...
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NHS chief intervenes as 560 ambulance jobs axed
Sir David Nicholson says extra £11.5bn spending means patient services should not be cutSir David Nicholson, the NHS's chief executive, has warned health bosses that patient care should not suffer as a...
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ANC youth leader Julius Malema fights hate speech lawsuit
Afrikaner organisations in South Africa bring civil suit over singing of song featuring the lyrics 'shoot the Boer'Controversial ANC youth-wing leader Julius Malema is trying to protect his right to...
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US-Pakistan relations facing biggest crisis since 9/11, officials say
Drone attacks, CIA activities and lack of progress in Afghanistan are fuelling a rift between the US and PakistanBitter disputes over covert CIA activities and drone attacks inside Pakistan, lack of...
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Gerald Ronson at front of petrol station queue
Gerald Ronson is believed to be part of a consortium that is frontrunner to buy Murco UK's 475 forecourts – as well as bidding for 800 Total stationsProperty tycoon Gerald Ronson is building a new...
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My advice for the happiness lobby? Start with drugs | Simon Jenkins
It's a quest that has taxed the likes of Billy Graham and the Dalai Lama. The answer's in local politics and narcotics legislationYes, folks, happiness days are here again, again. A new campaign called...
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Moussa Koussa's departure to Doha angers Lockerbie campaigners
British government accused of betrayal after allowing Libyan defector Moussa Koussa to travel to conference in QatarLibya's most high profile defector, foreign minister Moussa Koussa, flew out of the...
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David Cameron misfires on student access
Prime minister was mistaken on Oxford's black student numbers, but wants more state school entrants at top universitiesEgypt, Brussels, Pakistan, Spain – David Cameron makes Blair's shuttle diplomacy...
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Action for Happiness movement launches with free hugs and love
Members pledge to replace self-obsessed materialism with caring action groups at work, home and in the communityAs drivers angrily beeped their horns and cyclists weaved impatiently through London's...
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Russian Helicopters to launch in London
Kremlin-controlled firm will become first Russian defence company to list on LSEThe Kremlin-controlled company whose helicopters were used in the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan is coming to...
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Laurent Gbagbo arrest prompts fresh wave of violence in Ivory Coast
At least 18 people killed in suburb of Yopougon as militas take to the streets to express anger over leader's removalThe killing of at least 18 people and a fresh wave of violence, lawlessness and...
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Libyan rebel leadership set to reject Moussa Koussa in mediation role
Benghazi's interim ruling council unimpressed by former foreign minister's scaremongering statementIf Moussa Koussa wanted to win the confidence of the revolutionary leadership in Benghazi to act as a...
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Going medieval: Live like Bess of Hardwick | Lucy Worsley
Our medieval ancestors have much to teach us of thick walls, middens, shutters and chimneysDomestic life in the past was smelly, cold, dirty and uncomfortable, but we have much to learn from it. I...
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Nuns challenge Goldman Sachs over executive pay
Sisters of St Francis and members of Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility will attend Goldman's annual meetingLloyd Blankfein, head of Goldman Sachs, may believe he is "doing God's work" but...
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Gillian Duffy challenges Nick Clegg over coalition spending cuts
After episode with Gordon Brown last year, Rochdale pensioner turns focus on Clegg – but we gave her the idea, admits LabourGillian Duffy has shot back into the political limelight with a little help...
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Goldman Sachs signals end of oil price rises
• Goldman clients advised to sell out of commodities• Crude price falls by up to $3.25 per barrelThe oil price tumbled by as much as $3.25 a barrel on Tuesday after the world's biggest commodity trader...
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