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Letters: How the genome affects our health
Jonathan Latham's article on the failure of the genome programme to identify the genes that make us disease-prone (Comment, 18 April) misses important points – some known for years, others emerging...
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Letters: Last supper
The archbishop of Canterbury calls for a law to make the super-rich spend a couple of hours each year with the poor (Report, 22 April) to remind the privileged few that "Power exists … so that ordinary...
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Royal wedding street parties more popular in south, figures show
According to research based on road closure applications, London tops the party table while Glasgow is not planning anyMore than 5,500 royal wedding street parties are expected to be held across...
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Corrections and clarifications
• An article wrongly stated that Gino Coutinho – goalkeeper of the Netherlands' Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag – had been sentenced along with his girlfriend to 12 months in prison. The court has yet to...
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Country diary: Sandy, Bedfordshire
A grasshopper-green insect sprang up from under my feet and over the open heath. It did not leap and land but drifted some distance before coming to earth. The green tiger beetle enticed and eluded....
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Superinjunctions: The rich man's gag | Editorial
The rulings appear to place the power of the courts at the disposal of the rich and famous (and male)The relationship between the courts, the press and parliament has been severely shaken over the past...
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David Cameron gave internship to neighbour
PM says it is 'fine' to offer his children's friends work placementsDavid Cameron has undermined one of Nick Clegg's flagship policies for improving social mobility, saying it is "fine" to offer his...
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Simon Hoggart's week: Keeping ahead of the rhinos
A wonderfully worthwhile trip to the London Marathon, despite the giant buggies and tube crush✒ We went to watch the London Marathon last Sunday. I was in grumpy old man mode and hated the crowds on...
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Unreported World: China's Lost Sons – review
Oliver Steeds's film about a Chinese man's search for his kidnapped son in the brick factories of Shaanxi province was the real journalistic dealUnreported World (Channel 4) is one of those documentary...
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Teachers could quit over pensions if told to work longer, and pay more
Teachers consider strike action as an entire generation of young teachers could be without an occupational pensionSchools face a potential exodus if staff are asked to pay higher contributions or work...
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Cursing one's homeland before fleeing overseas, Martin Amis, is a cliche
For Martin Amis, celebrity, narcissism and tabloid superficiality are the villains of modern British lifeAn old story: bad news arrives from France. A celebrated English writer, to whom the label...
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Should we care who wrote William Shakespeare's plays? | Mark Lawson
On the anniversary of his death, researchers – driven by a devotion to plays which have lasted centuries – are still finding, and deleting, works to credit to himThis week, I spent six hours watching...
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Backwards step on looking into the future | Ben Goldacre
Scientific journals can be as bad as newspapers in preferring eye-catching stories to negative findingsLast year a mainstream psychology researcher called Daryl Bem published a competent academic...
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The conversation: Should prisoners be allowed to vote?
Should prisoners be allowed to vote? Jonathan Aitken and Frances Crook takes sides in the debate. Emine Saner hostsThis month, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the UK must end its ban on...
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I'm sick of all this mutual surveillance – let's put a stop to the Mummy Wars...
When it comes to motherhood, our culture can be hugely judgmental. Surely we can do things differently without forming hostile tribes?So how are you surviving all that quality time with your children...
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Bidisha's thought for the day: Police on Twitter
West Midlands police have been experimenting with Tweeting about court cases at Birmingham Magistrates Court. Should this sort of thing be a priority?Have you ever wondered what happens inside...
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In this for the long haul | Paul Handley
Easter Day is all the more special for Christians who fail in self-denial during LentMay I acquaint you with my right leg? More specifically, a couple of niggly little muscles in my knee that twinge as...
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Santander's takeover of RBS branches delayed
Acquisition of 318 Royal Bank of Scotland branches now expected to be completed in first quarter of 2012Santander's takeover of 318 Royal Bank of Scotland branches is not expected to be completed until...
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More than 30 people presumed dead after Congo boat capsizes
UN peacekeeping mission investigates as police reveal seven people survived but give no details about cause of accidentMore than 30 people are missing, presumed dead, in the Democratic Republic of the...
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L'Oréal goes behind the bathroom door
Sales are up by as much as 30% in some emerging economies, thanks to L'Oréal's global approach to R&DWith her matted hair and dated makeup, Peggy is on the shelf. The shelf in question is in...
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