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Autumn Fire – review
Finborough, LondonLast year this venturesome venue gave us a riveting portrait of Belfast's Protestant culture in St John Ervine's Mixed Marriage (1911). Now it crosses the border to show us Catholic...
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Ralph McQuarrie obituary
Conceptual artist who brought Star Wars to lifeGeorge Lucas may have thought up the Star Wars series, but it would have looked very different without the imaginative breadth of the conceptual artist...
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Iran 'seeking to build nuclear weapon', warns David Cameron
Prime minister says Iran is planning an 'inter-continental nuclear weapon' but urges Israel to give sanctions more timeDavid Cameron has warned that Iran is seeking to build an "inter-continental...
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Vince Cable letter reveals cabinet unease over pace of economic recovery
Business secretary warns that the government lacks a 'compelling vision' beyond tackling Britain's record fiscal deficitCabinet unease over the slow pace of economic recovery burst into the open on...
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Stalking – the terrifying crime the law may at last be taking seriously |...
By criminalising stalking, Cameron is making the right moves. But legal redefinitions alone won't solve the problemA few years ago an academic I know had to suspend her career and go underground for a...
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In praise of … shaking hands | Editorial
Shaking the hands of strangers and rivals is one of the oldest signs of respect and peaceful intentThe Olympic Games are supposed to embody peaceful friendship among peoples. Shaking the hands of...
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Country diary: St Dominic, Tamar Valley: Spring, sun and celandines
St Dominic, Tamar Valley: Ewes with lambs lie content in their warm field, while bumble bees buzz around the blue flowers of rosemaryOn this dewy morning the overgrown valley of Radland millstream...
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Letters: Carbon capture is part of our energy future
I note the comments made by Nick Clegg at the Lib Dem conference over the weekend on the UK carbon capture and storage prototype at Longannet, which the coalition government decided to discontinue in...
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Letters: Beauty at a cost
Titian's Diana and Callisto (Report, 2 March) is an outstandingly beautiful work of art, like its sister painting Diana and Actaeon. But at £45m? As stunning as they are, we are not yet short of beauty...
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Letters: How to free up funds for legal aid
Polly Toynbee is right to criticise the government for threatening access to justice for the most vulnerable members of society, against which the bar has been campaigning for some time (Yes, legal aid...
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Letters: Policy Exchange's half-baked ideas
Patrick Wintour is made breathless by what he sees as Policy Exchange's intellectual fecundity (Compassionate Conservatives find it's time to think again, 6 March). It is good for a thinktank to...
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Letters: Israel, Clegg and Tonge's loss of the Lib Dem whip
Jenny Tonge has been forced to resign the Liberal Democrat whip in the Lords for making the essentially non-controversial prediction that Israel cannot be guaranteed survival in its present form if it...
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Letters: Viking raiders
While Iceland puts a former prime minister on trial for gross negligence (Report, 6 March), it is to our shame that some of Iceland's "banksters" now live at undisclosed addresses in the safety of...
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Leveson inquiry: concern over police evidence
Attorney general is examining the testimony of Sue Akers amid fears her comments were potentially in contempt of courtThe attorney general is examining whether the head of Scotland Yard's investigation...
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Let our angry cardinals believe in their doubts | Richard Holloway
If religious and political leaders want us to trust their judgment, they need to admit their uncertaintiesThere is a wincing little scene right at the end of John Patrick Shanley's 2008 film, Doubt....
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Ken Clarke unsettled by criticism of secret courts plan
Justice secretary forced to defend his plans against accusations that they are a 'corruption' of the British legal systemThe justice secretary, Ken Clarke, has admitted to being "unsettled" by...
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Birmingham City 0-2 Chelsea | FA Cup match report
Chelsea might almost feel like presenting Birmingham City with a sum of money to equal the gate receipts here at St Andrew's. This FA Cup replay, which takes them to a home tie with Leicester City,...
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Arsenal v Milan in the Champions League: five talking points | Amy Lawrence
Arsenal restored their pride with a committed display even if the Gunners' bench lacked real quality1 Dignity more than regainedAs ashamed as they felt to be so thoroughly outclassed in Italy, Arsenal...
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Drop the 50p tax rate and target property – the gutsy Welsh way to go | Simon...
Our council tax epitomises the political cowardice of successive governments. Will George Osborne be braver?George Osborne has the right instinct on tax. Get some sanity into child and housing benefit,...
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Lewis Hamilton's Monaco move may help his focus, says David Coulthard
• F1 needs an on-form Lewis Hamilton, Coulthard adds• Hamilton should stay with McLaren, adds Eddie JordanDavid Coulthard says Lewis Hamilton's move to Monaco, the home of so many famous racing...
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