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Pub giants fall into debt, but publicans feel the pain | John Harris
Pub leaseholders slaving away at £1 an hour are being squeezed by pubcos that are billions of pounds in the redBesides the modern fondness for being home alone, what explains the decline of the British...
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Media Monkey: The Apprentice, Mark Thompson and the Bungays
✒ Anthony Julius, the late Princess Diana's lawyer no less, has penned a "letter before action" to the London Evening Standard on behalf of his new clients, Will Lewis and Simon Greenberg. Nothing but...
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Libya frees two British journalists accused of spying
Gareth Montgomery-Johnson and Nicholas Davies work for Iran's Press TV and were arrested by militia group in FebruaryTwo British journalists who were arrested last month by a Libyan militia group and...
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Corrections and clarifications
Dominique Strauss-Kahn possible charges | Contaminated land• Writing about Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a story mentioned that a French writer had accused the former head of the International Monetary Fund...
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Country diary: Claxton, Norfolk: The languid fluency of the short-eared owl's...
Claxton, Norfolk: Every now and then the owl plunges for prey, and for the few moments that the creature remains earthbound I can take in the great cat's head and the huge cat's eyesOur weathervane...
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Letters: Silver lining in jubilee year
At last there is a silver lining to the clouds of 2012. The tedium of the jubilee and the Olympics will be relieved by the fun and games attendant on the choice of the new archbishop of Canterbury...
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Risk register is key to vote on NHS bill
Your editorial (14 March) confuses the ongoing debate about publication of the risk register linked to the government's reorganisation of the NHS. The information tribunal has ruled that the Department...
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Letters: A budget set by the rich, for the rich
Who are these beneficiaries of the budget (Osborne poised to slash top rate of tax from 50p, 16 March)? These persons earning over £150,000 a year are the highest paid 1% in the population. But they...
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Women will need more than a spread in Grazia magazine to vote Tory | Jackie...
Female voters have been hit hard by public sector cuts and NHS changes, so the budget's gender effect deserves close scrutinyOn last week's trip to Washington, David Cameron brought along the usual...
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Germany's secret? The Protestant leisure ethic | Philip Oltermann
The Germans have at last won over the British. But the workaholics Britain so admires belong to a distant pastFirst, the cheery news: the Brits may finally be getting over the war. A YouGov survey...
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Nick Clegg tries to quell Lib Dem concerns over 50p tax rate move
Amid tension between coalition partners, Lib Dems to claim credit for 'Robin Hood' budgetNick Clegg will attempt to show this week that the Liberal Democrats are shaping the central direction of the...
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Europe's foreign policy: continental drift | Editorial
The euro crisis brings one risk that financiers do not see – confusing Europe with a currencyThe euro crisis brings one risk that financiers do not see: confusing Europe with a currency. The European...
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Fabrice Muamba: wave of sympathy for refugee who rose to Premier League
Bolton Wanderers footballer remains in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest during FA Cup matchFootball fans and players expressed their sympathy at stadiums across the country on Sunday...
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In praise of ... fruit flies | Editorial
Male fruit flies, when rejected by females, turn to alcohol. Not for nothing are habitual drinkers sometimes dismissed as bar fliesDrosophila are laboratory favourites: these little fruit flies have...
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China's path to reform | Martin Jacques
The west presumes there is little discussion and argument in Beijing over policy. This is wrongLast week's dismissal of Bo Xilai, the party secretary of Chongqing province, casts this autumn's Chinese...
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Doctors make last-ditch warning over NHS shake-up
Bill poses 'significant risk to patients and public' says study by public health specialistsThe NHS could stop providing key services, meaning tragedies such as the death of Baby P become harder to...
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Weatherwatch: March sometimes has a sting in its tail
You may think you've seen the last of winter by now, but March sometimes has a sting in its tail. Certainly this was the case in 1969, when thick snow fell across Scotland and much of the north of...
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Birdwatch: Green woodpecker
My children call it "the bird that laughs at us"; our ancestors gave it the folk-name "yaffle" for the same reason. We hear them in the mornings and evenings, as they call from the orchard alongside...
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King who steered Tonga towards democracy dies aged 63
George Tupou V – known to outside world for eccentricities including penchant for wearing top hat – has died in Hong KongThe king of Tonga, George Tupou V, who was credited with introducing democracy...
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Al-Qaida linked militants behind American teacher's killing in Yemen
Ansar al-Sharia claims the killing was in response to west's campaign of Christian proselytisingAn al-Qaida linked militant group has claimed responsibility for the killing an American teacher in city...
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