Letters: Labour's impotence and snake-oil politics
Seumas Milne writes that in Britain "a Mélenchon or Bradford-style platform could not of course make up a winning national strategy" (George Galloway and Jean-Luc Mélenchon expose a huge political gap,...
View ArticleLetter: Hypocrisy and Iran
After all the rhetoric, we now come to serious negotiation between the "P5+1" nations and Iran (West issues nuclear call to Iran as 'last chance' talks loom, 9 April). In the face of punitive...
View ArticleLetters: Fiction and fact in the great book debate
Not really wishing to defend Amazon, I have to confess that, because I live in the country, my reading habits have been transformed by the online store (Letters, 9 April). Up until a few years ago, if...
View ArticleLetters: Architects who put their stamp on the Post Office
Ian Jack's necessarily nostalgic discussion of the legacy of the cruelly undermined Post Office (The great age of the Post Office is past, 7 April) perhaps underestimates the value of its architecture....
View ArticleRoberto Mancini's future at Manchester City depends on next six games
• Mancini under pressure after title hopes fade• City took five points from past five gameRoberto Mancini is fighting for his future as the Manchester City manager. The Italian needs a convincing...
View ArticleSchools: academic theory, practical problems | Editorial
Michael Gove has succeeded in pushing his legislation through, but messy realities may still come to bear on his policiesBismarck never likened law-making to sausage manufacture, but the misquote is...
View ArticleSyria's key to real change | Rami Khouri
External pressure on Bashar al-Assad's regime must be complementary to a galvanised Syrian oppositionThe UN action in support of the call from special envoy Kofi Annan for a total ceasefire in Syria on...
View ArticleFeminism: Bunker mentality | Editorial
In refusing to IBM's Gina Rometty membership on the basis she is a woman, the US Masters golf club is heading for irrelevanceLike a prehistoric creature trapped in amber, the refusal by the US Masters...
View ArticleBahrain shines uncomfortable light on F1's moral credentials
Bernie Ecclestone may have to bow to public opinion and call off this month's grand prixDictatorial, undemocratic, feudal in structure and intolerant of dissenting opinion – there have always been...
View ArticleIn praise of … time off together | Editorial
On the seventh day, God created the Sabbath – and He knew what he was doingAmid your cooking, sightseeing or DIY yesterday, you may have missed the killjoys at the Centre for Economics and Business...
View ArticleLondon 2012: Dave Brailsford ponders Sir Chris Hoy's Olympic role
Team GB's impressive performance in Melbourne has raised several selection issues for performance director Dave BrailsfordThe Great Britain performance director, Dave Brailsford, has admitted that he...
View ArticleFulham 1-1 Chelsea | Premier League match report
Chelsea had been wheezing in pursuit of the top four for some time, recent victories squeezed rather unconvincingly from tight contests, yet now they have stalled. For a while last night Roberto Di...
View ArticleKenny Dalglish faces FA rap after questioning referees' integrity
• Liverpool manager furious at treatment by officials• 'Referees need to take a look at themselves'Kenny Dalglish risks being charged by the Football Association after he questioned the integrity of...
View ArticleThe tax and finances of every citizen must be open to public scrutiny | Polly...
The tax genie is now out of the bottle. It is secrecy that enables inequality, while transparency underpins social justiceDid George Osborne benefit from cutting top taxes, Labour demands. His careful...
View ArticleLuke Harding's diary
Peter Hitchens to become an MP? Well, only if the right sort of seat falls vacant• With old party loyalties rapidly crumbling, new opportunities present themselves. Step forward bold free-thinker Peter...
View ArticleThomas Vermaelen says Arsenal can challenge for 2013 Premier League
• Defender believes Arsenal can be contenders next season• Belgian encouraged by run of eight wins in nine gamesThomas Vermaelen has pointed to flashes of form and quality demonstrated by Arsenal this...
View ArticleTony McCoy: No horse has won Gold Cup and a Grand National in 78 years
The 16-time champion is targeting Golden Miller's Grand National and Gold Cup double of 1934 and says he will retire when he fails to retain the jockeys' championshipThe cold seeps deep into our bones,...
View ArticleUniversity challenge is more than question of sport in troubled times |...
Trenton Oldfield's protest at the Boat Race spoiled many people's day on the Thames but dramatic gestures are sometimes required to bring about changeOnce the burst of instinctive outrage had subsided,...
View ArticleTony McCoy confirms Synchronised tilt at National and Gold Cup double
• Champion jockey goes for his second win in 17 attempts• McCoy: If he jumps well, Synchronised can definitely winTony McCoy, the champion jockey, has spoken of his excitement at trying to make racing...
View ArticleWest Ham United 3-3 Birmingham City | Championship match report
"I said to the players beforehand that if they come off the pitch having kept a clean sheet, then we'll have won – but I must have been talking Swahili." West Ham United mounted a rousing comeback to...
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