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Mary Stuart – review
New Diorama, London"Our aim," says Mark Leipacher, director of the young Faction company, "is to create big, bold, bombastic theatre with limited resources." I'm not sure about bombastic; one of the...
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Velvet Underground moves to protect Banana Album design
New York band launch lawsuit after reading Andy Warhol Foundation had agreed to license design for Apple productsNew York rock group, the Velvet Underground, took legal action on Wednesday to stop its...
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Unhappy childhoods afflict one in 10 youngsters, finds Children's Society
Survey of 30,000 children aged eight to 16 pinpoints family relationships and 'materialistic traps' behind low well-beingAlmost one in 10 children over the age of eight are unhappy, according to a...
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IVF clinics should be allowed to transfer two embryos, says study
Current thinking prefers single embryo transfer to avoid risk of twins, but new study concludes this is not always bestFertility clinics should be allowed to transfer two embryos rather than just one...
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100 companies pledge to open up work-experience opportunities
Supermarkets, banks, law firms and energy providers sign up to Nick Clegg's social mobility strategyOne hundred companies have signed up to Nick Clegg's social mobility strategy, pledging their firms...
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Lords inflict triple welfare bill defeat on government
Campaigners win House of Lords votes on Employment and Support AllowanceThe government's plans to reform welfare were badly hit on Wednesday when it suffered three defeats in the House of Lords on...
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US marines accused of war crimes
Video posted anonymously on YouTube claims to show American troops in Afghanistan urinating on dead bodiesUS forces in Afghanistan are facing fresh accusations of war crimes after film emerged which...
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Management consultants get £7m to give GPs business skills
NHS London paid consultancies such as KPMG and McKinsey up to £1.6m each for training doctors how to handle budgetsDoctors have condemned health service bosses for giving management consultants such as...
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Royal Bank of Scotland's balance sheet still as big as UK economy
Stephen Hester may have axed 33,000 jobs and reduced the bank's balance sheet from £2.2tn to £1.4tn – but it is still the size of the UK economyFor all his efforts since taking on the task of turning...
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A third of Mormons say Mitt Romney's religion will count against him
Almost half of Mormons believe they are more discriminated against than African Americans, poll revealsOne-third of Mormons in the US believe that American voters are not ready to elect Mitt Romney, or...
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Ulster Bank cuts nearly 1,000 Irish jobs as RBS restructures
Ulster Bank blames deterioration in the Irish and global economies for the cutsRBS-owned Ulster Bank has confirmed it is cutting 950 jobs from its branches on both sides of the Irish border - a far...
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Rick Perry stakes everything on South Carolina: 'I'm not here to come second'
The Texas governor ignored New Hampshire, preferring instead to bet the house on the south. But will his gamble pay off?Rick Perry does not look like a dead man walking. The Texas governor, and ardent...
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Burma signs ceasefire with Karen rebels in step towards ending isolation
Talks with Karen – the only ethnic group never to have reached a peace deal – are part of efforts to seek international legitimacyAuthorities in Burma have signed a ceasefire agreement with ethnic...
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Cricketer Mervyn Westfield pleads guilty to spot fixing in county match
Essex player agreed to pull back on bowling so that a certain number of runs could be scored in one over during 2009 gameA former Essex County Cricket Club player has become the first English cricketer...
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Nicolas Sarkozy's worst election fear realised with loss of AAA rating
President was trailing Socialist rival François Hollande. Now his image as the 'Caped Crusader' of global finance is dentedWith less than 100 days until the first round of the French presidential race,...
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Is nanotechnology going to send us all to hell? | Philip Ball
Transhumanism and eternal life are on no serious scientists' agendas, but there may still be real moral concerns around nanotechWhat does God think of nanotechnology? The glib answer is that, like the...
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Accused fraudster denies knowledge of forged paperwork
Achilleas Kallakis who faces 21 charges of conspiracy, told the court he had 'no idea' documents were forgedAccused fraudster Achilleas Kallakis, the nephew of a Greek shipping tycoon, has told a jury...
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Violinist suspended for Israel Proms protest takes claim to tribunal
Call for Proms organisers to cancel concert by Israel Philharmonic Orchestra led to suspension of four musiciansOne of four musicians suspended by the London Philharmonic Orchestra is taking a claim...
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One look at the Christmas figures proves we're not all in it together
Upmarket retailers such as John Lewis struck gold in December, and so did the likes of Lidl, but Argos took a batteringIf there has been one message from the high street over Christmas it is that we...
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'Piracy' student loses US extradition battle over copyright infringement
TVShack's Richard O'Dwyer faces 10 years in jail for operating website US authorities say hosts links to copyrighted materialA judge ruled on Friday that a 23-year-old student can be extradited to the...
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