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David Cameron vows to bolster Saudi Arabia ties
Prime minister and Saudi king agree to strengthen bilateral relationship despite fears over kingdom's human rights recordDavid Cameron has agreed to "strengthen co-operation" with Saudi Arabia despite...
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The conversation: Should making movies be all about making money?
David Cameron wants state funding to go to 'commercial' films. The BBC's Christine Langan and film-maker Gareth Edwards discuss big-screen risks and rewardsThis week, ahead of a report on Britain's...
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Soho House agrees £250m deal
American billionaire Ron Burkle buys private members' club stakes as group targets Asia and Far East for expansionIt began as a modest set of private rooms above a restaurant in Old Compton Street,...
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Eurozone crisis: signs of hope … then credit agencies strike
The concerted attempts by the French establishment to persuade S&P, Moody's and Fitch that Britain was more deserving of a downgrade have fallen on deaf earsIt had all been going so well for the...
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Simon Hoggart's week: the HS2's fast track to destruction
The planned rail link will ruin the Chilterns to get well-to-do people to Birmingham a few minutes earlier✒ I've been reading a new book, Felling the Ancient Oaks, by John Martin Robinson (Aurum),...
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Letters: Profit games at the supermarket
The subject of your front-page story (Shake-up at Tesco after £5bn battering, 13 January) neatly sums up the core problem at the heart of underregulated capitalism. Tesco sees huge stock market value...
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Country diary: Sandy, Bedfordshire: A rabbit murder mystery
Sandy, Bedfordshire: More bone than skin, its body, pegged up twig by twig on the tree, had a macabre driftwood beauty, the sodden fur rippled and creased over what was left of its rib cageOut in the...
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If everyone did a Wozza, maybe Tesco wouldn't be too big to fail | Marina Hyde
Tesco's poor results have led it to review its practices. The self-service tills used by Wozza may be a good place to startSad news for Tesco, which this week discovered an unexpected item in its...
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Letters: Lugard's return
While Alastair Campbell is enjoying his newfound state of happiness (How I got happy and stayed grumpy, 7 January), I hope he will find time to spare a thought for the family of David Kelly, an...
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Letters: Uprising against fracking nuisance
Your report (13 January) of a packed village-hall meeting standing up to the chief executive and PR machine of the US multinational Cuadrilla over its plans to drill for gas clearly exposed the...
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Letters: Comprehensive students welcome
As an Oxford admissions tutor, I recognise some elements of Jeevan Vasagar's examination of the Cambridge admissions system (G2, 11 January), but not the division drawn between "good" and "poor"...
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Letters: Work Programme contract is putting providers out of business
I work for an organisation that is part of the supply chain delivering the Work Programme. The terms under which we work are dictated by the Department for Work and Pensions contract; there is no...
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Letters: Lords a-leaping
Surely the number of MPs representing Wales and elsewhere should be increased rather than reduced as proposed (Report, 10 January) to maximise public representation at a time when membership of the...
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Golden Globes fire up film awards season
The Golden Globe awards are much derided for not being the Oscars, but that won't stop 17 million Americans tuning inOn Sunday night, 17 million Americans will sit down in front of their TVs to watch...
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Rottweiler owner jailed for one year
Derek Adam sentenced to prison after two dogs in his care escaped from a garden and mauled a 10-year-old girlA man convicted of owning two Rottweilers which mauled and severely injured a 10-year-old...
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The state's workforce: longer terms and conditions
With funds tight, it is more important than ever that every last pound that is spent on the school payroll can be justified by the education pupils receiveMichael Gove enjoys nothing more than picking...
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For the families of Haditha, this is a matter of honour | Nick Broomfield
Botched inquiries and lies in the wake of the Haditha massacre in Iraq mean the victims' families are still waiting for justiceIt was more than six years ago, but the massacre that took place at...
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Ed Balls: George Osborne's plan is failing but Labour cannot duck reality
Shadow chancellor says a Labour government would not be in a position to commit to reversing the Conservatives' cutsEd Balls admits he is going through a difficult transition. He just has just started...
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Ed Balls risks union anger in push to bolster Labour's economic credibility
Spending cuts and public sector pay freeze imposed by Conservatives will not be automatically overturned, says shadow chancellorEd Balls, the shadow chancellor, has moved to challenge accusations that...
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Q&A: Why is a AAA credit rating the gold standard?
Europe has been plunged into a fresh crisis after France admitted it had been stripped of its coveted AAA ratingWhy does a credit rating matter?The interest rate nation states are forced to offer to...
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