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Peacocks falls into administration
Collapse of last-ditch management buyout deal for budget fashion chain puts 9,600 jobs at riskPeacocks, the budget fashion chain, has fallen into administration, putting 9,600 jobs at risk, after a...
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Norman Parkinson exhibition shines spotlight on vintage chic
Unseen prints by man who revolutionised fashion photography to go on show in BristolThey are wonderful images, stylish, witty and cool. But the photographs also tell the story of how the austere...
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Who pays the Tesco CEO's wages of £6.9m a year? We do | Zoe Williams
When low supermarket wages are supplemented by state benefits, it allows obscene profits to be made at taxpayers' expenseThe first time I heard the phrase "state-subsidised corporate super-profits" was...
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Andrew Lawrence – review
The Junction, CambridgeHis last tour was called Too Ugly for Television. This one is called Best Kept Secret in Comedy. Whether that represents a spike in self-confidence or just a change in PR...
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Costa Concordia captain tells judge how he left stricken cruise ship
Francesco Schettino describes mayhem onboard after vessel ran aground off Italian coast but prosecutor disputes accountThe cruise liner captain accused of abandoning ship after he struck rocks off the...
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Falkland Islands stir fresh tensions as war's 30th anniversary looms
David Cameron accuses Argentina of 'colonialist attitude' over islands as he reiterates support for self-ruleBritain intensified its rhetoric against Argentina on Wednesday, as David Cameron accused...
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Mario Monti promises Italy won't ask Britain for bailout money
Rome will have eliminated deficit by 2013, insists Italian prime minister, as IMF warns it will need $500bn in extra fundingItaly's prime minister, Mario Monti, has pledged that UK taxpayers will not...
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Yahoo's founder Jerry Yang paid price for a long game of catch-up
The one-time internet big name has never recovered the momentum it had in its early daysYahoo's problem is that the internet doesn't care for runners-up. The company that founder and "chief yahoo"...
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Rabiu Ibrahim signs for Celtic after impressing during trial period
• Playmaker made an impact in practice-match victory• Neil Lennon believes Nigerian midfielder is a real talentCeltic have announced the signing of the Nigerian midfielder Rabiu Ibrahim, subject to a...
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Carmen Lundy – review
Ronnie Scott's, LondonCarmen Lundy looked happy to be among friends at Ronnie Scott's, an place that has felt like home to her kind of coolly expert, classic-to-contemporary jazz singing for years. The...
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David Cameron takes full responsibility for the economy. But not the blame |...
The PM presented his usual calm and confident front - but follicular turmoil and a ratty remark gave the game awayWe Cameron-watchers know when he's rattled. What with the unemployment figures climbing...
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Unilever row over pensions, profits and executive pay at Port Sunlight
Marmite, Pot Noodle, Persil and Walls among lines hit as Unilever workers go on strike in first of 10 days of actionThe industrialist and Liberal politician William Hesketh Lever began building the...
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Pick'n'mix policies: Chocolate Orange men seek 'responsible capitalism'
PM joins other party leaders in seeking to blend markets with conscience – but they keep stealing from the same jars of ideasIn a WH Smith not far from Westminster, there are no Terry's Chocolate...
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Jonathan Biss – review
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonJonathan Biss opened and closed his recital with two of the Beethoven sonatas – No 5 in C Minor, Op 10 No 1 and No 26 in E Flat "Les Adieux" – that feature on his latest...
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Fund manager Fidelity attacks executive pay and bonus bonanza
Fidelity backs UK government's plans to give shareholders power to veto executive pay and bonus packagesFidelity, one of the biggest investors in the stock market, has spoken out against...
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Dereck Chisora ridicules David Haye bid to fight Vitali Klitschko
• Bermondsey fighter set to come out of retirement• 'I think it's just embarrassing,' says ChisoraDereck Chisora has labelled David Haye "embarrassing" and a "laughing stock" after the Bermondsey...
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Doctors' vote means first industrial action since 1975 is almost unavoidable
Medics have a mixed record on getting what they want through industrial action, but this could be tougher test for ministersThe British Medical Association's vote to reject the government's pensions...
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Goldman Sachs enters £8bn 'parallel pay universe'
Payout by investment bank – equating to £238,000 per employee – provokes anger among unionsBankers at Goldman Sachs have been accused of living in a parallel universe after the Wall Street firm...
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Nottingham Forest fans and former players fear League One return | Simon Burnton
Forest were title contenders according to the bookmakers but are in the relegation zone and the anger is mounting"I like a challenge," said Steve McClaren in June, as he faced the media for the first...
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Plucked – review
Roundhouse, LondonThere are shades of Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel and Beauty and the Beast in this darkly inventive piece from Invisible Thread, a new company created by former Faulty Optic co-founder...
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