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Letters: Executive pay policy yields big bonus for Ed Miliband
Last week you reported that Peter Mandelson was warning "against reverting to old arguments and business and bank bashing" (Report, 26 January). Mandelson, along with a chorus of others, has been...
View ArticleMartin Rowson on the Stephen Hester bonus row – cartoon
RBS chief Stephen Hester waives controversial bonus of nearly £1m but the row lingers onMartin Rowson
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Country diary: Kinder Scout: A silent brooding crowd on the moor
Kinder Scout: Even in good weather this collection of wind-sculpted boulders is astonishing. Now, half-obscured by mist, they almost blew my mindA forecast of sunshine lured me up Grindsbrook Clough...
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With its deadly drones, the US is fighting a coward's war | George Monbiot
As technology allows machines to make their own decisions, warfare will be become bloodier – and less accountableThe ancient Greeks, unlike the Jews or the Christians, invested their gods with human...
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Letters: Pacifists and the census form
Why has the CPS chosen our respected Stroud mayor John Marjoram, 72, a pensioner and Quaker, to prosecute for refusing to sign the census form on conscientious grounds, when over 750,000 others have...
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Letters: Freelance by choice
In his rant on the self-employed, John Harris (Comment, 22 January) cited Napoleon and ended up with his own editorial Waterloo as he battled to belittle "odd-jobbers" like taxi drivers, security...
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Letters: Smoke and mirrors
I loved your profile of Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg (25 January). I've worked in financial services for 25 years – mostly in top 10 FTSE banks – and am now working short-term for NS&I. I have two...
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Letters: View from the other end of the telescope
Ian Jack (The battle for Scotland has begun, 28 January) appears incapable of addressing the real issues about Scottish independence. Anyone who knows the history of the coal, slate, tin, shipbuilding...
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Carlos Tevez set to stay at Manchester City after Milan hopes fade
• Argentinian striker may return to remain in limbo• Milan: 'We are not expecting him to join us now'Carlos Tevez may spend the rest of the season in limbo after Milan announced there was little...
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RBS chief's bonus: the shares of responsibility
Stephen Hester's decision to waive his bonus was right – but government policy towards the banking sector remains a jumblePublic opinion was adamantly against. The government, sensing the strength of...
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Coast presenter Alice Roberts becomes a professor
Alice Roberts, who has popularised science in TV programmes such as Coast, Don't Die Young and The Origins of Us, has been appointed professor of public engagement in science at Birmingham...
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Frozen bank accounts add to Portsmouth's problems
• Latest blow follows winding-up petition• Club seeking to get accounts unfrozenPortsmouth say their bank accounts have been frozen following the winding-up petition issued by HM Revenue & Customs....
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These welfare reforms use hunger as a spur to work | Felicity Lawrence
The coalition government's welfare reforms and its attack on wages casts poverty in Britain in 18-century termsBy the time most visitors reach the doors of Hammersmith and Fulham Foodbank in London,...
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Taxing wealth? The public mood still escapes the Tories | Polly Toynbee
Ed Miliband's task is to point out where the blame really lies for unfairness in the system: the field is there for Labour's takingThe Hester bonus retreat marks a seismic political moment, a point of...
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David Cameron faces clash with Conservative eurosceptics
Prime minister drops Britain's objections to the use of the European court of justice to police tough new fiscal rules for the eurozoneDavid Cameron is facing a fresh clash with Tory Eurosceptics after...
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New voices of social media – same old corporate speak
Jargon ruled the day as the committee of MPs investigating privacy spoke to a famous PR man and a Google executiveFour people from the new, state of the art, social media faced MPs and peers on Monday....
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Arsenal's Robin van Persie escapes punishment for Carlos Cuéllar clash
• Robin van Persie elbow incident seen by referee• Arsenal relief as forward avoids suspension riskRobin van Persie will not be sanctioned by the Football Association for an alleged elbow flung at...
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In praise of … Alain de Botton
The philosopher's plan for secular temples may be a flop, but there is space for creative conversation about the purpose of religionReligion without faith may seem about as pointless as non-alcoholic...
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Sébastien Bassong and Steven Pienaar target move from Tottenham to QPR
• Bassong keen to complete move sought in summer• Pienaar seeks regular first-team actionSébastien Bassong and Steven Pienaar are desperate to leave Tottenham Hotspur for Queens Park Rangers before the...
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Monty Panesar puts good spin on potential of partnering Graeme Swann
• Bowler believes he can combine with rival England spinner• Panesar defends batsmen after collapse against PakistanDear old Monty obviously got the short straw. They needed someone to deliver a long...
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