Champions League malaise gives Premier League cause for concern | Daniel Taylor
Arsenal's thrashing by Milan leaves English football potentially facing its worst European Cup performance in 16 yearsPerhaps the most damning assessment came from Arrigo Sacchi, the man who created...
View ArticleRupert Murdoch expected to visit Sun staff at Wapping on Friday
Head of News Corp seeks to calm febrile atmosphere at News International in wake of internal investigation and arrestsRupert Murdoch is expected to visit his Wapping headquarters in east London on...
View ArticleCivic life and law must bind us, not ritual and religion | Polly Toynbee
The Queen and Baroness Warsi might disagree. But there is nothing extreme about demanding church and state be separateNo surprise that the Queen defends the established church, as she is the anointed...
View ArticleMilburn proposals on university access could fuel 'social engineering' row
Report by former Labour minister risks deepening dispute between Tories and Lib Dems over appointment of Offa chairGrowing Conservative anger over the way in which universities may be asked to play a...
View ArticleCountry diary: Snowdonia: Icy allure of the national park
Snowdonia: Spray from the waterfall had thickly glazed the bushes to one side in brilliantly clear ice, with secondary icicles hanging from the twigs in a complex latticeThere was a thick layer of...
View ArticleLetters: Lib Dem opposition to Gove on schools
Seumas Milne's devastating critique of Gove's policies on schools (Crony capitalism feeds the corporate plan for schools, 15 February) should add further strength to the many people who are fighting to...
View ArticleIran: false nuclear fears cloud the west's judgment | John Mueller
A rational approach to preventing nuclear proliferation could avoid thousands of unnecessary deathsAlarmism about nuclear proliferation is fairly common coin in the foreign policy establishment. And of...
View ArticleLetters: Uzbekistan projects
David Hardman et al (Letters, 14 February) correctly point out that London Metropolitan University is proud of its dedication to social justice. There are more ways, however, of addressing injustices...
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Christopher Le Brun is right to raise concerns about the future of the Wedgwood collection (Letters, 16 February). I have been following this unfortunate situation closely. Along with the local MP,...
View ArticleLetters: A taxpayers' alliance to promote social justice
Ministers at the Department of Work and Pensions repeat ad nauseam their mantra: "It is not fair for taxpayers to be asked to pay for the cost of spare bedrooms, or housing benefit which is high in...
View ArticleLetters: Garzón's extraordinary contribution to law
As human rights lawyers, we express our grave concern at the decision of the Spanish supreme court to ban Judge Baltasar Garzón from judicial office for 11 years for having authorised the wiretapping...
View ArticleLetters: Ditch austerity and try another route
As the Greek public order minister says his people "can't take any more", it's timely that Simon Jenkins (Austerity fails, yet we're too shy to think outside the box, 15 February) says the failure to...
View ArticlePolice question Legal and General employee held over insider dealing
Business and two homes searched in inquiry by Financial Services Authority and Serious Organised Crime AgencyA 44-year-old man employed by Legal & General was arrested on Thursday as part of a...
View ArticleRavi Bopara emerges with grit from the shadows to bolster England
Back-to-back half-centuries against Pakistan have seen the Essex batsman begin to flourish alongside Alastair CookOf the various eerie similarities in the details of England's back-to-back victories in...
View ArticleSix Nations 2012: England's Ben Youngs admits struggle for form
• Scrum-half faces competition from Northampton's Lee Dickson• 'I've been trying to force things and trying too hard,' he saysThe England scrum-half Ben Youngs has conceded he is struggling for form...
View ArticleWe can love only a beloved. For all the others, try courtesy | Simon Jenkins
Her hymn to love was beautiful, but Jeannette Winterson's mistake is to generalise this most specific of emotionsThe Guardian honoured Valentine's Day on Tuesday with a front page piece by Jeanette...
View ArticleUN general assembly backs call for Assad to quit as Syrian president
Russia and China oppose resolution which backs Arab League plan calling on Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to step downThe UN general assembly has approved a resolution backing an Arab League plan...
View ArticleHamid Karzai confronts Pakistan leadership
Afghanistan's president expresses frustration with the country he accuses of harbouring the Taliban during a visit to IslamabadAfghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai, confronted the Pakistani leadership...
View ArticleTax credits: a flawed friend | Gavin Kelly
Reform is welcome. But make no mistake, this lifeline to the low paid is needed as much as everFollowing on from this week's bleak news on jobs – with unemployment up and confirmation that those new...
View ArticleParis St-Germain inquire about availability of Liverpool's Luis Suárez
• French club told Liverpool have no desire to sell striker• PSG looking for big name after failing to attract Carlos TevezParis St-Germain have inquired about Luis Suárez's potential availability at...
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