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The Saturday interview: Nicolas Kent
The artistic director of London's Tricycle Theatre is leaving after a 28-year tenure. So what next for the man who put real-life politics, from Iraq to last year's riots, on stage?On his first day as...
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'It unlocks you from the inside': staging Véronique Olmi's remarkable...
For years, no British publisher would touch Veronique Olmi's novel about a woman who kills her children. But now it is taking on a life of its ownA play adapted from a French novella about a woman who...
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What makes pop stars want to step out of the limelight? | Deborah Orr
Adele may have been joking about taking five years off, but Lily Allen did opt out of the pop bubble, and it's not so hard to see whyThe awesomely successful young pop star, Adele, announced this week...
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There is no one reason behind Whitney's awful self-destruction
Some suggest that homophobic cultural pressure drove Whitney Houston to self-hatred and self-destruction, but it's probably not that simpleWhitney Houston certainly paid a high price for fame. We all...
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From the archive, 18 February 1926: Lifestyle of the modern girl condemned
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 18 February 1926A crushing indictment of the modern girl was uttered by Dr. J. S. Risien Russell, the neurologist, during an address at the Institute...
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Heathrow Terminal 2 offers faster transit and more room for planes
The £2.3bn development, which will open to passengers in 2014, will handle up to 20 million passengers a yearWhile the Norman Foster vision for a shiny new airport in the Thames Estuary is still...
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Tesco asks government to change flagship jobless scheme
Work experience programme must be voluntary, says major employer amid complaints it is profiting from forced labourThe Department for Work and Pensions has come under pressure from Britain's biggest...
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Iran could trigger 'new cold war', says Hague
If Iran obtains nuclear weapons capability, it will be a disaster in world affairs, warns the foreign secretaryIran's nuclear programme risks plunging the world into "a new cold war" that would be...
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BA and Border Agency in row over Heathrow congestion
BA said passengers faced busy queues at immigration at Terminal 5 on Friday but the Border Agency insists it is ready for the half-term rush this weekendBritish Airways and the UK Border Agency (UKBA)...
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Pakistani border town hit by deadly suicide bomb inside market
Attack in north-western town of Parachinar near Afghan border kills or wound scores of Shia Muslims, say officialsA suicide bomber on a motorcycle has struck at a market in a Pakistani town close to...
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TV review: Hustle
It's time to say goodbye to Hustle – but can you really trust them to leave?That's it, then, the end of Hustle (BBC1) for ever. And the end of Mickey Bricks and the gang for ever, too – they're...
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Gove to crack down on term-time holidays
Education secretary plans curbs on 'authorised absence' and tougher fines for truancy in drive to improve attendance ratesThe education secretary, Michael Gove, is to crack down on parents who take...
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One dead in French coach crash
At least four seriously injured after coach carrying schoolchildren crashes near Compertrix while on way back to BirminghamA coach carrying British holidaymakers and schoolchildren has crashed in...
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Bali bombing suspect's interrogation downgrades link to al-Qaida
Umar Patek says he was unaware of Osama bin Laden's presence in Abbotabad, where he was capturedA top Indonesian terror suspect captured in the Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was later killed...
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Israeli military action against Iran unwise, warns William Hague
Foreign secretary says economic sanctions and negotiations over nuclear programme must be given a chance to succeedWilliam Hague has warned Israel that military action against Iran would not be "a wise...
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Work experience critics are job snobs, says Chris Grayling
Employment minister says scheme works enormously well and is entirely voluntary, after protest at Tesco storeCritics of the government's work experience scheme are "job snobs", the employment minister...
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Marine Le Pen aims to put bite on Nicolas Sarkozy with halal meat claim
French National Front leader switches presidential campaign back to immigration with assertion about abbatoirs in ParisFrench far-right leader Marine Le Pen switched her presidential campaign back to...
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Moira Stewart can avoid top income tax rate through her own private company
Public face of Inland Revenue not alone in practice, common to some BBC and NHS staff, but condemned by William HagueThe public face of the Inland Revenue, the BBC newsreader Moira Stuart, has set up a...
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Academic ebooks can succeed but publishers must play their part
The era of academic ebooks is imminent, says Jonathan Wolff, but there are still improvements to be madeSurprisingly, there comes a time in life when the discussion of house prices and the quality of...
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BSkyB's internet TV plan is brilliant, a rare example of perfect timing
In essence, Sky is doing with its television output what Amazon does with the Kindle, taking ownership of the conduitOn the internet, it's always better to jump before you're pushed. That's the clear...
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