• • UK 'ignored torture among asylum seekers'

    Torture survivors seeking sanctuary are being wrongfully held in detention centres

  • Tory defector condemns bullying

    MEP accuses Conservatives of 'double standards' for expelling him while only suspending Lord Archer

    • Tories rightwing 'allies' commemorate the SS
    • Edward McMillan-Scott: I had to leave the Tories

  • Blair's US bid to unite faiths

    Annual accounts of Tony Blair Faith Foundation show he has £4.5m earmarked for US faith offensive

  • Pope 'set up over sex abuse case'

    Benedict XVI's spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi, suggests 'tenacious' plot to implicate pontiff in cover-up

  • BBC feels force of Bob Geldof's anger

    Bob Geldof demands the heads of reporter and World Service chiefs over over Live Aid cash for arms claim

  • How sign language helps babies

    Children's poor language skills can be remedied if parents use their hands to assist communication

  • Who really wrote Shakespeare?

    As a new book rehearses the loony arguments about our greatest playwright, Robert McCrum asks Shakespearean actors and directors for their opinion
• • How I inflitrated violent activists

    For years, Officer A lived a terrifying undercover life among anti-racist activists as they battled the police and the BNP

    • Officer reveals how he infiltrated UK's violent left
    • Inside the Yard's elite undercover unit

  • More money makes society miserable

    Economics experts argue that Britain's thirst for status symbols harms our well-being

  • NHS 'neglects' childrens' parents

    Top doctor accuses hospitals of failing to provide beds for families, who end up exhausted and stressed

  • Film Weekly

    Audio (40min 45sec): This week we peek inside The Scouting Books for Boys