The Guardian's clash with the Met, which threatened to use the Official Secrets Act to reveal its phone-hacking sources, was doubly unfortunate because the paper has another link to the police... more
This energetic performance left no doubt that, 21 years on from the album they were supposed to be celebrating, Public Enemy are still angry and still relevant... more
For years people have complained that our youngsters no longer know the date of the Battle of Hastings and the origins of the English Civil War. Now, it seems, they have all the proof they need... more
Freedom of speech should not be denied to Tony Blair, anymore than to David Starkey. The international rich may not be popular at the moment but they too have a right to be heard... more
Children's TV character Rastamouse is sharing an unlikely billing with David Starkey, the historian accused of racism for claiming the riots showed white youths were imitating black gang culture... more
It's been bad enough reviewing the images of youths cheerfully looting Foot Locker and torching buildings. Almost as depressing is the debate these scenes have inspired... more
Let's play "Pretend BBC Commissioning Editors", shall we? Pretend you're in charge of Newsnight. The big story is young men have been looting sportswear, throwing rocks at the police, and setting fire to Croydon. You need someone to shed light on it. Who you gonna call? ... more
When the late Sir James Goldsmith founded the Referendum Party, the joke went around that one of his friends, the socialite Carla Powell, thought it was a social event and wondered whether there'd be a finger buffet. ... more
The defeat by Kensington residents of plans for a new Iranian embassy in Queen's Gate, a "yellow fortress" of ochre stone and marble, is hailed as a "victory for common sense"... more
Kensington Palace curator Lucy Worsley tells Katie Law about tragic princesses, feuding academics and why she thinks having children would hamper her career.... more
The camera does not lie. Those photos of the leaders emerging from the G20 summit tell us as much as we need to know about the balance of power between the sexes... more
Duped by an £18 set-lunch offer, I tried yet another daftly lavish restaurant this week. The food was pointlessly novel and grotesquely rich, bedecked with improbable foams and mousses, many of them tasting actively nasty... more
The royal park at Greenwich will be ruined if Olympics organisers stage the 2012 equestrian competitions there, the historian David Starkey claims... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
Morning:
5°c
