Julian Assange is apparently wavering over writing his autobiography as he prepares to take his fight against extradition over rape allegations to the Royal Courts of Justice next week... more
Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange have lodged papers at the High Court for an appeal against a ruling that he should be extradited to Sweden to face sex offence charges... more
Shoppers have finally realised that Scandinavia is about more than just Ikea and meatballs. West End retailers are reporting a big surge in sales of products from the region... more
Suicide bomber who killed himself in a terrorist attack in Sweden was denounced at his local Luton mosque for being too extreme, it was revealed this afternoon... more
The extradition process against Julian Assange was controversial enough. Now it has become tangled with wider questions about the justifiability of WikiLeaks’ activities... more
The war between Stieg Larsson's former lover and his family has all the ingredients for one of his thrillers: a disputed fortune, a missing manuscript and a scorned woman who won't accept defeat... more
Bolt's decision to join the field means the meeting will mark the trio's first head-to-head since last year's 100m final at the World Championships in Berlin... more
The pound fell yet again as it emerged that the Governor of the Bank of England had visited Sweden and held talks last week with its central bank, famed for its super-low interest rates... more
The pound fell to a four-month low against the euro after Mervyn King said he could follow Sweden's example in cutting how much he pays in interest to commercial banks who park their cash with the central bank... more
It’s Björk meets Lily Allen from the Stockholm singer set to be a big noise, The Sex Pistols get turned into a graphic novel and CSS give us a taster of their new album.
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The second double-bill of the Young Vic's Big Brecht Fest is an uneven match. Orla O'Loughlin's How Much Is Your Iron? provides all the value, while Senora Carrar's Rifles is rather dull.... more
The Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Natural History Museum casts an artistic eye on the daily life of plants and animals.... 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
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