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Was jittery Thursday a foretaste of another global economic crash?
The sharp slide in share prices was either a blip in the road to recovery or a sign that the unwinding of quantitative easing will lead to disaster. Our writers argue it outREASONS TO BE WORRIEDCentral...
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Scott Thorson: the lover Liberace remade in his own image
As the film Behind the Candelabra, starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, shows, Scott Thorson lived a life of wild excess with Liberace. Since the entertainer's death, Thorson's existence has been...
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'Knee deep in mud at an English festival? Give me Spain any day'
With the British weather always likely to turn Glastonbury or Bestival into a gruelling expedition, bookings are up by 30% this year for events abroad where fans can pay less to see the same bands –...
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How wealth of Silicon Valley's tech elite created a world apart
Private shuttles taking workers to and from Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter in San Francisco are becoming symbols for alienation and division as residents struggle with crowded municipal bus...
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Various: Stand Up People – review
(Vlax)It's a familiar story: two crazy Brits locate the lost musical legacy of a distant country – except here it's not Ghana or Thailand but former Yugoslavia that provided the quest for forgotten...
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Heckled but happy: the graceful star of gay marriage debate
Margot James endured a rough time as fellow MPs rebelled in parliament last week. But she bears no grudgesIf a career in diplomacy had attracted Margot James, it would no doubt have been a successful...
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What goes on when lightning strikes?
One lightning flash could run a whole power station – and there are 8 million strikes around the Earth every day. We still don't know what triggers the phenomenon, although a new theory proposes a role...
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Millions march against GM crops
Organisers celebrate huge global turnout and say they will continue until Monsanto and other GM manufacturers listenOrganisers say that two million people marched in protest against seed giant Monsanto...
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What's it like being black in Norway? | Afua Hirsch
Being one of the only black women in Norway marked her mother out for special attention – she was lavished with prawn sandwiches. So, how would Afua fare?There is no better antidote to the dust and...
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Gay marriage: news and teaching resources round up
As the House of Commons vote to allow same sex marriage in England and Wales, here's a selection of stories and teaching resources to explore the issues in classThe same sex marriage bill has divided...
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Woolwich attack: 'Muslims are free of guilt. We had to condemn this killing'
A leading Islamic commentator and author reports on the swift reactions of Muslim groups to last week's killingAfter Friday prayers, at the scene of last Wednesday's dreadful murder of Drummer Lee...
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Thomas Mars: soundtrack of my life
The Phoenix frontman on the unlikeliest of rebel songs, the overwhelming effect of D'Angelo's Voodoo, and the daunting legacy of Serge GainsbourgBorn in 1976, Thomas Mars grew up in Versailles and...
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'The Sumatran rainforest will mostly disappear within 20 years'
In only a few years, logging and agribusiness have cut Indonesia's vast rainforest by half. The government has renewed a moratorium on deforestation but it may already be too late for the endangered...
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Industry, fires and poachers shrink Sumatran tigers' last stronghold
No Sumatran wild animal is safe as contact with humans rises with disastrous resultsKarman Lubis's body was found near where he had been working on a Sumatran rubber plantation. His head was found...
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George Saunders: 'It was good to have a painful immersion in capitalism'
Author George Saunders on upsetting genteel readers in Vermont, Buddhism and his youthful love of Ayn RandIn January, a New York Times profile announced that your new short-story collection Tenth of...
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Pink Mist by Owen Sheers – review
Owen Sheers's verse drama about three soldiers from Bristol should be studied in schools alongside Wilfred OwenPink Mist is a tremendous book. It feels huge, engulfing, devastating, although only 87...
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Eureka! My quest for an authentic liberal Christianity | Theo Hobson
In the first of a two-part series, I look at the tensions between the rational and ritualistic traditions. Next week: the way forwardWhat is "liberal" Christianity? Is it the attempt to do Christianity...
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US teenager to be charged over alleged school bomb plot
Bombs found in Oregon bedroom of 17-year-old Grant Acord, who is said to have been inspired by 1999 Columbine shootingAn American teenager who intended to blow up his school will be charged with...
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The new farm bill is an economic disaster | Heidi Moore
Just when you think Congress can't get any dumber, it crafts a $1tn farm bill that harms the poor and promotes unhealthy foodThe US Congress, its approval rating still near all-time lows, is...
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Gloria Steinem's 'a bunny's tale' – 50 years later
Steinem's groundbreaking article exposing the 1960s world of Playboy Bunny clubs is as fresh and relevant as everFifty years ago this month, Gloria Steinem created a sensation with the first...
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