The Great War and words to remember

Robert Fisk on Armistice Day: Poets and soldiers recorded the horror of the Great War in writing that has affected generations. But as English evolves in the digital age, will their powerful words soon stop making sense?

Stewart Lee and Jimmy Carr have both had instances when their jokes have been reproduced

Plagiarism is no laughing matter for comedians

Chris Green: A performer has highlighted the growing problem of material being reproduced online

Johnny Vegas: Imitation is flattery? Try telling that to the Fraud Squad

Accept the facts – and end this futile 'war on drugs'

Johann Hari: We are handing one of our biggest industries over to armed, criminal gangs.

More Johann Hari Articles

Officials test the lighting at Cape Town's Green Point stadium

Will the lights go out on South Africa's World Cup?

Daniel Howden: A race row at the top of the national power company has left it without a leader

England suffer from an image problem, claims Jordaan

Youth unemployment hits record high new

Number of 16 to 24-year-olds out of work is up by 15,000 to 943,000, a rate of 19.8 per cent.

Pound under new attack as agency says it will cut UK's credit rating

Don't miss...

Private viewing
Join our tour of the pick of the property market
Green machines
The ten best large eco cars

Karachi couture
Discover a silkier side to Pakistan
Kerching!
England v Brazil: When sport sold out

Lou Reed
New book of his photographs reveals a solitary side
Ultimate playboy
An in-depth look at Hugh Hefner's world

Weird Sport!
Wife carrying to haggis hurling. A look at strange games...
Exposed cheats
High-profile drug cases in WADA's ten-year history

Board silly
The 50 best board games
Berlin
In pictures: the fall of the wall

Afghan war is bad for security, voters say

Kim Sengupta in Kabul and Nigel Morris: Independent poll casts doubt on key justification for Britain's involvement in conflict

Sharp-toothed shark acts as midwife new

Visitors to a New Zealand acquatic centre were stunned to see one shark give another shark an impromptu caesarean section.

<b>THE JURY'S STILL OUT</b><br/> <b>Robinho (Real Madrid to Man City, £32.5m)</b><br/> Rarely performs away, or on winter days, but still scored 14 goals in 31 league games for a mid-ranking team. Needs better players around him to flourish.

City warn 'mischief makers' over Robinho transfer claim

Cook rules out Brazilian's sale after agents tell Abu Dhabi paper he is set to leave

1f18ba48-98bd-48c1-b14a-9a08dff37add

Hit & Run: Red carpets and mint cake

If there were a device that could measure toughness – an adrenalin radar scanning the planet for nutters in harnesses – hardcore hotspots would probably include the Himalayas and Alps.

Architecting, The Pit, Barbican, London (Rated 4/ 5 )

Awakened by an American dream

Pound under new attack as agency says it will cut UK's credit rating

Britain's sovereign status is most at risk, says Fitch

Catholic bishops to address challenge of cyberspace

Dozens of European Catholic bishops and media experts are to convene this week at the Vatican to be shown the mysteries of the Internet and discuss the challenges it brings, a spokesman said Monday.

Discussing the disabled: Readers' views

Last week, Ian Birrell wrote calling for an end to the casual use of words such as 'retard' that reveal the bigotry with which disabled people are treated. Here, readers offer their views