All the books that made the Orange shortlist are really good reads - great story, beautiful prose, a brilliant theme
Young athlete's murderer David Nyamupfukudza jailed
Wednesday 30 May 2012
A teenager has been jailed for life for shooting an aspiring athlete in "an act of cold-blooded murder".
Teen guilty of murdering budding teenage athlete
Tuesday 29 May 2012
A 19-year-old has been found guilty of murdering a budding teenage athlete.
Leading article: Charges with a whiff of a witch-hunt
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Fiddling expenses is a crime, as not a few MPs and several peers have discovered. Nor is it just the scale of the fraud that determines the existence of a crime, though it plays a role in setting the penalty. It is the principle: the claiming of money – in these cases, public money – to which someone is not entitled. Now Baroness Warsi, co-chairman of the Conservative Party and the country's first woman Muslim cabinet minister, finds herself in the frame.
Leading article: No possible excuse for destroying buzzard nests
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Game shooting – the blasting of large numbers of pheasants and other birds out of the sky for enjoyment – has so far escaped the widespread opprobrium attached to fox hunting, largely because it takes place out of the public gaze. But that may be about to change.
Egypt: Islamist and ex-PM to contest presidential run-off
Monday 28 May 2012
The runoff vote for Egypt's next president will pit the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate against the last prime minister to serve under Hosni Mubarak, according to full official results released by the election commission.
Labour demands inquiry into Warsi expenses claim
Monday 28 May 2012
Baroness Warsi faced calls last night to stand down as the Conservative Party co-chairman following allegations she claimed House of Lords expenses while staying rent-free at a friend's house.
Calls grow for Warsi to step down as Tory co-chairman
Monday 28 May 2012
Baroness Warsi faced calls last night to stand down as the Conservative Party co-chairman following allegations she claimed expenses while staying rent-free at a friend's house.
The Emperor's New Clothes (27/05/12)
Sunday 27 May 2012
Literary festivals are supposed to broaden the mind, but Matthew Bell would rather stay at home with a good book
Tearoom tantrums as women are thrown out in national anthem snub
Tuesday 22 May 2012
When you sit down to dine at at tearoom containing items from one of the largest collections of Royal memorabilia in the world, you probably shouldn't be surprised to be asked to stand for the national anthem. However three disgruntled customers did just that and fell foul of the proprietor.
In the groove with pop and pregnancy
Monday 21 May 2012
Sadie Frost's one-woman show mixes Madonna and motherhood. By Charlotte Cripps
John Rentoul: As Hilton heads off, Cameron Mark II begins
Sunday 20 May 2012
Family feuds as Mary Richardson Kennedy is buried
Sunday 20 May 2012
Tragedy of estranged wife of Robert Jr who hung herself ends with court wrangle over her body
Pure elation for Sam Hallam rights campaigners – but they still seek an apology
Thursday 17 May 2012
"Sam's free!" they shouted down their phones as the news came in.








