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Peter Capaldi tackles the tough gig as the 12th Doctor Who

The news was announced during a suspenseful live show on BBC1 - so what has he got in store for us?

Mark Carney: 'For us, the global financial crisis was an external rather than an internal shock'

Watching and waiting to see what Governor Carney’s interest rate ‘guidance’ will mean for UK growth

Mark Carney’s hope is that he can successfully decouple gilt and US Treasury bond yields

Oi, BT, forget the sport and sort my colleague out

If I worked at BT, the comments section would keep me awake at nights

A controversial advertising campaign urging illegal immigrants to go home is causing rows among the coalition

The Government’s shameful scapegoating of immigrants

The Home Office messages subliminally warn all people of colour not to get too comfortable

Millions take to the streets of Egypt in an ever-growing media fantasy

If that many were demonstrating, who was driving the trains, buses, underground, operating the airports, manning the police and army, the factories, and hotels?

I know it’s the summer holidays, Ed, but what is Labour’s message?

The failure to hammer home clear views has let the Tories set the terms of debate

Could austerity really be good for the arts? Of course

Unpalatable though it may seem to some, art often flourishes in adversity

Three rain clouds have emerged to spoil David Cameron's holiday

The IoS political editor on on MPs' holidays, a chance for Mandelson, petrolhead Pickles and a drinking problem

Politicians should be recess-ready, which is not packing socks but being prepared for political storms

To see the casual link between rising ice cream sales and shark attacks is ridiculous

Benefits fantasies, pippins fit for a prince, honest reading, and a tip

IDS has been trying to justify welfare cuts, Prince George has been given an apple tree and many staff are on zero-hours contracts at Amazon...

Daniel Ellsberg, pictured centre in 1973, chose to stand his ground and was vindicated

What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

Out of America: The CIA whistleblower struck a blow for us all, but his 1970s predecessor showed how to win

Twitter climbdown is too little, too late

How can we believe that men who abuse women online aren't also raping partners?

David Cameron is presiding over a racist party

Last week we saw the most sinister errors of judgement of his premiership in the form of ads in the poorest taste imaginable

Jean Shrimpton photographed by Duffy

Who stole the people's own culture?

True popular art drives up from the streets, but the commercial world wastes no time in cashing in

David Cameron created 30 new peers last week

The price of a stamp can stop peerages for donors

We need state funding of political parties

Welcome to France, but avoid the coq au vin

There are certain moments in life when one is faced with making crucial decisions.All one can do .....

Votes counted in Harare last week appear to show a Mugabe victory

Morgan Tsvangirai is left without a hope

Robert Mugabe has blatantly cheated his electorate, and once again there is little anyone can do to prevent his seventh term in office

No, I didn't injure my ankle falling off high heels

Why, in the 21st century, is it seen as so unlikely as to be laughable that a woman would hurt her ankle playing sport?

Britain's Queen Elizabeth sits with Prince Philip as she delivers her speech in the House of Lords, during the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London

Think how good the House of Lords could be

What we need is more mavericks, individuals and expertise rather than more tribalism

Errors and Omissions: Stop before you put the words ‘national’ and ‘treasure’ together

Perhaps it would be useful if every journalist’s keyboard were programmed to seize up the moment the words were typed

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The CIA whistleblower struck a blow for us all, but his 1970s predecessor showed how to win
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Comedian Seann Walsh on alcohol and stand-up

Comedy and booze go together, says Walsh. The trouble is stopping at just the one. So when do the hangovers stop being funny?
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Edinburgh to Hollywood: 10 comedic talents blowing up big

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Comedian Tig Notaro: 'Hello. I have cancer'

When Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on
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Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

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The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

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The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

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