The British are nothing if not inventive. Faced with the tax-in-all-but-name that is the licence .....

It provides a necessary and welcome antidote to the City's capitalism

It must be a sign of how serious, stressed-out and generally po-faced we have become as a society.....

The question is whether they want to do more than sound tough

Ordinary Iranians are weary of endless confrontation with the outside world

Despite privacy fears, most people recognise that the benefits outweigh the costs

It’s a serious conference, of course it is. Nevertheless, it’s difficult to suppress a giggle at .....

Throwing money after sports participation has not achieved the desired results

One of the first rules of diplomacy is don’t issue threats that you can’t carry out

The public broadcaster's independent voice is needed now more than ever

The case of Michael and Yasmin Prest is a turning point for British courts

An obvious way to improve education – allowing schools to select by ability – is still taboo

Nearly two out of every three taxpayer-subsidised trains arrived late

The problems at the Bristol Royal Infirmary in the 1990s provides the clearest possible evidence of the dangers of spreading expertise too thinly

The best that can be said about this election is that the new president is unlikely to grate more on international nerves than his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Debates about public health have been regularly punctuated by studies confirming the intractability of the link to poverty. This latest is shocking, but no surprise

The dire prophecies of Frankenstein foods have not come to pass and it's no longer just scientist waving the flag for fast-growing, pest-resistant cereals

Today’s assault on Taksim Square is bound to sour the atmosphere - and that's assuming Mr Edogan's call to meet with protest leaders was even in good faith