No pain no gain: we’ll stop at nothing for an ideal body

News Thu 12 Feb 2009, AT 15:52

The widespread acceptance of painful surgery to help women walk tall is no triumph for feminism, says Rosie Boycott

Bloody repression: business as usual for Iraqis

News Thu 5 Feb 2009, AT 00:00

The story of one of Saddam’s generals reveals an Iraq fractured long before the Americans arrived, says Patrick Cockburn

How developing countries can save the bankrupt West

News Thu 29 Jan 2009, AT 00:00

Apparently, developing countries must invest in themselves rather than in ‘safe’ Western assets. Philip Delves Broughton agrees

Believe me: comedy is no laughing matter

News Fri 23 Jan 2009, AT 00:00

A book on the history of comedy leads comedian John Sessions to consider what makes him laugh

Why I want to believe in angels - and thousands do

News Wed 24 Dec 2008, AT 00:00

Angel sightings are on the rise, says Justine Picardie, and the internet has reinvented a medieval fascination with the heavenly host