Robert Fisk: This is not about 'bad apples'. This is the horror of war
13 January 2012 12:00 AM
How many other abuses took place off camera? How many Hadithas? How many My Lais?
Steve Richards: Neither Cameron nor Salmond can control the ending of this drama
13 January 2012 12:00 AM
A vote against Scottish independence in a straightforward ballot will not end the story. Referendums never do
Ian Burrell: Desmond revels in his role as pantomime villain
13 January 2012 12:00 AM
After his eccentric but mesmeric performance at the Leveson inquiry, Richard Desmond might be minded to give himself a presenting role on his Channel Five network or perhaps enrol as a housemate for the next series of Celebrity Big Brother.
Hamish Macdonell: How would the division work? It's complicated...
13 January 2012 12:00 AM
Examining the practicalities of an independent Scotland
Kim Sengupta: Yard may shed light on Blair's role in Libya
13 January 2012 12:00 AM
In the same letter in which security chief Sir Mark Allen was recording MI6's contribution to the rendition of Abdul Hakim Belhaj and thanking his friend Moussa Koussa, the head of Libyan intelligence, for the "delicious dates and oranges", he also had to arrange a highly important diplomatic fixture: Tony Blair's first meeting with Muammar Gaddafi in the glare of the media. "No 10 are keen that the Prime Minister meet the Leader in the tent," wrote Sir Mark. "The plain fact is the journalists would love it."
Adrian Hamilton: Assassination should never be a weapon of state
13 January 2012 12:00 AM
World View
Terence Blacker: Don't sneer if a Big Mac helps your children read
13 January 2012 12:00 AM
Notebook
Nicholas Faith: Denigrating big projects is our national sport
13 January 2012 12:00 AM
The noise over HS2 has been grossly exaggerated. All people are really concerned about is the value of their dwellings
Laurie Penny: You can't bully people into non-jobs
13 January 2012 12:00 AM
There is nothing wrong with stacking shelves unless it's for £1.33 an hour
The Sketch: Wily Salmond just loves to pick a good fight
13 January 2012 12:00 AM
Scots' separateness is obvious. Scottish MPs sit in a purpose-built building at blonde pine deskettes. They call each other by their first names. They clap to show approval. Horrible but it's the logical end of modernisation. Odd for a country which thrills to the memory of Bannockburn 700 years ago (the last time they won at home to the hated English).
Oliver Wright: A future without Scotland could be distinctly uncomfortable
13 January 2012 12:00 AM
The risk to England of the new diplomatic cold war between north and south is considerable
Oliver Wright: These cynical tactics undermine our faith in the fairness of the tax system
13 January 2012 12:00 AM
It is unconscionable to withhold information from taxpayers who have forgotten to file returns
Amol Rajan: How to turn a long dark winter into a new dawn
12 January 2012 10:00 AM
In late 1983, the mercurial advertising executive Hal Riney began thinking about Ronald Reagan's re-election campaign the following year. American presidents only serve for two terms, and Reagan had been elected four years earlier on a wave of disillusionment with Jimmy Carter, the Democrat incumbent.
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