"Why go abroad in 2012?" asks a new TV ad. I'll tell you why
We're a disappointingly saccharine nation at times, steeped in our own myths of the Blitz Spirit and Empire.
View ArticleBudget 2012: the tax battlegrounds
It's the most exciting period of the year (for accountants): the run-up to the budget. But what's in and what's out?
View ArticleCameron's US visit: in photos
Eating hotdogs, watching the game, flying on Air Force One, the usual... The PM visits Barack Obama.
View ArticleUK activists block last sea transport for lab animals
Only foreign airlines can now transport live laboratory animals into Britain.
View ArticleChoose your own adventure
John Lanchester's Capital is being marketed through a nifty personalised website - but will it work?
View ArticlePMQs review: Harman woos Clegg's liberal critics
Labour's Deputy Leader trashed Clegg but appealed to his party's "fine liberal tradition".
View ArticleThe meaning of the F-word
We asked the following writers, activists and politicians the same question: if feminists could campaign on only one issue over the next year, what should it be?
View ArticleFT journalists in three-hour walkout threat
Say they would stop working next Thursday pending an agreement with management.
View ArticleYahoo! in bid to recruit thousands of paid UK writers
Writers will be paid about 70p per 1,000 clicks.
View ArticleWeb Only: the best of the blogs
The five must-read blogs from today, including why the war on drugs should end.
View ArticleIs Osborne really about to give people on £100k a tax cut?
The coalitions travails over child benefit mean Osborne may revisit his decision to raise the personal allowance for those earning up to £100,000.
View ArticleTeather: Free schools must not make profit
Children's minister highlights "dividing line" in New Statesman interview.
View ArticleCyber-attacks from Iran targeted BBC Persian
Attacks targeted satellite feeds into Iran and phone lines in London, says BBC director.
View ArticleChart of the day: the public sector job cull
270,000 public sector jobs were cut in 2011 but just 226,000 private sector jobs were created.
View ArticleOccupy is an education if we care to look
When faced with horrific abuse we Brits display an embarrassment of moderation in our protest.
View ArticlePMQs sketch: The enemies of Deputy Clegg
Harriet adopted what some might call the dustbin lid strategy; bashing Nick about the head until he quit.
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