I wish we could have done this in my day

Harry Evans remembers the union disputes and entrenched resistance that greeted innovation when he edited this newspaper 30 years ago

Three years on and 7/7 still haunts the survivors

Tomorrow is the anniversary of the London bombings that killed 52 people. Those that lived have been changed for ever

‘Fear remains with me but I value life more’

Christina Georgiou, 44, was travelling to her job as an IT analyst with a recruitment firm in the West End of London when a bomb exploded just after...

Nouveaux peasants revel in the joy of debts

Whisper it, but the credit crunch has a silver lining. The middle class finds thrift is fun

Evan Davis: poster boy for the Noughties

With his breezy BBC delivery he made economics fun and now he is the new boy on Today, so what’s all this about pierced nipples?

Goodbye, my soldier girl

On the eve of Sarah Bryant’s funeral, her mother tells why she is an inspiration to all career women

Tabloid week: the reverse ferret

Interviews of the week: Dmitry Medvedev, Meryl Streep, Fiona Bruce

Talking points

Postcode lottery of rape conviction

Women who report a rape are five times less likely to see their attacker convicted in some parts of the country than in others

Scientists reopen debate over GM food

Scientists have genetically engineered fruit and vegetables capable of providing most of a day’s nutrients in a single meal

A-listers clamour to embrace Uma Thurman and Arki Busson

Just why are models, moguls and pop stars flocking to the fulcrum of Britain’s social scene, Uma Thurman and Arki Busson?

Marksman gets £5,000 over ‘serial killer’ quip

Scotland Yard's most prolific sharpshooter got the payout for 'hurt feelings' after chief jokingly called him a 'serial killer'

Yard race row: chief faces new claims

Split at Scotland yard intensifies as lawyers prepare to show secret tape-recordings in race row engulfing Sir Ian Blair

Freecycle booms as middle class feels squeeze

Middle-class households struggling to cope with the downturn in the economy are turning to an internet swap shop for help

Private drug aids cancer man left to die

Cancer patient sent home to die by the NHS sees health improve after cashing in pension and paying privately for drugs

Badgers 1, farmers 0 – that’s a result

The government has decided that they should not be allowed to wander around strangling badgers or gassing them

Fishermen blamed for surge in ocean deaths

Scientists have reported a surge in the number of dead whales, dolphins and porpoises washing up on Cornish shores

No room for Baldrick in overstretched army

MoD review questions why soldiers are being used as servants for senior officers while the army is fighting two wars

Royal aide’s mementos fetch £500,000

Nearly 700 lots of royal memorabilia collected over five decades by a royal aide known as 'Backstairs Billy' are sold at auction