A war without a purpose
There is something deeply disturbing about switching on the television and finding Jack Straw talking about the need to take…
Portrait of the week
Home Parliament was recalled four days early to debate military action against Syria, which David Cameron, the Prime Minister, had…
Barometer
Your name here Supporters of Merthyr Town Football Club objected to having their ground renamed the Cigg-e Stadium in a…
Letters
Piggies in the middle Sir: Your feature ‘The strange death of the middle class’ (24 August) assumes that young people…
Books and Arts
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Freedom and security
It is good to see the Guardian suddenly rediscover its interest in the sanctity of a free press. Just five…
Portrait of the week
Home The cost of the HS2 railway line was expected by some in the Treasury to rise from £43 billion…
Barometer
We will remember them A German diplomat called on Britain to commemorate but not celebrate the centenary of the Great…
Letters
Some doctors write Sir: Professor Meirion Thomas (‘Dangerous medicine’, 17 August) may be an excellent surgeon but he is uninformed…
