A Guardian/ICM poll reveals Britons to be among the most pessimistic in the world when asked about their confidence in the economy. Chief leader writer Julian Glover has the details.
The US and Israeli leaders have offered contrasting accounts of why America abstained on last week's UN security council vote on a ceasefire in Gaza. Washington correspondent Ewen MacAskill explains the differing versions of events.
Wine writer Malcolm Gluck reacts to a new report revealing the UK to be the world's biggest importer of wine.
Philip Norman, the Beatles' biographer whose latest book John Lennon: The Life was published at the end of last year, gives his views on the Vatican's "pardon" of Lennon; Ringo Starr's refusal to sign autographs; and the Beatles' unreleased recording Carnival of Light.
The Prado has put 14 of its masterpieces - including works by Velázquez and Goya - online, to be viewed in incredible detail using Google Earth technology. Art critic Jonathan Jones tries it out.
Ed Burn, co-writer of The Wire, tells TV critic Sam Wollaston about his new series, Generation Kill.
