A further £39bn of public money was pumped into the Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds yesterday. Head of business Dan Roberts explains why, and what the banks are expected to do in return: sell off part of their businesses and stop taking cash bonuses. The reforms are intended to boost competition on the high street. Editor of guardian.co.uk/money Hilary Osborne looks at what that will mean for the consumer.
A team of American scriptwriters helped Gordon Brown craft his address to the US Congress earlier this year, at the cost of £4,000. Daniel Nasaw reports from our Washington office.
Senior political correspondent Andrew Sparrow assesses the impact on David Cameron and the Conservatives of the Czech Republic's decision to sign the EU Lisbon treaty.
And Jonny Trunk, of Trunk records, enthuses about the soundtrack to David Attenborough's seminal natural history series from 1979, Life On Earth. It was composed by Edward Williams and is only now getting a commercial release.
