George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, is accused of seeking an illicit donation to the Conservatives from the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Westminster correspondent David Hencke assesses the potential political damage to Osborne and the Tories; while Moscow correspondent Luke Harding charts the career of the billionaire Deripaska.
Ed Pilkington reports from Indiana on the battle of the would-be first ladies: Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain.
The British Library is to release on CD some of its recordings of famous 20th century writers. Richard Fairman of the library's sound archive selects some highlights.
After seeing a hellfire-and-damnation advert placed by religious believers back in June, Ariane Sherine blogged for Comment is Free suggesting an atheist advertising campaign as a counter-balance. And lo, it has come to pass.
