Political columnist Michael White gives his reaction to David Miliband's comments in The Guardian which appear to signal the start of his leadership campaign.
Aditya Chakrabortty assesses the latest report into the economy as house builders and mortgage lenders tell the government unless it acts now the credit crunch will hamper homebuying until 2010.
Welsh Punjabi-Seikh Sarika Watkins-Singh wins her right to wear a religious symbol in school – our religious affairs correspondent Riazat Butt discusses the case.
The Guardian's Middle East editor Ian Black on the growth in support for al-Qaida in Yemen.
And what's keeping the literature buffs up at night – our literary editor Claire Armitstead takes a look at the much-anticipated Man Booker Prize longlist. Plus Salman Rushdie on the merits of literary prizes.
