Political editor Patrick Wintour discusses low childhood aspirations which are blighting whole communities - particularly white working class boys in northern cities.
Gordon Brown tells Pakistan it's not doing enough to tackle terrorism, as our senior foreign correspondent Jason Burke explains.
We get exclusive access to the Taliban with Guardian reporter Ghaith Abdul-Ahad.
The Guardian's Ireland editor, Henry Mcdonald, joins Belfast's first gay church carol service.
And science correspondent Ian Sample finds out why researchers have been strapping electrodes to baby birds.
