No, I haven’t read Tony Blair’s A Journey yet (though it should be waiting for me at home). I haven’t even had time to read more than a handful of the preview articles, such as The Guardian’s trailer. With that confesion of near-total ignorance of A Journey established, I think there are three points worth

Let us suppose Mr Hawking does now have a full explanation from the laws of physics of how the Big Bang created the planets and stars as we now see them. Some scientists will assert that the job is done, and they now know how the universe was made without divine intervention. Religious people will

THE Scottish Government has been urged to investigate why almost a third of people in Scotland are not registered with an NHS dentist.

Yes, umbrellas are tricky things to manage without the instruction manual, aren't they? Feel free to add your own captions in the comments.

Hardly a day goes by without another tale of taxpayer-financed profligacy – each accompanied by squeals of indignation from a rightwing pressure group styling itself the Taxpayers' Alliance, writes Philip Stephens

Serbia and Kosovo have no option but to hold frank talks without outside involvement and reach a compromise agreement if they are to progress on their paths to European integration, concludes a report by the International Crisis Group (ICG), an NGO advising governments on conflict resolution, published on 26 August.

Should Scottish children play in the woods without access to soap and water? According to Health Protection Scotland (HPS) the answer seems to be no.

The Amazon Kindle is a new, cynical way of Amazon selling books without having to pay postage modern format of reading content without having to waste trees. Amazon have recently redesigned their e-reader and is selling the new one with much fanfare. You can pre-order it right now and have it arrive just in time

The BBC should set clear boundaries on its commercial activities so that media companies can invest without fear that they will be driven out of business "by a wall of public money", says the culture secretary

Here's one aspect of the Labour leadership contest that has passed without much comment: how many of the contenders want to extend the 50p tax rate from those earning over £150,000 to those earning over £100,000. Ed Miliband's one of them; so is Diane Abbott; and so too – as he reminds us in interview with Left Forward Forward today – is Ed Balls. Sure, only one of ...