Новости за 29.11.2015

COMMENT: Those governing sport should know best but not assume, in that unattractive way of Coe’s

If he wins this gamble, it is up to him also to ensure that his victory is not an empty one

It must remedy this – or face the consequences of its inaction

At Great Ormond Street Hospital, Professor Martin Elliott is pioneering procedures to help young patients

The idea is brilliant in its simplicity: to force politicians to confront long-term issues facing their nation, rather than focusing on short-term problems driven by electoral calculations

Promises come in thick and fast, as unreliable as all those made before – on Iraq, Libya and the ‘war on terror’

Last year, Rebecca's husband Nick was hit by a car and seriously injured. Here, in one of a series of columns, she writes about the aftermath of his accident

After everything I've seen this weekend and before, I now enjoy Thanksgiving more than our own festivities

We gave small parts of our bodies yesterday in the service of an awakening conscience: that we must no longer afford BP the right to tattoo our cultural institutions with corporate marks, and to use art and culture to cleanse its crimes from the public consciousness

Altogether, 687 people will be involved

Far from being a watered down continuation of Empire, with all the racism, violence and condescension associated with that, it has in fact evolved into rather a liberal, easygoing, multi-racial and multicultural organisation of equals

The following letters appear in the 30th November edition of the Independent

The Blairite Labour MPs are going to vote with Dave because they loathe Corbyn more than Isis

It has become an increasingly respectable argument to assert that, despite the tens of millions of Chinese who were undoubtedly done to death under Mao, he prepared the ground for the country’s economic modernisation. Did Mao really do more good than harm?

'The only person who would have me is my sister, who lives miles away in the country, away from everything familiar'

Tony Bennett’s saying works well here: ‘Life teaches you how to live it, if you live long enough'

Life As We Know It No.84: "By 2030 we certainly shan't be communicating in words."

No matter that Dominic Bright's belief in any kind of god was shaky, to say the least

Victoria in Australia just set up buffer zones around family planning clinics. We'd protect anyone else receiving harassment for a medical procedure - so why are we still reticent on this?

The Mazurkas themselves emerged pristine: he caught the sweet artlessness and abrupt mood-changes to a T

Hasna has been painted as a ‘type’ of woman – not just a terrorist, but someone who did not conform to subdued femininity. Are we to believe that, since she drank and had various romantic dalliances, she was more likely to commit a violent crime?

John Lichfield’s eulogy about Paris should not obscure the regrettable decision by President François Hollande to ban all marches and protest meetings at the upcoming United Nations summit on clima

Ambitious project will see 18 professionals perform with 14 amateur companies playing Bottom and the Mechanicals in 12 sites around Britain

Today we launch our Christmas Charity Appeal

His illness is an extreme example of how complex the needs of the children treated at Great Ormond Street Hospital can be