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The crunch brunch: Galleries with cool cafes

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Checks appeal

Congo: a touch of hope in the war without end

Nicaragua: Betrayal of the revolution

Business backs Brown and Darling

Outcry over gag on Baby P report

Leading article: Small band of bigots

Cultural Life: Carlos Acosta, dancer

The eternal adventure: The amazing tale of the Arabian Nights

Bill Bailey: 'People are obsessed by how I look'

On yer bike, for the sake of art

The Life of Samuel Johnson, By James Boswell

The Diary: Jolly jihadi japes; Russell Brand; Rachel Getting Married; C4's new little chef

One Minute With: Julian Fellowes

Anything Goes, By Lucy Moore

My Book Of A Lifetime: The Life of Vertebrates, By JZ Young

The Disinherited, By Henry Kamen

Jack's back: The clock ticks for 24's antihero

Observations: Amid the credit crunch comes a Hogarth for the 21st century

Decoding the Heavens, By Jo Marchant

Getting off at Gateshead, By Jonathon Green

Great Works: Study Of Clouds (1822) by John Constable

Book Of The Week: Outliers, By Malcolm Gladwell

The Atmospheric Railway, By Shena Mackay

Observations: Put your prose under the knife

Portobello, By Ruth Rendell

The Stuff of Thought, By Steven Pinker

Pick Of The Picture Books: The Living Coast: An Aerial View of Britain's Shoreline, By Christopher Somervill

Party Of The Week: Variety is the spice

The Word On: Sarah Palin

Origins, By Amin Maalouf, trans Catherine Temerson

Notes From an Exhibition, By Patrick Gale

Peter the pioneer: At the helm of the Springboks

King's decline forces retirement

Reese Witherspoon - Petite but very powerful

Why Hospital comedies are the best medicine

The return of punk's first lady

Larry Ryan - Caught in the net

MGMT: 'Rock stars? Not us'

Last Night's TV: Special Needs Pets, Channel 4

Grime's coming of age

Still reelin' and rockin'

Everything you need to know about...Gavin & Stacey

My Fantasy Band: Dev Hynes, Lightspeed Champion

It's (credit) crunch time for the film industry

Body of Lies (15)

Blindness (18)

Waltz With Bashir (18)

Observations: Not quite Iraq and roll, but...

The Lady Elizabeth, By Alison Weir

The Good Tourist, By Lucy Popescu

Boyd Tonkin: Why misery needs company

Tom Sutcliffe: The urbane power of Alistair Cooke

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, By Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Mister Roberts, By Alexei Sayle

Rising Star: Jennie Rooney, author

First Impressions: Billy Elliot (2000)

That's the Christmas shopping done then

Burger chains agree to health-drive revolution

You're not boarding with that – how transplant pioneers were grounded

'Big Brother' database plan shelved

Miliband: don't negotiate with pirates

Rosaleen Ross: Medical volunteer in the Spanish Civil War

Guy Peellaert: Artist who designed albums for Bowie and the Stones

Clive Barnes: Revered dance and drama critic in London and New York

Baroness Ruth Deech: Embryo selection's benefits come with moral dilemmas attached

Terence Blacker: We are the real savages of the show

The Big Question: Has the space station achieved anything or is it a waste of money?

Rob Williams: There's a reason why children at risk are not put into care

Michael McCarthy: I love the sound of squeaking bats...

Sarah Churchwell: What made Alistair Cooke great

Letters: The Prince of Wales

Leading article: An unadvisable choice

Leading article: Better education can help to make our roads safer

Rupert Cornwell: Where can the Republicans go now?

Steve Richards: Dancing on the edge of the economic precipice

Gallas lifts lid on fights and fury at Arsenal

A year on, the difference that a Capello makes...

Downing finds his voice after 'best performance'

Wenger calls for 'study' of injury claims

'The will to win is back,' says Tevez

James Lawton: Terry looks a little Moore like a great England captain

Schmeichel handed keys to City

Kinnear 'D-Day' cancelled

He scores, he dances, he wins £10,000

Teenager Southee rips apart Australia's top order

Pietersen turns gloomy as India outfox England

Murphy back for crucial match with Argentina

Sheridan ruled out of Boks game

Final pits 'Beast' against 'Wolfman'

Boxing: Hatton looks at bigger picture

Churchill's Wizards, By Nicholas Rankin

This Year It Will Be Different, By Maeve Binchy

The Barometer: The Devil's Whore; Keith Allen; Howling Bells

The Accordionist's Son, By Bernardo Atxaga, trans Margaret Jull Costa