Star of the Sea, a great political novel set at the time of the Irish famine, has been a runaway bestseller. Author Joseph O'Connor spoke to Hazel Croft about its success and why he wrote the book.
Many people who work in computing find the fact that millions of people continue to use Microsoft's ubiquitous email service Hotmail a constant source of frustration and surprise.
US military planners are discovering that slums are the new centres of resistance.
Finding the right response to neoliberalism is not always straightforward.
There are two sides to the communication revolution, as Mike Gonzalez explains.
New Labour apologists such as Polly Toynbee argue that we should all 'move on' from the war in Iraq.
Moazzam Begg and his wife Sally had fulfilled a lifelong dream to teach and work in Afghanistan, moving to Kabul with their three children a few months before the events of 9/11.
Inequitable Life - Executives are Downwardly Mobile - British Mercenary Companies Make Big Money in Iraq
The latest outbreak of violence between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo last month revealed once again the stark truth behind Nato's US-led war against Serbia in 1999, and the subsequent colonial-style administration of the province.
The assassination of Sheikh Yassin highlights once again the ruthlessness of the Israeli state.
