Smash hit

It’s not just about Iraq, it’s about Blair’s style

The poisoned ink is flowing because mandarins hate Labour’s sofa-style government and hope to end it under the Tories

• Rachel Sylvester

Wake up: we cannot wish away Iran’s bomb

Iraq and Afghanistan may seem problem enough, but this threat is too big to ignore. Only concerted sanctions will work

• David Aaronovitch

It’s a myth that students can’t be stretched

Britain asks its 16-year-olds to take only two academic subjects. That puts them and the whole country at a disadvantage

• Andrew Haldenby

Minarets are not an essential part of Islam

The Swiss vote does not infringe Muslim religious rights

• Taj Hargey

Iran’s Adventurism

The construction of new uranium enrichment plants is a provocation and a threat. International diplomacy must be united and sanctions stringent in response

Archbishop tells Pope: women priests here for good

Dr Williams takes hardline stance in Rome as he dismisses Catholic Church's attempt to lure disaffected Anglicans

Muslim teachers and students reject Darwin

In countries such as Egypt and Pakistan academics are, under conservative influence, rejecting evolution, a physicist warns

Dame Maria Boulding

Benedictine nun who translated St Augustine’s Confessions and wrote books on vocation, prayer and theology

Major-General Oliver Roome

Wartime sapper and Chief of the Joint Services Liaison Organisation in Bonn

Ofwat ruling will hit unmetered homes

Water companies to increase bills as regulator relaxes tough stance on industry and encourages frugal usage