Sports Calendar

Cameron will not break marriage vow

The Tory leader stumbled over his tax plans. He won’t ditch them: they are at the heart of his beliefs

• Daniel Finkelstein

Avatar will make the case on climate

Cameron’s blockbuster will persuade far more people than all the hot air from Copenhagen

• Alice Thomson

Nerdy cafés no longer maid in heaven

When Japan found a great idea, it went big and got ruined

• Leo Lewis

Columnists  

Forget scans: search the right people

The laborious checking of every traveller is unlikely to pinpoint the terrorist. Profiling is crucial

• Andy Hayman

Is this the future of our health service?

The Third World offers valuable lessons on how to change healthcare in Britain

• Nigel Crisp

The Wootton Bassett march is a stunt

But it should be allowed to go ahead

• Taj Hargey

Leading articles

Walk of shame

The proposed Islamist march at Wootton Bassett is an offensive notion, but should not be banned. The test for a fair society is how it deals with that which it dislikes

The court must fit the case

A loophole in British law has unacceptable diplomatic costs

Enemy action

In fingering a fresh bunch of alleged enemies, Iran is missing the bigger picture

Faith  

'Good riddance to a gruelling decade'

Dr Rowan Williams says terrorism, war and the financial collapse have bedevilled the past decade in his new year message

Anger as diaries drop religious names

Prayer Book Society calls for a boycott of Letts diaries over publisher's decision to rename the Sundays before Lent

Catholic school condemned over admissions

Cardinal Vaughan School told parts of its admission procedure are 'unlawful' and have the potential for racial discrimination

Vatican defends sainthood move for wartime pope

Jewish groups have reacted angrily to the current Pope’s approval of a decree recognising the 'heroic virtues' of Pius XII

Obituaries  

Dennis Brutus

South African poet and anti-apartheid campaigner who was imprisoned with Nelson Mandela for his beliefs

Professor Elizabeth Fallaize

Specialist in French studies who showed sure judgment in her five years as pro-vice-chancellor for education at Oxford

Robin Wood

Critic of film whose writings elevated cinematic art, especially the work of Alfred Hitchcock, with humanism and academic rigour

The Times obituary: Freya von Moltke

Wartime critic of Hitler who was the last survivor of the Kreisau Circle of prominent anti-Nazi Germans

Join the Debate  

The odds are that the bookies will go decimal

Traditional odds such as 100-30 and 13-2 may be on the way out as the racing industry tries out a new decimal system

2010

How should we name the new decade?

No Trade in Hostages

The welcome release of a British captive in Iraq cannot obscure the depravity of the crime and the futility of bargaining with kidnappers