HOWZAT!

Too proud to claim my Jaffa Cakes on expenses

There are two financial camps. And a man who won’t buy his own anorak for a charity climb is in the opposite one to me

• Libby Purves

It would be wrong for Brown to try to cling on

The Prime Minister has lost voters’ confidence. They will not want to wait for a second general election to bring change

• William Rees-Mogg

The devil is in the detail for the dark lord

Dennis Wheatley's tales are all hokum of course, but it's château-bottled, premier cru St Emilion hokum

• Michael Gove

Columnists  

I was wrong to sneer. The lottery is a winner

We haven’t gone to hell in a handcart. We’re all richer for the billions spent on good causes, and there’s no harm in dreaming . . .

• Alice Thomson

Small business needs help not warm words

It’s Global Entrepreneurship Week but practical help from the Government is hard to come by

• Julia Hobsbawm

I never showed Alistair Darling my new contract

The Government should keep out of bankers’ pay arrangements

• Stephen Pollard

Leading articles

The Global Reset Button

The results of the relaunch of US foreign policy are mixed, but the changes are in the right direction

Execution of Business

Governments must be able in future to spot and close failing banks early

Gloves Off

Pac-man has boxed to record victory. Now he has an ecstatic nation to save

Faith  

We can feed the world says the Pope

Global warming and greed of speculators should not stop the poor from starving, Pope Benedict told a UN summit on hunger

Italians invent electronic holy water dispenser

A wave of the handacross the sensor delivers a measured quantity without the risk of infection

Alien life forms ‘plausible’ says Vatican astronomer

At a conference on astrobiology the Vatican’s chief astronomer has said that human beings may not be alone in the universe

Atheist Hirst to display paintings in church

The controversial artist will emulate the old masters by painting two 20ft-high religious works for display in St Paul’s

Obituaries  

The Times obituary: Tomaz Humar

Pioneering Slovenian mountaineer whose daring solo ascents eventually cost him his life in the Himalayas

Tom Wheatcroft

Entrepreneur who redeveloped Donington Park, the F1 and motorcycle grand prix circuit

Winifred Tumim

Tireless champion of the voluntary sector who helped to reform charity law

Mark Glazebrook

Boisterous figure in the art world who ran the Whitechapel Gallery for a time and promoted the modern at his Albemarle Gallery

Join the Debate  

Rooney avoids daddy of all celebrations

England forward happy to leave baby talk behind as he drools over winning World Cup tradition of Brazilian opponents

Is degree in bedside manner needed?

Two experts discuss whether patients benefit from nurses having a degree, after two unions have questioned their value

Safety alert on Maclaren pushchairs

Manufacturer offers safety modification on 1m US buggies after 12 children lose fingertips - but no action in UK

Race to build ten nuclear stations in Britain

Government announces £50 billion programme to improve energy security but is accused of reacting too late to avoid crisis