As his peacemaking efforts in Georgia reveal, Sarkozy's foreign policy is cynical and incompetent

Sexbots, WALL-E and the desert of the real

The Wire may be the best television ever made, but is it truly Dickensian?

The mainstream media has done a disservice — especially to the Democratic Party — by inadequately reporting the positive changes in Iraq during the last two years

The author of a powerful new novel set in a comprehensive school explains why A-level results convey little about a pupil's education

Iraq begins to cut its own deals, and to reach for sovereignty

The monk who has lead Tibetans for 68 years sees the Beijing Olympics as a chance to convert the Chinese to his cause

Pathological Computer Use is being recognised as a real disorder, but little is known about how to treat compulsive gamers who spend much of their lives in virtual worlds

Away from the tourist trail, India is threatened by the Maoism that toppled Nepal's monarchy

Jews fail to understand anti-Semitism disguised as anti-Zionism