Robert Fisk's new book The Great War for Civilisation suffers from its length, tone and sweeping condenmations, writes Geoffrey Wheatcroft

Documents acquired under Freedom of Information reveal that food and drink companies are the biggest beneficiaries of CAP

Last Minute CHILDREN'S BOOKS Suggestions

Our Children, Our Church fails to follow some key recommendations of the Ferns Report, and rows back from an earlier draft

Relatives, and friends of those involved in distressing high-profile court cases should not be subject of invasive press coverage

The US secretary of state's tortuous defence of supposedly non-existent CIA torture chambers in Eastern Europe was an acid flashback to Clintonian parsing.

Over the last couple of months a quiet revolution has been taking place on the south side of Dublin. While the DART has been closed at weekends, to allow for work on making stations more accessible for disabled passengers, some of the ugliest structures ever erected in Ireland were being built.

A review in two halves, by Colin Murphy, with Danny and Oisin Gilligan

Rich, thin royals wandering the earth, sheep trying to find their way in life, the Irish homeless in London and Gaelic stew were all part of Dermot Bolger's TV week

Questions now arise over the Castlereagh 'break-in' in March 2002 and the IRA 'property portfolio' and links between the police and loyalist paramilitaries. By Colm Heatley