Surveillance Scandal: It Will Lead Back to Obama

The latest e-spying scandal has Obama’s fingerprints on it, says Richard Lutz

Streetwise

Laurence Inman has been studying the decline of the high street.

UK foreign policy key to tackling extremism

Reyhana Patel dares to raise the possibility that UK foreign policy may be the real issue that’s ignored when tackling extremism in the UK

Second Chance, USA

Go on, re invent yourself. Half of America does, says Richard Lutz

Better This Time? Afghanistan as the “Graveyard of Empires” 1979-2014

The 25th anniversary of the Afghanistan withdrawal announcement by the Soviet Union

Screengrab: That Movie You Just Got To Watch on Tv This Week…

This week’s film on the box is a Caine classic, says Richard Lutz

Obama: Droning On

The US will cut back on drone attacks. But innocent victims still are under fire, says Richard Lutz

The future’s not looking so good

Some people are just so off-message. Laurence Inman is one of those people.

Not with a whimper…

Terry Wills is still trying to get over Sunday at the Hawthorns.

Northern soul

Dave Woodhall sees Villa sign off 2012-13 with less than a bang.

The season now ending

Terry Wills is not a happy Baggie, even if he is about to see history being made.

There’s only one…..

Dave Woodhall pays tribute to a very special footballer

One step closer to home

Dave Woodhall refuses to bite his nails on the penultimate weekend of Villa’s season.

Confessions of a Middle Class Woman

Sheilagh Matheson on the secret stashes we all keep….

Wigan peers

The football season’s coming to an end and, at the Hawthorns, Terry Wills is starting to think it can’t come too soon.

Overground and Underwhelmed

Stage 1 of the £598m New Street Station redevelopment opened last week. The Birmingham press were impressed, the Birmingham Press wasn’t. Steve Beauchampé reports.

News and Other Stories

Is news about something that has happened, asks Richard Lutz

On the other hand…

Dave Woodhall on Villa’s week and the Premier League drop zone.

Drawing a line under it all

Blues’ season ended with a whimper on Saturday. Andy Munro was there.

No foreigners, no gays, no benefit claimants

Steve Beauchampé on Britain’s fractured political machinery….

Record breakers

Terry Wills talks about Albion’s week, and their impact on the relegation struggle.

The joy of six

After Villa’s Monday night massacre, Dave Woodhall produces the predictable headline

Blues mown down by tractor boys

Andy Munro isn’t happy with Blues‘ performance on Saturday.

Architectural integrity

Alan Clawley explores the ins and outs of modern architecture.

The Amazing World of Amazon: Read All About It

Will we have a world without books? asks Richard Lutz as he sees another bookshop shut down?

On the beach

Terry Wills wonders whether the Albion are on holiday yet.

That nice Mr Gove

Laurence Inman is in love, but it’s a very weird kind of thing.

Yorkshire Puddings

Andy Munro was at St Andrews to watch Blues take another step closer to safety.

Simmer down

Terry Wills on the Albion and some unsavoury happenings elsewhere.

The Baroness T’s Death? Don’t Make Me Laugh

Maggie jokes? There’re a weird joke in themselves, says writer Sheilagh Matheson