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British mothers join US craze for party cakes that reveal baby's sex
It's pink sponge for a girl … and for some, only the doctor knows the truth until the first sliceRarely can a cake have played such a central role at a party. Wrapped in multicoloured icing, the first...
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Would you want to find out the sex of your unborn child?
Joanne O'Connor would prefer to keep 'this last little pocket of mystery' while Imogen Carter is firmly in the want-to-know campNOMemories of my first labour – a 20-hour marathon of pain, fear and...
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Britain's far right to focus on anti-Islamic policy
Head of English Defence League to join British Freedom party as deputy leader with virulent anti-Muslim platformThe head of the English Defence League, Tommy Robinson, will be named deputy leader of...
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German far-right extremists tap into green movement for support
Support for ecological movement and conservation used to try to recruit a new generation of supportersGerman consumers are being warned that when they buy organic produce they may be supporting the...
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The covers the New Yorker rejected
Françoise Mouly, art editor of the magazine, picks her favourite cover sketches that are as acute as they are provocativeKillian Fox
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Frieze New York 2012 - in pictures
Selected highlights from the artwork submitted by 180 galleries from across the world to be shown at the exhibition
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Mia Hansen-Løve: the broken heart that made me a film-maker
The French director talks about the teenage love affair that led her to make films, and the thrill of discovering a new star actressYour forthcoming film, Goodbye First Love, is about teenage romance....
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Rewind TV: Indian Ocean; Louis Theroux: Extreme Love; The Plot to Bring Down...
Simon Reeves swims with endangered sharks, while Louis Theroux has a close encounter with people suffering from dementiaIndian Ocean (BBC2) | iPlayerLouis Theroux: Extreme Love (BBC2) | iPlayerThe Plot...
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Glasgow's councillors must put their city first | Kevin McKenna
A coalition between Labour and the SNP is essential if the city is to be regeneratedThere could only ever have been one winner when Alex Salmond had a late dinner with Donald Trump in New York five...
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Scenes from Early Life by Philip Hensher – review
Philip Hensher's semi-fictional account of his husband's Bengali childhood is a fascinating hybrid of novel and memoirAfter partition in 1947, the western half of the province of Bengal was ceded to...
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Azazeel by Youssef Ziedan – review
The controversial novel, which won the Arabic equvalent of the Booker prize, concerns the spiritual quest of a fifth-century monkLiterary awards thrive on controversy, and in 2009 the Egyptian writer...
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Opium: Reality's Dark Dream by Thomas Dormandy – review
A deft history of opium spans the personal and the politicalIn 1840, Elizabeth Barrett wrote to Robert Browing, asking: "Can I be as good for you as morphine is for me, I wonder, even at the cost of...
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Swiss army knife maker Victorinox adds 'lifestyle' range to its box of tools
Its famous knives sport memory sticks and LED lights – now Victorinox is trying to apply its reputation for precision to new productsYou never know when an impromptu act of derring-do – such as...
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Politicians braced for backlash as Europe turns against austerity
Voters sick of endless belt-tightening are threatening a backlash that could sweep their political leaders from power if they do not listen to the growing chorus for changeAt the end of last month,...
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Beware PR men bearing dictators' gifts | Nick Cohen
From Hungary to Kazakhstan and Putin's Russia, despots see the British as the masters of the black art of spinPress officers for the alarmingly rightwing Hungarian government were touring London last...
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Shorten sweet | Observer editorial
Australian politician Bill Shorten has elevated political discourse to a new levelMalcolm Tucker, the foul-mouthed spin doctor from the TV sitcom The Thick of It, would love him. Australia's employment...
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Sarkozy pursues Le Pen supporters as Socialists woo poor and disillusioned
While the French president tries to close the gap on his rival, François Hollande is redoubling his efforts to get the residents of France's inner-city tower blocks into the voting boothsIn the...
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Gove investigates Catholic school petition on gay marriage
Education secretary will investigate whether Catholic schools' gay marriage petition broke the rulesThe education secretary, Michael Gove, is to examine claims that rules were breached when Catholic...
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Co-op boycotts exports from Israel's West Bank settlements
UK's largest mutual takes lead among European supermarketsThe Co-operative Group has become the first major European supermarket group to end trade with companies that export produce from illegal...
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The brains behind J Crew
Jenna Lyons has turned the staid clothing brand into a billion-dollar business feted by fashion and loved by the Obamas. Now it's heading over here. Vogue's Sarah Harris hears how she did itIt's...
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