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watchdog}&lpos={bookSection}{3}">Fresh charges rock equality watchdog</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Revelations EHRC awarded £300,000 contract to TV company run by close friend of Trevor Phillips</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p3</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/world-war-one-veteran-harry-patch-dies-aged-111" name="&lid={bookSection}{Harry Patch, Britains last surviving soldier of the Great War, dies at 111}&lpos={bookSection}{4}">Harry Patch, Britain's last surviving soldier of the Great War, dies at 111</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/world-war-one-veteran-harry-patch-dies-aged-111"><img 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src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2009/7/25/1248556774075/David-Cameron-congratulat-004.jpg" alt="David Cameron congratulates candidate Chloe Smith" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Plans considered as ploy to expose David Cameron as a roadblock to sweeping constitutional reform</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p5</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/jul/26/olympic-heroes-sponsorship-deals-beijing" name="&lid={bookSection}{No gold rush for Beijing 2008 Olympic heroes}&lpos={bookSection}{6}">No gold rush for Olympic heroes</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/jul/26/olympic-heroes-sponsorship-deals-beijing"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2008/08/19/ChrisHoyAPChristopheEna1.jpg" alt="Chris Hoy" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Many of Britain's top medal winners thought they would return from Beijing to lucrative sponsorship deals. But within a year, most had to go back to work. <strong>Tracy McVeigh</strong> reports</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p6</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jul/26/conservative-party-alliance-michal-kaminski" name="&lid={bookSection}{Row over Tory link to Polish right grows}&lpos={bookSection}{7}">Row over Tory link to Polish right grows</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jul/26/conservative-party-alliance-michal-kaminski"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2009/7/25/1248558223308/Polish-European-deputy-Mi-004.jpg" alt="Polish European deputy, Michal Kaminski" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>The Observer reveals damning new evidence about David Cameron's Polish ally in the European parliament</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/26/uk-news-in-brief" name="&lid={bookSection}{News in brief}&lpos={bookSection}{8}">News in brief</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>More news from around the UK</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p7</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/swine-flu-schoolchildren-china-british-embassy" name="&lid={bookSection}{British embassy refused to bring food to isolated child in China}&lpos={bookSection}{9}">British embassy 'refused to bring food to isolated child' in China</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/swine-flu-schoolchildren-china-british-embassy"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2009/7/25/1248558720499/British-students-in-swine-004.jpg" alt="British students in swine flu quarantine in Beijing, China" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Headteacher of schoolchildren quarantined with swine flu attacks British embassy staff for 'disappointing' response</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/town-halls-libraries-swine-flu-pills" name="&lid={bookSection}{Town halls and libraries to hand out swine flu pills}&lpos={bookSection}{10}">Town halls and libraries to hand out swine flu pills</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Pandemic leaves pharmacies near breaking point as UN adviser says the outbreak could last a year</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p8</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/26/iraq-conflict-army-torture-inquiry" name="&lid={bookSection}{Police expose flaws in armys torture inquiry}&lpos={bookSection}{11}">Police expose flaws in army's torture inquiry</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/26/iraq-conflict-army-torture-inquiry"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2009/7/25/1248559629173/British-soldiers-arrest-a-004.jpg" alt="British soldiers arrest an Iraqi in Basra, July 2003" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Investigation into a notorious gunfight during Iraq conflict failed in several respects, police claim</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p10</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jul/26/drugs-survey-dependent-adults-uk" name="&lid={bookSection}{One in 50 admit to drug addiction}&lpos={bookSection}{12}">One in 50 admit to drug addiction</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jul/26/drugs-survey-dependent-adults-uk"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2009/7/25/1248560211833/Drug-addict-smoking-a-cra-004.jpg" alt="Drug addict smoking a crack pipe" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Survey also shows 19% of adult Britons have been dependent on illegal drugs or know someone who has</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jul/26/james-sadler-crack-heroin-family" name="&lid={bookSection}{Heroin was my priority - not my family}&lpos={bookSection}{13}">'Heroin was my priority - not my family'</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>James Sadler says his moral compass became 'completely screwed' by a life of hard drug taking</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>Comment <span class="page-number">p11</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/26/barbara-ellen" name="&lid={bookSection}{Still living at home at 40? Shame on you | Barbara Ellen}&lpos={bookSection}{14}">Still living at home at 40? Shame on you</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p><strong>Barbara Ellen: </strong>I didn't reject the thought of staying at home as a teenager; it never occured to me</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p12</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/wealthy-pensioners-cotswolds-kent-hampshire" name="&lid={bookSection}{Wealthy elderly turn backs on seaside havens}&lpos={bookSection}{15}">Wealthy elderly turn backs on seaside havens</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Wealthier pensioners turn to upmarket towns and cities in sought-after inland locations such as the Cotswolds</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/26/belfast-ormeau-park-football-stadium" name="&lid={bookSection}{Anger as Belfast stadium plan is revived}&lpos={bookSection}{16}">Anger as Belfast stadium plan is revived</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Residents outraged as Ormeau Park football ground scheme comes back into play</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/26/scotland-edinburgh-clan-gathering-prince-charles" name="&lid={bookSection}{Homecomings big day dawns as 50,000 attend the Gathering}&lpos={bookSection}{17}">Homecoming's big day dawns as 50,000 attend the Gathering</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Prince Charles officially opens two-day event in Edinburgh celebrating Scotland's heritage</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p13</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/26/climate-change-obama-administration" name="&lid={bookSection}{Revealed: the secret evidence of global warming Bush tried to hide}&lpos={bookSection}{18}">Revealed: the secret evidence of global warming Bush tried to hide</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/26/climate-change-obama-administration"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/7/25/1248554365250/Satellite-images-of-polar-004.jpg" alt="Satellite images of polar ice sheets" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Photos declassified by Obama White House provide first graphic images of how polar ice sheets are retreating</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/26/global-warming-arctic-ice" name="&lid={bookSection}{Meltdown is a warning the world cant afford to ignore}&lpos={bookSection}{19}">Meltdown is a warning the world can't afford to ignore</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Dramatic new American spy satellite images of Arctic sea ice provides unexpected evidence of global warming</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p14</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/bleriot-cross-channel-flight-centenary" name="&lid={bookSection}{Channel flight marks Bl&eacute;riots centenary}&lpos={bookSection}{20}">Channel flight marks Blériot's centenary</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Edmond Salis celebrates centenary of the first cross-Channel flight with a crossing in a restored monoplane</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/jul/26/antony-gormley-field-torquay" name="&lid={bookSection}{Gormleys Field goes on display in Torquay}&lpos={bookSection}{21}">Gormley's Field goes on display in Torquay</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>A piece of art by Antony Gormley that consists of 40,000 hand-sized terracotta figures has gone on show</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/26/lockerbie-bomber-pleads-release-libya" name="&lid={bookSection}{Sick Lockerbie bomber pleads for release}&lpos={bookSection}{22}">Sick Lockerbie bomber pleads for release</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>The man jailed for the Lockerbie bombing has asked to be freed on compassionate grounds</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jul/26/no-kerb-roads" name="&lid={bookSection}{Charities say no-kerb roads are dangerous}&lpos={bookSection}{23}">Charities say no-kerb roads are dangerous</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Twenty-nine charities back campaign to stop schemes that do away with kerbs and street signs</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jul/26/assisted-suicide-christian-nurses-rcn" name="&lid={bookSection}{Christian nurses speak against assisted suicide}&lpos={bookSection}{24}">Christian nurses speak against assisted suicide</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Royal College of Nursing's policy shift sends 'wrong signal' to vulnerable, says Christian organisation</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p15</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jul/26/michael-cooper-eat-pray-love" name="&lid={bookSection}{Now its the husbands turn to tell all in battle of the ex-files}&lpos={bookSection}{25}">Now it's the husband's turn to tell all in battle of the ex-files</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jul/26/michael-cooper-eat-pray-love"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2009/7/26/1248563171322/Author-of-Eat-Pray-Love-E-004.jpg" alt="Author of Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>As his former wife's bestselling book becomes a film, Michael Cooper adds his own tale to the mix</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p16</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/26/mens-fashion-male-models" name="&lid={bookSection}{Here comes the son: stars boys storm catwalk}&lpos={bookSection}{26}">Here comes the son: stars' boys storm catwalk</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Their fathers are top actors and musicians but a new clan of male models are carving out successful fashion careers</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p17</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/26/african-racist-intimidation-belfast-son" name="&lid={bookSection}{Dying boy forced out of Belfast home by racists}&lpos={bookSection}{27}">Dying boy forced out of Belfast home by racists</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Son of Ivory Coast footballer taken to hospice</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/lack-helicopters-afghanistan-troops-risk" name="&lid={bookSection}{Lack of helicopters puts injured troops at risk}&lpos={bookSection}{28}">Lack of helicopters 'puts injured troops at risk'</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>British troops wounded in Afghanistan being made to endure lengthy delays before receiving hospital treatment</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p18</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jul/26/pg-wodehouse-political-satires" name="&lid={bookSection}{Earliest PG Wodehouse satires discovered}&lpos={bookSection}{29}">Earliest Wodehouse satires discovered</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jul/26/pg-wodehouse-political-satires"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2009/7/25/1248562327411/PG-Wodehouse-in-his-car-o-004.jpg" alt="PG Wodehouse in his car outside his house, 1928" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Writings from 100 years ago emerge to cast new light on the author's politics</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p19</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/jul/26/graduate-careers-direct-selling-avon" name="&lid={bookSection}{Graduates go door to door for a career}&lpos={bookSection}{30}">Graduates go door to door for a career</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Graduates are resorting to door-to-door selling as many give up hope of finding a permanent job</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/cia-rendition-guantanamo" name="&lid={bookSection}{Secrets of CIA ghost flights to be revealed}&lpos={bookSection}{31}">Secrets of CIA 'ghost flights' to be revealed</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/cia-rendition-guantanamo"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2009/7/25/1248560898916/Protest-in-support-of-Gua-004.jpg" alt="Protest in support of Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Guantánamo detainee's lawyers hail UK air firm's U-turn that allows rendition case to go to court</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>Focus <span class="page-number">p20</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jul/26/ted-festival-new-ideas-technology" name="&lid={bookSection}{Carole Cadwalladr spots Gordon Brown and Cameron Diaz at TED, the festival of new ideas}&lpos={bookSection}{32}">Where might Gordon Brown bump into scientists, poets, internet gurus, and even Cameron (Diaz, that is)? At TED, the festival of new ideas</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p><strong>Carole Cadwalladr</strong> reports from the coolest conference on Earth that attracts a vast web audience</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>Focus <span class="page-number">p22</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jul/26/stieg-larsson-thriller-novels-sweden" name="&lid={bookSection}{Poisoned legacy left by the king of thrillers}&lpos={bookSection}{33}">Poisoned legacy left by the king of thrillers</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Stieg Larsson's early death and the fight to film his bestseller books form a tale of their own</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>Comment <span class="page-number">p23</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/obama-race-patricia-williams-america" name="&lid={bookSection}{Racial prejudice lives on in America | Patricia Williams |}&lpos={bookSection}{34}">Having Barack Obama as president doesn't make America colour-blind</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p><strong>Patricia Williams:</strong> An arrested African-American professor and a Hispanic woman judge – two stories that prove prejudice lives on in the USA</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/26/polly-vernon-doctor-who" name="&lid={bookSection}{The Doctor in Doc Martens? Yes please | Polly Vernon |}&lpos={bookSection}{35}">The Doctor in Doc Martens? Yes please</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p><strong>Polly Vernon</strong>: Doctor Who's costume has always provoked chatter. It's a challenge, no?</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>Comment <span class="page-number">p24</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/26/uk-voting-system-overhaul" name="&lid={bookSection}{Our voting system needs a radical overhaul | Editorial}&lpos={bookSection}{36}">Our voting system needs a radical overhaul</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p><strong>Editorial: </strong>The current system fails to return parliaments that represent, in a proportionate fashion, the views of the electorate</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/26/thomas-harriot-astronomer-moon-science" name="&lid={bookSection}{He boldly went | Editorial}&lpos={bookSection}{37}">He boldly went</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p><strong>Editorial: </strong>Exactly 400 years ago, on 26 July 1609, astronomer Thomas Harriot made a sketch of the moon using a primitive telescope</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/26/editorial-silvio-berlusconi-eu-scandals" name="&lid={bookSection}{Berlusconis antics deserve our censure | editorial}&lpos={bookSection}{38}">Berlusconi's antics deserve our censure</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p><strong>Editorial: </strong>Fellow European countries should be less forgiving of Italy and its prime minister</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>Comment <span class="page-number">p25</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/26/kevin-mckenna-scotland-homecoming-2009" name="&lid={bookSection}{Homecoming Scotland 2009: Make this a party of all our talents | Kevin McKenna}&lpos={bookSection}{39}">Homecoming Scotland 2009 - make this a party of all our talents</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <strong>Kevin McKenna:</strong> Homecoming Scotland 2009 shouldn't just be about neeps, haggis and Harry Lauder. Let the arts shine too </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/26/neal-lawson-electoral-reform" name="&lid={bookSection}{Gordon Browns golden chance to overhaul the political system | Neal Lawson}&lpos={bookSection}{40}">Gordon Brown's golden chance to overhaul the political system</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <strong>Neal Lawson</strong>: By initiating electoral reform, the prime minister could re-engage with lost voters and discomfort David Cameron to boot </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/26/robert-capa-photography-the-falling-soldier-spanish-civil-war" name="&lid={bookSection}{The truth is rarely so black and white | Euan Ferguson}&lpos={bookSection}{41}">The truth is rarely so black and white</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p><strong>Euan Ferguson: </strong>Even if he acted from the best of motives, what Robert Capa did now seems indefensible</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>Comment <span class="page-number">p26</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/26/steven-gerrard" name="&lid={bookSection}{Steven Gerrard leaving Liverpool Crown Court, 23 July}&lpos={bookSection}{42}">Liverpool Crown Court, 23 July</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/26/steven-gerrard"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/7/25/1248548992070/Steven-Gerrard-leaves-Liv-004.jpg" alt="Steven Gerrard leaves Liverpool crown court on Thursday" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Steven Gerrard leaving Liverpool Crown Court after a morning in the dock on charges of affray</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/26/gordon-brown-democracy-david-cameron" name="&lid={bookSection}{At last, Brown is getting it right. His tragedy is that no one can see it | Will Hutton}&lpos={bookSection}{43}">At last, Brown is getting it right. His tragedy is that no one can see it</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p><strong>Will Hutton:</strong>Recently, the subterranean balance of the deep argument has begun to swing back to Brown</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>Comment <span class="page-number">p27</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/26/swine-flu-karol-sikora-health" name="&lid={bookSection}{Swine flu: only a dose of humanity can save us from this modern plague | Karol Sikora}&lpos={bookSection}{44}">Swine flu: only a dose of humanity can save us from this modern plague</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <strong>Karol Sikora:</strong> In a faithless society beset by hysteria, those fearful of infection should put their trust in old-fashioned values </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/26/david-cameron-eu-far-right" name="&lid={bookSection}{Whats Cameron doing with Europes lunatic fringe? | Nick Cohen}&lpos={bookSection}{45}">What's Cameron doing with Europe's lunatic fringe?</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p><strong>Nick Cohen: </strong>Rather than work with Sarkozy and Merkel, the Tory leader courts the company of extremists</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>Comment <span class="page-number">p28</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/26/stephen-pritchard-readers-editor-comment" name="&lid={bookSection}{The readers editor on … the demise of the Observers TV guide | Stephen Pritchard}&lpos={bookSection}{46}">The readers' editor on … the demise of the Observer's TV guide</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <strong>Stephen Pritchard</strong>: The Observer, like other newspapers, is having to make painful decisions about what it can afford to print </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/jul/26/letters-big-issue-private-schools" name="&lid={bookSection}{Letters, the big issue: Education: end the inequity of private schools}&lpos={bookSection}{47}">Education: end the inequity of private schools</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p><strong>Letters, the big issue: </strong>Far from preparing pupils to take their place in the wider world, private schooling promotes elitism under the guise of privileged education</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/26/for-the-record-corrections-observer" name="&lid={bookSection}{For the record | 26 July 2009}&lpos={bookSection}{48}">For the record</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>This week's corrections</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/26/your-letters-observer" name="&lid={bookSection}{Your letters | 26 July 2009}&lpos={bookSection}{49}">Your letters</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Labour may never win power on its own again, says Andrew Rawnsley (Comment, last week)</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>World news <span class="page-number">p29</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/summer-wildfires-spain-mediterranean-coast" name="&lid={bookSection}{Hundreds evacuated as Med coast wildfires spread}&lpos={bookSection}{50}">Hundreds evacuated as Med coast wildfires spread</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/summer-wildfires-spain-mediterranean-coast"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/7/25/1248555632959/Spanish-firefighters-alon-004.jpg" alt="Spanish firefighters along the Mediterranean" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Ten people, including six firemen, have died in fires that have struck Spain, France, Greece and Sardinia</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/jacob-zuma-township-rally-kwazulunatal" name="&lid={bookSection}{Zuma plea as protests sweep the townships}&lpos={bookSection}{51}">Zuma plea as protests sweep the townships</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/jacob-zuma-township-rally-kwazulunatal"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/7/25/1248555333520/Protesters-in-Johannesbur-004.jpg" alt="Protesters in Johannesburg" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>South Africa's president calls for end to violence and admits he needs time to end corruption and improve services</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>World news <span class="page-number">p30</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/taliban-afghanistan-khost-attack" name="&lid={bookSection}{Seven bombers killed as Taliban switch tactics with attack in east}&lpos={bookSection}{52}">Seven bombers killed as Taliban switch tactics with attack in east</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Taliban fighters mount audacious attack on main police station in the eastern Afghan city of Khost</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/honduras-leader-vows-stand-firm" name="&lid={bookSection}{Ousted Honduran leader vows to stand firm in border stand-off}&lpos={bookSection}{53}">Ousted Honduran leader vows to stand firm in border stand-off</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Manuel Zelaya sets up camp on his country's border with Nicaragua to increase pressure on coup leaders</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/paris-calanques-national-park-rebellion" name="&lid={bookSection}{Rebellion in Provence at Paris plan for national park}&lpos={bookSection}{54}">Rebellion in Provence at Paris plan for national park</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/paris-calanques-national-park-rebellion"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/7/25/1248555011752/The-Calanques-cliffs-west-005.jpg" alt="The Calanques cliffs, west of Marseille" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Locals want the Calanques mountains to stay a tourist-free zone for fishermen and bird-shooters</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>World news <span class="page-number">p31</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/us-healthcare-obama-barack-change" name="&lid={bookSection}{Whistleblower tells of Americas hidden nightmare for its sick poor}&lpos={bookSection}{55}">Whistleblower tells of America's hidden nightmare for its sick poor</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/us-healthcare-obama-barack-change"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/7/25/1248554666676/Dental-care-at-a-clinic-i-004.jpg" alt="Dental care at a clinic in Wise Virginia" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>When an insurance firm boss saw a field hospital for the poor in Virginia, he knew he had to speak out</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>World news <span class="page-number">p32</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/radicalisation-european-muslims" name="&lid={bookSection}{Fears of an Islamic revolt in Europe begin to fade}&lpos={bookSection}{56}">Fears of an Islamic revolt in Europe begin to fade</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/radicalisation-european-muslims"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/7/25/1248554462158/Muslim-women-in-Marseille-005.jpg" alt="Muslim women in Marseille" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Five years ago bombings and riots fuelled anxiety that EU Muslims were on the verge of mass radicalisation</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>World news <span class="page-number">p34</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/africa-lake-kivu-co2-gas" name="&lid={bookSection}{Poisonous gas from African lake poses threat to millions}&lpos={bookSection}{57}">Poisonous gas from African lake poses threat to millions</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/africa-lake-kivu-co2-gas"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/7/25/1248547735198/Youngsters-dive-into-the--004.jpg" alt="Youngsters dive into the waters of Lake Kivu at Kisegi" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Trapped methane and carbon dioxide could be set loose by a quake or landslide, say scientists</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/world-news-in-brief" name="&lid={bookSection}{World news in brief}&lpos={bookSection}{58}">World news in brief</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>More news from around the world</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>7 days <span class="page-number">p35</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jul/26/tom-bower-diary-richard-desmond" name="&lid={bookSection}{My week: Tom Bower}&lpos={bookSection}{59}">My week: Tom Bower</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Tom Bower's diary of the libel trial filed against him by owner of Express Newspapers Richard Desmond</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/26/victoria-coren-comment-arlene-phillips" name="&lid={bookSection}{Reinstate Arlene Phillips. But only if she stops trying to be funny | Victoria Coren}&lpos={bookSection}{60}">Come back Arlene Phillips. But cut out the gags</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <strong>Victoria Coren: </strong>There are too few women over 50 on TV. There are too few funny women on TV </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>7 days <span class="page-number">p36</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/26/andrew-roberts-storm-of-war" name="&lid={bookSection}{The Observer profile: Andrew Roberts - the history man who loves to party}&lpos={bookSection}{61}">Andrew Roberts: The history man who loves to party</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p><strong>Profile: </strong>He is also one of the greatest historians of our time and his new book on the Second World War may prove to be his masterpiece</p> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="related"> <div id="book-index"> <h2>All sections</h2> <ul> <li> <strong class="book"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/26/news" class="showerstyle open " name="&lid={bookIndex}{Main section}&lpos={bookIndex}{1}">Main section</a> </strong> <ul id="drop-1"> <li class="first"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/26/news/uknews" name="&lid={bookIndex}{News}&lpos={bookIndex}{2}" class="book-section"> News </a> <span class="count">p1-19</span> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/26/news/comment" name="&lid={bookIndex}{Comment}&lpos={bookIndex}{3}" class="book-section"> Comment </a> <span class="count">p11-28</span> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/26/news/focus" name="&lid={bookIndex}{Focus}&lpos={bookIndex}{4}" class="book-section"> Focus </a> <span class="count">p20-22</span> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/26/news/worldnews" name="&lid={bookIndex}{World news}&lpos={bookIndex}{5}" class="book-section"> World news </a> <span 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class="showerstyle " name="&lid={bookIndex}{Observer Review}&lpos={bookIndex}{9}">Observer Review</a> </strong> <ul id="drop-3" class="hidebook"> <li class="first"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/26/review/features" name="&lid={bookIndex}{Features}&lpos={bookIndex}{10}" class="book-section"> Features </a> <span class="count">p2-10</span> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/26/review/arts" name="&lid={bookIndex}{The critics}&lpos={bookIndex}{11}" class="book-section"> The critics </a> <span class="count">p11-27</span> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/26/review/books" name="&lid={bookIndex}{Books}&lpos={bookIndex}{12}" class="book-section"> Books </a> <span class="count">p19-25</span> </li> <li> <a 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name="&lid={bookIndex}{Observer Business, Media & Cash}&lpos={bookIndex}{16}">Observer Business, Media & Cash</a> </strong> <ul id="drop-5" class="hidebook"> <li class="first"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/26/businessandmedia/news" name="&lid={bookIndex}{Business news & features}&lpos={bookIndex}{17}" class="book-section"> Business news & features </a> <span class="count">p1-10</span> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/26/businessandmedia/cash" name="&lid={bookIndex}{Cash}&lpos={bookIndex}{18}" class="book-section"> Cash </a> <span class="count">p11-16</span> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <strong class="book"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/26/magazine" class="showerstyle " name="&lid={bookIndex}{Observer Magazine}&lpos={bookIndex}{19}">Observer Magazine</a> </strong> <ul id="drop-6" class="hidebook"> <li class="first"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/26/magazine/life-and-style" name="&lid={bookIndex}{Life & style}&lpos={bookIndex}{20}" class="book-section"> Life & style </a> <span class="count">p5-62</span> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <strong class="book"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/26/sportmonthly" class="showerstyle " name="&lid={bookIndex}{Observer Sport Monthly}&lpos={bookIndex}{21}">Observer Sport Monthly</a> </strong> <ul id="drop-7" class="hidebook"> <li class="first"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/26/sportmonthly/features" name="&lid={bookIndex}{Observer Sport Monthly}&lpos={bookIndex}{22}" class="book-section"> Observer Sport Monthly </a> <span class="count">p5-50</span> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/26/all" name="&lid={bookIndex}{The Observer}&lpos={bookIndex}{23}"> All stories </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="section-contents"> <div class="capsule"> <h2>Guardian and Observer archive</h2> <div id="calendar-container"> <table title="Calendar for July" summary="Calendar for July" id="calendar"> <thead> <tr> <th colspan="7" scope="col"> <strong class="month">Jul 2009</strong> <a title="Previous month" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2009/jun/30" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Previous}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{1}" class="previous"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729222703im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/images/calendar/left_arrow_grey_bg.gif" alt="Previous" height="18" width="19"/> </a> </th> </tr> <tr class="month-nav"> <th scope="col" title="Monday" class="first">M</th> <th scope="col" 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