Man Booker prize 2011 longlist includes quartet of debut novels
Stephen Kelman’s Pigeon English leads charge by first-time authors as previous winners fail to make 13-strong longlist
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Olympic chief calls for ‘mandatory’ funding for local sports facilities
Local authorities must protect budgets, says Lord Moynihan, as drive to get more people playing sport falters
Let the games begin
It’s a year to the start of the 2012 Olympics. Iain Sinclair, writer and arch critic of the project, takes on Labour’s Tessa Jowell who played a key role in the London bid
How power, money and art are shifting to the East End
The Olympics have fuelled regeneration, but while many welcome the changes, some fear its character will be lost
Iain Sinclair’s struggles with the city of London
Iain Sinclair has spent decades documenting the capital and its edgelands. Now he has launched a furious attack on the Olympic development project.
Telling Ken: the Livingstone roadshow
A public meeting in North Hackney showed Labour’s mayoral candidate in platform-building and listening mode
London 2012 Olympics ticket sales spark second round of anger
• Thousands who missed out in first ballot disappointed again • 18 out of 24 sports sold out by Friday evening • Only football, volleyball and wrestling left by Sunday
Hitting the bottle: Hackney’s new refill scheme for wine lovers
Do you like your vino red, white or green? Borough Wines’s bring-your-own-bottle service cuts cost and carbon drastically
Olympic land saga: salmon and compensation
With London 2012 less than a year away, the land on which the games will take place has yet to be fully paid for
Cine-files: Rio, Dalston, London
This single-screened east London cinema offers a personal touch and period detail but falls down on facilities
Private firm sniffs a profit in coalition schools policy
‘Mossbourne two’ would meet demands of parents who beg for a place at academy in east London, says headteacher
Libya allocated Olympic tickets
Organisers confirm Libya’s Olympic authorities – headed by Gaddafi’s eldest son – given passes to London Games
Government to defend its 9,000 Olympic tickets
Allocation breakdown shows 450 tickets set aside as prizes at School Games and 1,500 reserved for foreign business guests
2012 Olympic torch ignites row over Games’ green credentials
The 2012 torch was supposed to be low carbon, but the scientists at EDF, the Games’ sponsors, simply ran out of time
Pro-choice campaigners fight moves to turn back clock on abortion rights
Diane Abbott among those opposing involvement of anti-abortion charity in possible amendment to law