When you say, "abolish capitalism", what do you want me to do? Do I take the banks down? That's ridiculous. Do I stop making and selling things? The world would stop turning. Make a demand I can act on.

With the number of by unemployed women in the UK up 32,000 to 1.2 million, it's not unreasonable to conclude that women are being squeezed in the jobs market.

Iran has stopped oil sales to France and the UK as tensions continue to rise over its nuclear programme. State media said the oil ministry had "cut...

Police have said they are looking for 47-year-old Stephen Farrow in connection with the murder of the Reverand John Suddards, after releasing a 43-yea...

Repurposing a place is expensive. Abandoning it can be even more costly, with an unseen price in terms of ruptured relationships, disrupted education and mental stress... and what about the cultural and psychological value of a pit village or a council estate?

Political power struggles have set the industry back and there doesn't seem to be any sign that the jostling for position will end soon. The fact that some oil companies are no longer sure if they even want to stay in Iraq can only be a testament to the fact that, after nine years, Iraq's oil policy has failed and that a change of direction is needed.

The harder I tried to create an English football team on a small Micronesian island, the less I achieved. It was only when I understood that I had to learn from the players as much as I had to teach them that things started to happen. A national football team is a crucial statement of national identity - it must represent its people.

It's good that Friends of the Earth are coming forth with this information as a harsh criticism of an industry that in theory holds sustainability to high regard. This industry, like any other, could contribute to the decline of social sustainability which is why UK and EU governments need to establish standards and tight regulations.

As the Atheist Movement continues to fight against the voice of faith in public life here in the UK, Christians - and those of all faiths for that matter - need not batten down the hatches, but rather practice their faith and talk about it openly, unapologetic and unafraid.

Syrian officials involved in the brutal suppression of anti-regime protests will eventually be held accountable for their actions, Western diplomats h...

Any misgivings China may have about its exposure to the euro should be offset by a deep sense of gratitude - for it is the common currency that history may judge to be the catalyst for China's mineral - and energy - independence and indeed its very emergence as a global superpower.

Africa's growth has averaged just below 6% over the last decade. And with the world economy slowing including China's, one is tempted to ask if this g...

Where to start with India's Test performances in the past few months? They have been so abject in all three disciplines, that any dissection of where they went wrong would be an exercise in futility.

Beckham has now indicated he fancies captaining Team GB (that stands for Great Britain, by the way, not Golden Balls), and it would be a shock if he wasn't given that honour, too.