The Observer: Main section

Barbara Ellen: Beaches and pools are not your usual motifs of doom and nor should they ever be allowed to become so

Tristram Hunt: The British Museum is now our top attraction. If only others would shrug off their deadening ways and follow its lead

Huma Qureshi: You don't have to have been a victim of an Islamophobic attack to realise that things have changed

Editorial: One of the most memorable political slogans of the last generation was Tony Blair's pledge to be 'tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime'

Editorial: As if it was not obvious before, the credit crunch has made leaders of the world's most powerful nations acutely aware of how joined up their economic fortunes are

Andrew Rawnsley: With two traumatic failures behind him, a Labour victory in the Scottish byelection is absolutely crucial for the Prime Minister

Yvonne Roberts: The image of Ingrid Betancourt reunited with her children is a tribute to the strength of parental love

This week's corrections

The big issue: I applaud the honesty of the incoming president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (News, leader and special report, last week)

Letters: Your article on the Iranian threat ('Rumours of war spread as Israel flexes its muscle', World, last week) quotes me extensively but in a slanted way

Brian Morton: Resigning in order 'to spend more time with my family' seems a peculiarly British phenomenon since the essence of the thing is that nobody believes it

Will Hutton: Anglicanism is a liberal tradition central to the very conception of Englishness, but it finds itself under mounting threat

Catherine Bennett: Prince William has been praised for his derring-do on the high seas. We didn't let his father have it so easy