Charles Leadbeater, online evangelist, at home in London. Photograph: Sonja Horsman for the Observer Charles Leadbeater is an online evangelist. The former Financial Times journalist has moved away from politics into a world of social entrepreneurs, amateur activists and grassroots campaigners... 

Fabio Capello’s press conferences prompted harsh questioning after England’s unhappy performance in South Africa. Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images After French revolutionaries had stormed the Bastille in 1789 an early spin doctor had a confiscated printing press shown to the... 

Raising the cost of alcohol to 45p a unit would immediately save about 50 lives a year The dispute over the need for controls on the cost of alcohol intensified today after the Scottish government unveiled formal plans to fix a minimum price for all alcoholic drinks at 45p per unit. That would... 

The move has come following a call by legal and medical experts for a full inquest into David Kelly’s death. Photograph: Ian Waldie/Getty Images Europe The attorney general’s office is examining files relating to the death of David Kelly, a move which could herald a full inquest...