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Sewing cafe opens in Paris
Rent a sewing machine by the hour, learn a new skill or simply sip cafe au lait
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Sponsorship: an etiquette minefield
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Will we ever achieve the paperless office?
Paper use is falling, but only 1% a year
Comment & features p2
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Pass notes No 2,764: Haiku
The short poetic form is favoured by the EU president, and tweeters who want to harass Glenn Beck
Comment & features p3
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Royal treatment
At the start of the first world war, Brighton's Royal Pavilion was made a hospital for Indian troops, an all-but-forgotten chapter in the surreal building's history
Comment & features p10
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All the president's emails
In a unique experiment in democratic transparency, Barack Obama – a BlackBerry owner, and the first American president to use email while in office – has agreed to copy G2 in on his otherwise highly confidential electronic communications. Each week, we present a selection from recent days
Comment & features p13
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Should Lib Dems wear yellow on election day?
No, a political party isn't a football team; plus, are dungarees a good look?
Comment & features p14
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Simon de Pury: the Mick Jagger of art auctions
He is the renowned auctioneer able to whip art prices up into the millions. Stuart Jeffries talks to Simon de Pury about market jitters, wild bids – and the thrill of the sale
Arts p18
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Open season for the arts festival
Festival season is upon us. But what makes a good one – and a bad one? Lyn Gardner braces herself for six months of non-stop arts extravaganzas
Arts p20
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Kakuro 1,092 medium
Fill the grid so that each run of squares adds up to the total in the box above or to the left
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Sudoku 1,539 easy
Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9