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Edinburgh festival from dusk till dawn

11 Aug 2010: During the festival, Edinburgh is the city that never sleeps – but are all those shows in the wee small hours worth the effort? Andrew Dickson finds out
Pass notes No 2,829: The middle classes

11 Aug 2010: Our prime minister is middle class, apparently. What does that mean?
EastEnders' Phil Mitchell on crack: an iconic TV moment

11 Aug 2010:
Yes, it's controversial and incomprehensible. But it has certainly caught the viewing public's imagination
How Castaway made my life hell

11 Aug 2010: Ten years on, one of the participants in the BBC reality show on why it took him years to recover from the experience
Mohombi (No 845)

11 Aug 2010: This Swedish-raised R&B lothario's raunchy rave-pop is a return to the jolly days of 90s Eurodance
Artist of the week 100: Jorge Santos

11 Aug 2010: Skye Sherwin: The Portuguese artist's major subject is memory – beauty is elusive in his quietly minimalist work
Yet another modern-day Bonnie and Clyde

11 Aug 2010: A pair of suspected killers on the run in the US have been compared to the depression-era bank robbers. They're not the first . . .
Karl Marlantes's top 10 war stories

11 Aug 2010:
From Homer to Norman Mailer, the novelist and Vietnam veteran chooses books that tell the 'numbing, confusing, occasionally thrilling' truth about combat
Hey, what's that sound: Homemade guitars

11 Aug 2010:
Everyone from Brian May to Boredoms has bulit their own axe. So why not get creative and turn your skateboard into one?
Football transfer rumours: William Gallas to Tottenham?

11 Aug 2010: Liverpool chase Hérita Ilunga | Mark Schwarzer hands in transfer request | West Ham want Yakubu and Benoît Cheyrou
'I wanted to become a woman - but did I really want to become Juliet?'

11 Aug 2010:
As part of her transition, Juliet Jacques had to discard her male name and pick a female one. How would this name change affect her family and friends - and herself?
A very modern midlife crisis

11 Aug 2010:
Middle-aged man is spurning the fast car for a flash bike. But is this the tip of a fitness iceberg or just a yearning for expensive gear?
How will lone parents cope with having to find a job when their children reach school age?

11 Aug 2010:
Single parents are to be compelled to seek work once their youngest child turns five, or face losing benefits. We ask families how they will cope.
Midlife crisis? What midlife crisis?

11 Aug 2010:
Middle-aged men are now more likely to buy a fast bike rather than a fast car, but what other signs of midlife crisis have changed over the years?
On a roll: the unstoppable rise of Greggs the bakers

11 Aug 2010:
Greggs: it's the bakery chain with more shops in Britain than McDonald's. But it's also a consumer giant that's kept its social conscience