Mail on Sunday

Even Terrorist Suspects Need Our Protection

Law exists to protect our lives and our liberties. Important issues of law arise again and again from the recurring conflict between these two objectives. Since the terrorist attacks on New York in 2001 and London in 2005, the American and British parliaments and courts have had to wrestle with this issue: 'How can one protect the safety of the public without injustice to the individual?' Under the Romans, there was a simple, if brutal, answer: 'The safety of the Republic is the supreme law.'...

Quotes of the Week

'I do think there is a sense of Tony having lost his sense of direction.' Charles Clarke takes his revenge on Tony Blair for sacking him as Home Secretary 'Bitterness in politics only corrodes those involved in it. Would you please put a sock in it?' Another ex-Home Secretary, David Blunkett, responds to Mr Clarke 'Men and women give of their best not for some grand idea, some "-ism" but out of love, loyalty and comradeship.

All You Need Is Money

For the first time in decades, the surviving Beatles and the families of John and George have gathered together to launch a Las Vegas show based on their songs. An end to years of bitterness and feuding? Or was it more to do with the mega-millions they're all set to make? At times it was almost overwhelming: a dizzying trip back in time with spectacular light displays, breathtaking acrobatics and, above all, the music. And for a moment when they took to the stage two surviving Beatles and t...

Evil's Reign in Spain ; Review

The Battle For Spain by Antony Beevor Weidenfeld Nicolson Pounds 25 . Pounds 20 (0870 165 0870) As Generalissimo Francisco Franco signed his deathlists, he would place 'E' for execute for those to die, 'C' for those spared and, most macabre and revealing of all, 'garrote y prensa' next to well- known people: 'Garrot and publicity.' Nothing so sums up the miserable wickedness of the victors of the Spanish Civil War and the vivid verve of this new history of it. Franco, says its author Antony...

New Fiction

The Free And Easy by Anne Haverty Chatto Windus Pounds 11.99 . Pounds 11.99 free pp (0870 165 0870) ... Troubled by an ominous dream, Pender Gast, an Irish immigrant who has struck it rich in America, sends his great-nephew Tom across the Atlantic with a blank cheque and a mission to help his people. But instead of povertystricken peasants, Tom finds the Celtic Tiger at full roar, as he is led by the upwardly mobile Kinane family into the word of Dublin's ultra-rich; a mystery concerning his...

The Secret Lusts of Lloyd George ; Review

If Love Were All ... The Story Of Frances Stevenson And David Lloyd George by John Campbell Jonathan Cape Pounds 25 . Pounds 20 (0870 165 0870) The Review bookstore All books reviewed on these pages can be ordered direct at the special reduced prices shown next to the telephone symbol. Call 0870 165 0870 or send a UK cheque, payable to The Review Bookstore, to: The Review Bookstore, Parc Menai, Bangor LL57 4FB. UK pp: 99p for orders less than Pounds 10 rrp, Pounds 1.95 for more than Pounds 10...

Hollywood'swelsh Dragon ; Review

Bette Davis: The GirlWho Walked Home Alone by Charlotte Chandler Simon Schuster Pounds 17.99 . Pounds 14.99 (0870 165 0870) The moment Bette Davis was born (in Lowell, Massachusetts), a bolt of lightning hit a tree in front of the house. This was no surprise, given that one of her ancestors was a Welsh witch.

House Finally Getsashot at Redemption

House Five, Thursday ..... Out Of Practice Living TV, Thursday .....

Cursed by Mcfly ; 'Lucky' Lindsay Lohan has Been...

Just My Luck Certificate: PG Running time: 1hr 43mins ..... OverThe Hedge Certificate: U Running time: 1hr 23mins .....

Hip-Hop Stars Go Back to the Streets

There are remarkably few great concert films. Scorsese's film of The Band, The Last Waltz, is one from the Seventies; Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense by Jonathan Demme from the early Eighties is another.

A Night Out with Mozart and His Pals

The Philosopher's Stone Mozart and Friends Garsington Opera, Oxford Vivaldi Violin Concertos Giuliano Carmignola DG Garsington's much-loved founder, Leonard Ingrams, personally selected the Mozartian curiosity Der Stein Der Weisen (The Philosopher's Stone) to be his tribute to Wolfgang Amadeus on his 250th anniversary, and it is a good choice.

No Change From Cash

You can tell a lot about pop stars from their hair. Elton John was photographed recently with rather less than his usual terracotta thatch poking out from under his baseball cap. He was so aggrieved, he went to court seeking an injunction, but the judge allowed publication to go ahead, leaving a question in the air: did Elton really think we thought his hair was all his own?

It's Gibbering Balderdash but I Like It ; New Releases

Arecent TV comedy sketch featured a lugubrious song parody titled Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now. It had a point. But back when Coldplay were new to the game, it might just as easily have been called Everything Sounds Like Radiohead Now, Including Coldplay. So overwhelming has been Coldplay's influence on other bands, and on what the industry is prepared to promote, that the other offshoot of Radiohead's legacy music that's loud, dense and intense, as opposed to chiming and melancholic ...

This Puppet Love Is Strictly for Muppets

Avenue Q Noel Coward Theatre, London 2hrs 15mins (including interval) ..... The Seagull Lyttelton Theatre, London 2hrs 45mins (including interval) .....

From Fonteyn to the Future ; Dance Dvds

Dance continues to thrive on DVD, and it's good news that producers are looking for material beyond the obvious classics. Top of the list of new releases must be Margot (Digital Classics) ****, a South Bank Show documentary about the life of Dame Margot Fonteyn. Although the film doesn't provide much sense of what made her such a great ballerina (crucially, it underplays her relationship with choreographer Frederick Ashton), it uses rare footage and illuminating interviews to present a moving...

It All Ends in Tears... ; but Wimbledon Joy As Andy Murray Crushes Roddick 3-0

FIRST the agony, then the ecstasy. At 6.49pm yesterday millions despaired as England crashed out of the World Cup then just 90 minutes later watched with joy as Andy Murray stormed to a stunning victory at Wimbledon England's best chance of World Cup glory since 1966 vanished in an unbearably dramatic quarterfinal against Portugal, in which Wayne Rooney was sent off and David Beckham limped off in anguish from the pitch.

Prescott's Stay at Casino-Bid Tycoon's Ranch in the Rockies

JOHN PRESCOTT stayed at the luxury ranch of an American billionaire who is desperate to build Britain's first super-casino at the Millennium Dome. The Deputy Prime Minister, who chairs the powerful Cabinet committee in charge of gambling policy, spent the night at a Rocky Mountain retreat owned by reclusive tycoon Philip Anschutz.

We Face Defeat in Afghanistan, Army Chiefs Warn Blair

ARMY chiefs have warned Tony Blair that British forces face defeat in Afghanistan unless more troops and equipment are sent out immediately, it was claimed last night. According to a senior military source, Army top brass have told the Government there is a possibility of failure in Afghanistan, where British soldiers have met significant resistance from the Taliban forces defeated by the US-Anglo invasion five years ago.

Fears for Soldier As Gaza Crisis Deepens

FEARS were growing last night for a kidnapped and injured Israeli soldier after conflicting reports from Gaza about whether he had been visited by a doctor. A huge Israeli force remained poised on the city's northern edge as mediators made last-ditch attempts to verify Palestinian claims that he was 'stable'.

Nicole's Love Island ; On Romantic Bora Bora, the New Mr Andmrs Kidman Share an Idyllic Honeymoon

WORLD EXCLUSIVE SPLASHING in the sea wearing nothing but a bikini and a beaming smile, it is fair to say marriage seems to agree with Nicole Kidman. Just a week after her wedding to country singer Keith Urban, the actress looked delighted as she relaxed on honeymoon with her new husband.