Editor's Choice
Our selection of some of the best writing and most compelling recent articles, pictures and video on Telegraph.co.uk
Reading our festive desires
Tapping into the unconscious minds of shoppers could give an insight into the seasonal spree, writes Roger Highfield.
20 Dec 2011
| CommentsInside the cave of stone-age secrets
A fossil from Kents Cavern in Devon is forcing scientists to re-evaluate everything they thought they knew about human history, says Karolyn Shindler.
20 Dec 2011
| CommentsHenry Winter's 2011 review
Henry Winter looks back on Arsenal's annihilation, Balotelli's bib and Barca's breathtaking dominance.
20 Dec 2011
| CommentsDear Me: Telegraph writers advise their 16-year-old selves
A new book collates the letters that notable people have written to their teenage personas, with revealing results. Here, Telegraph writers do the same.
20 Dec 2011
| CommentsThe child soldier takes over in North Korea
What is the nation's future under the control of a belligerent new 'Dear Leader’ who is not yet 30? David Blair reports.
19 Dec 2011
| CommentsArt sales: review of 2011
China is close to becoming the largest art and antiques market in the world, says Colin Gleadell.
19 Dec 2011
| CommentsStrauss-Kahn tries to make political comeback
DSK attempts to launch comeback at economic forum in China in which he likened the euro to a "raft on the verge of sinking".
19 Dec 2011
| CommentsKim Jong-il
Unpredictable North Korean dictator who led his impoverished, nuclear-armed nation with the same secrecy and repression that his father had used
19 Dec 2011
| CommentsThe best of London theatre in 2011
What never seems to pall is the shared experience of a play, says Charles Spencer.
19 Dec 2011
| CommentsBragg: why shouldn’t UK be clever country?
Melvyn Bragg says that Britain is undergoing a cultural renaissance, reports Sarah Crompton.
19 Dec 2011
| CommentsWhy Revs dread Christmas
Endless carols; inebriated worshippers; health and safety nightmares… for the vicars who inspired TV’s ‘Rev’, the season of goodwill only goes so far.
18 Dec 2011
Bethlehem: the divisions deepen
Tensions are rising as Israel prepares to extend its separation wall. Adrian Blomfield reports
18 Dec 2011
No place for the mean of spirit this Christmas
Ten ways to kickstart Christmas 2011, courtesy of Rose Prince.
17 Dec 2011
| CommentsRhyme and reason of the people’s poet
Interview: Roger McGough tells of his mission to end the Poetry Society's turmoil
17 Dec 2011
| CommentsA Short History of England quiz
Simon Jenkins has set readers a quiz based on his new book A Short History of England.
17 Dec 2011
| CommentsHitchens: 'I wish I'd done more'
Mick Brown recalls extraordinary meeting with Christopher Hitchens at his home in Washington.
16 Dec 2011
| CommentsHoly Land pilgrimage: away to the manger
Christopher Howse makes a seasonal pilgrimage from Nazareth to Bethlehem.
16 Dec 2011
You too can have a bottom like Pippa's
Judith Woods reviews the first Pilates DVD by the fitness guru who is behind the behind that wowed the world at the royal wedding.
16 Dec 2011
| CommentsAll I Want for Christmas is BBC iPlayer
Clive James looks back at the TV highlights from 2011, including Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One, Bobby Fischer: Genius and Madman on BBC Four and 100 Years of the Palladium on BBC Two.
16 Dec 2011
Britain's Armed Forces face a new enemy
The economy is a real and present danger for Britain's hard-pressed Armed Forces, says Michael Clarke.
15 Dec 2011
| CommentsRooney Mara: girl who nearly walked away
The star of the eagerly awaited remake of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’, talks to Will Laurence.
15 Dec 2011
| CommentsGreatest Olympic moments
In pics: Latest selection of great moments from Phelps to Johnson.
15 Dec 2011
Tweeting in court shows judges’ modern side
Allowing reporters to tweet from court is a refreshingly enlightened decision by the judiciary, as well as an inevitability, writes Emma Barnett.
15 Dec 2011
| CommentsWukan: China vows to hunt down rebel village 'leaders'
Chinese government vows to hunt down and "severely punish" the men it believes are leading a rebellion in Wukan.
15 Dec 2011
| CommentsMistletoe: Christmas kiss
It's a vintage year for the legendary mistletoe berries, says Xanthe Clay.
15 Dec 2011
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