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Charlie Hebdo tragedy: putting free speech in context

LB (far right) with his step dad, Rich, and brothers Owen and Tom two weeks before his death (PIC Sara Ryan)

Ministry of Justice: ‘trust the state – you don’t need a lawyer at an Inquest’

Dispatches from hope: a primer on the Greek election

Wrong side of the bars? Chris Grayling in prison. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA

Prisons in meltdown

Face-sitting protest outside Parliament. Photo by Leon Neal/AFP Photo

Internet security or the preparation for a new gagging law?

Soldiers from both sides taking a picture together during the impromptu truce

‘All Together Now’ – how should we remember the 1914 Christmas truces?

Five reasons why Jim Murphy’s election is bad for the labour movement

Not much peace, plenty of ill will, a good seasonal read needed please

Christmas 1914: a truce was initiated by thousands of German and British soldiers. They decorated their shelters, exchanged gifts across no man’s land, sang carols and played football.

Greatcoats for goalposts: celebrating the Christmas Truce of 1914

Students in shock at Montreal’s École Polytechnique. Marc Lépine killed 14 women and injured 10 others on 6 December 1989. Photograph: Ponopresse Internationale/Rex Features

Montreal Massacre, feminism and hate crimes against women

The Sun has branded Russell Brand a hypocrite, because he pays rent.

Russell Brand and The Sun: who are the real hypocrites?

Protest outside Westbrook Partners HQ in Mayfair on December 1. Photo: The Guardian

Housing justice means council housing – New Era tenants take on the profiteers