Should we not dress girls in pink?
Ask a little girl what her favourite colour is, and chances are she'll shout "pink". Toy aisles and clothing rails are packed with variations on this shade, but is nothing but pink for girls harmful?

Layman's glossary
Quantitative easing and other baffling finance crisis terms you may have heard being bandied around.

Itching to work
She's an accountant, a mother, and asylum seeker. And Chipo is jobless and living on just £35 a week.

Music to kill for
For some people music is far from pleasant, says Laurie Taylor in his weekly column. Some hate all music.

Treasure hunt
Will a museum help to restore peace and pride in Iraq?

Szczecin, anyone?
Where will the weak pound drive holidaying Britons?

Slaying the beast
How to prepare for what looks to be a bad year ahead in 2009