The Observer: Main section

Barbara Ellen: The last time I looked, 'nice; and 'good at scoring goals' had yet to rank as synonyms for 'not guilty'

Jay Rayner: That's the thing about January. It's where good intentions go to die

Tristram Hunt: Roosevelt's call to arms against recession is resonating today, but his followers would do well to consider all its implications

Chris Riddell on Israel's war in Gaza

Editorial: The British clearly like to see a bit of themselves in Park's creations, with their bungling inventiveness and laconic stoicism

Editorial: After eight days of bombing, Israeli troops have entered Gaza

Editorial: The prime minister is determined to use the economic crisis to re-establish his credentials

Peter Oborne: But just as Mrs Thatcher courted unpopularity to achieve her ideals, he must do the same if he wants to gain office

Lionel Shriver: Helen Suzman's legacy will last far longer than the enemies who called her a 'vicious little cat'

The Observer panel: A hip-hop artist and a man who poisoned three bald eagles are among those to receive a pardon at the end of Bush presidency

This week's corrections

Letters: Your article does the postwar new town programme a disservice. The headline confuses the planning of the mixed communities of new towns with poorly built postwar local authority estates

Letters, the big issue: Your leader about Gaza was right about the crucial need for talks with Hamas but critically misconstrued the overall political context.

Peter Beaumont: A memory of the long history of Jewish persecution is deemed a necessary compass to its culture, identity and nationhood

Catherine Bennett: Those who argue for the reintroduction of lost species must understand it will devastate a landscape we love