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Nigeria This article is more than 12 years oldWhistleblower Dotun Oloko given government apologyThis article is more than 12 years oldBritish-born Nigerian campaigner's identity was disclosed after passing DfID information on alleged misuse of aid moneyA whistleblower whose identity was disclosed to a private equity firm he accused of corruption has been offered an unreserved apology by the government. British-born Nigerian campaigner Dotun Oloko, who lives in Brighton, provided the Department for International Development (DfID) with information concerning the alleged misuse of aid cash in 2009.

Anglicanism This article is more than 12 years oldAnglican newspaper defends 'Gaystapo' articleThis article is more than 12 years oldA column in the independent Church of England Newspaper compares gay rights campaigners to NazisAn Anglican newspaper has defended the publication of an article that compares gay rights campaigners to Nazis, saying the author has "pertinent views". The column, by former east London councillor Alan Craig, appeared in the 28 October edition of the Church of England Newspaper, one of the oldest newspapers in the world.

From the Guardian archiveUS newsFrom the archive, 17 August 1977: Elvis Presley dies and the age of Rock is overSinger hailed as the "King of Rock 'n Roll" has died from a heart attack at the age of 42The King is dead and there will be no replacement. Elvis Presley, the founder, the greatest exponent, and the most passionate figure in rock and roll, died last night in the emergency ward of Memphis Baptist Hospital of "

Self and wellbeingLife and styleLosing someone you love dearly is devastating, but the bond couples shared in life is vital to those who live on The threat of death is more present in our national unconscious than it has been for decades. A killer virus and a sudden violent invasion in Europe have shaken our sense of safety. A safety that many of us took for granted. The horrific scale of deaths in Ukraine is only just beginning to emerge.

Art and designWhen archaeologists found a tunnel under Mexico’s ‘birthplace of the gods’, they could only dream of the riches they would discover. Now its wonders – from jewel-eyed figures to necklaces of human teeth – are being revealed to the world In 2003, a tunnel was discovered beneath the Feathered Serpent pyramid in the ruins of Teotihuacan, the ancient city in Mexico. Undisturbed for 1,800 years, the sealed-off passage was found to contain thousands of extraordinary treasures lying exactly where they had first been placed as ritual offerings to the gods.

Peaky BlindersCreator Steven Knight and star Cillian Murphy discuss the BBC's epic new gangster dramaIt represents an amazing period," says Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, of the British post-WWI drama whose impact some have predicted will parallel that of Boardwalk Empire in the USA. "As well as the upheaval, there was a lot of drug-taking, a lot of hedonism. The start of modernity, but a false start." The opening episode begins in a Chinatown district, its inhabitants scurrying anxiously about.

FilmObituaryRichard Harris obituaryGifted actor reckless with his talent who enjoyed an Indian summer as a grand old man of British cinemaThere was a time when writers could hardly mention the name of the actor Richard Harris, who has died aged 72, without using the dread epithet "hellraiser". He was lumbered with this reputation for even longer than his drinking buddies and fellow Celts, Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole - with whom had much in common.

BooksObituarySimon RavenPromiscuous chronicler of upper-class lifeThe death of Simon Raven, at the age of 73 after suffering a stroke, is proof that the devil looks after his own. He ought, by rights, to have died of shame at 30, or of drink at 50. Instead, he survived to produce 25 novels, including Alms For Oblivion (1959-76), a 10-volume saga of English upper-class life, numerous screenplays, eight volumes of essays and memoirs, including Shadows On The Grass (1981) - "

Justo Gallego Martínez in the cathedral he built in Mejorada del Campo, Spain, in 2018. Photograph: Denis DobrovodaFor nearly 60 years, a former monk toiled almost single-handedly on an extraordinary building outside Madrid. Is it a folly or a masterpiece? by Matthew BremnerOne late spring evening in 2018, Justo Gallego Martínez said he would show me his grave. The old man was warming his hands by a stove in the dim back room of his cathedral.