Chippenham & Beyond

Ros Taylor: Last night's Cif/Observer debate laid bare the government's failure to convince a vocal proportion of Britons that their freedom is not under threat

Listen to the audio from Thursday's Observer/Comment is free debate with David Davis, Henry Porter, Denis MacShane and David Aaronovitch

Jason Solomons meets the maverick film-maker to talk about new movie My Winnipeg. Plus: Tom McCarthy, director of Oscar-tipped immigration drama The Visitor

Take a look around some of the wildest places in the British Isles

When England failed to qualify for Euro 2008, the Booker prize-winning novelist AS Byatt wondered if she would enjoy the tournament

Chris Riddell on South Africa's failure to intervene in Zimbabwe

Avram Grant has been advised to take legal action against Chelsea over his dismissal

Rainer Schüttler's 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 win over Guillermo García-López in the third round at Wimbledon testified to his fierce tenacity

Dwaine Chambers has achieved the Olympic qualifying time and will now challenge his lifetime ban

Essex journeyman Graham Napier's epic innings might have set him on the path to Twenty20 riches

When Martin Johnson takes over as England manager, he will have to address several key issues to reverse the side's slump in form, writes Michael Aylwin

Is the necessity to play on hard courts putting the health of today's stars at serious risk? asks Richard Evans

William Fotheringham's picks for who will have a successful Tour de France

Dwain Chambers, who achieved Beijing qualifying time for 100 metres in Germany, determined to overturn ban

Despite missing most of their starting lineup, Leeds Rhinos produced a rousing second-half fightback to edge out Castleford 18-12

New Zealand lacked a seriously fast bowler, now England must face three, including the potent Dale Steyn

Reinvented as an anti-doping campaigner, David Millar believes both he and the Tour de France can do it clean, writes William Fotheringham

Jon Henderson discusses non-destructible grass at Wimbledon, plus Monica Seles on Dancing with the Stars

All should be well in Roger Federer's world but there have been small signs that not everything is perfect

The singles matches in Wimbledon's fourth round