Live blogging the general election

Writing up to 14,000 words a day gave Andrew Sparrow a unique insight into the campaign

Evony drops libel case against British blogger Bruce Everiss

Lawsuit brought against outspoken games veteran is dropped as Evony witness evidence is queried

British blogger faces critical Australian court date

Crucial hearing in case of US-registered games developer that is suing a British blogger in New South Wales

London blogging on the airwaves

Dave Hill: I'll be talking about London's independent bloggers on BBC London radio's breakfast show this morning

Political blogs

Toby Helm chooses the best political pundits on the web

BBC teams up with citizen journalists’ network Global Voices

Mercedes Bunz: BBC news joins forces with blogger platform Global Voices Online

Print is beauty bound – even in a digital age

Jonathan Jones: The internet may be taking over from the printing press, just as Dürer's timeless engraving Melencolia I spelled the end for medieval scriptoria, but let us remember that print is beautiful

John Roberts retirement rumour: a lesson in gossip and the internet

Richard Adams: A rumour that the chief justice of the US supreme court was retiring is an object lesson in the way news works now

Undercover between covers: publishing’s secret agents

David Barnett: The industry's dark secrets are being exposed by a new breed providing welcome intelligence on its inner workings

Noises off: Can bloggers save theatre funding?

Chris Wilkinson: As the future of arts funding hangs in the balance, will new blogs help theatre workers get themselves heard?

Yes, Twitter really is out of this world…

Thanks to the social networking tool, we can now see instant photographs of Earth taken by two astronauts, writes Robin McKie

The 10 best… Fashion bloggers

From a 13-year-old New Yorker to the chic-est couple in Shoreditch, Observer style editor Alice Fisher picks the best

Mind your language

David Marsh: The editor of the Guardian style guide… in praise of subeditors

Italian minister bites back after Guardian critic slates the McItaly

Blog by Matthew Fort calling burger 'devilish' prompts angry response from Luca Zaia to 'Stalinist' food writer

Bill Gates gets some free SEO advice – and so do you

Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land is helping Bill Gates to get his blog higher in Google than the fake Bill Gates blogs, which means paying a bit of attention to some "search engine optimisation" (SEO) techniques