Local blogs done good

From cult guides to quirky enthusiasts, Benji Lanyado roots out the finest blogs on some of the world's top cities

Can blogging end poverty?

John Hilary: The online community is being encouraged to campaign against issues like climate change and inequality. Does it work?

Danger lurks for BBC’s bloggers

The speed of blogs is part of their attraction, and we've reached a stage where one man at his terminal can rain billions over Britain. By Peter Preston

Crowd pleasers

Fashion weeks are all about the clothes on the catwalk, aren't they? Not for a new wave of fashion blogs that consider the people attending the shows to be the real trend-setters. Charlie Porter reports

Beating the western drum

Blogging gives a voice to citizens around the world, but why do their views often go unheard in the west? And is the web really a force for radical change? Antony Loewenstein reports

Mad Men obsessives Twitter away

Richard Vine: If the Twitterverse has so far passed you by, it's probably best described as a kind of mobile micro-blogging