Blogging city hall

Dave Hill: London elections 08: This race offers great opportunities for bloggers to change both the conduct and coverage of the campaign

Behind the Great Firewall

210 million Chinese have web access but instead of spreading freedom, the net has been tamed by Beijing's iron grip. By Jonathan Watts

Dawn of the digital natives

If you believe a scary US report, reading is on the decline. But, says Steven Johnson, it completely fails to consider the amount that we do every day on our computers

Rallying opinion online

Bloggers are transforming the way opposition politics works - soon the web may create and put forward its own election candidates. Matthew d'Ancona reports

Political bloggers head to US

4.15pm Bloggers behind two of the UK's most popular political websites are to travel to the US to pick up some hints from their American counterparts. By Jemima Kiss.