Fidel Castro's announcement that he will not return to the Cuban presidency brings low-key celebrations to Miami's exiled Cubans.

As the row between London and Moscow continues BBC News website readers recall the original Cold War.

International award-winning folk singer, militant rambler and agit-prop playwright, he certainly was. But did Ewan MacColl, the singer father of the late Kirsty MacColl pose a threat to the nation?

BBC correspondent Tom Brook looks back to 8 December 1980, when he was one of the first reporters at the scene of John Lennon's murder.

Fahrenheit 9/11 may be drawing crowds, but can it really make a difference in the election?

Keith Wilson's ode to David Beckham.

Send us your views on Michael Moore's film, Bowling for Columbine.

Send us your views on Paul Greengrass's film, Bloody Sunday.

Transplanting Ken Loach to sun-drenched California for Bread and Roses has not diluted his righteous indignation.

A campaign for independence in the northern Indonesian province of Aceh is gathering strength again, Simon Ingram reports.

Former Prime Minister Jim Callaghan takes a reluctant trip down memory lane with BBC News Online's Nyta Mann.

Once they were the pride of communist cooks and revolutionary leaders. Now agitprop porcelain produced after the Russian October revolution has gone to the highest bidder in the West.