Viewpoint: June's G8 summit saw western leaders plan to hold increases in world temperature and carbon dioxide emissions. It's progressive, but Bill McKibben asks - what else needs to be done and can it be done before it's too late?


Editor's blog: Andy Checkley presents a roundup of this week's internet highlights, from the internet's 20th birthday to an exhibition of garden 'gnazis'

90th anniversary: In 1997 Jackie Lublin wrote a Letter from Bondi beach – one of the most recognisable beaches in the world. She describes the water, the waves and the Japanese tourists

India: Dr Manabi Banerjee underwent a sex change operation to become a woman in 2003, in Kolkata. She describes how, despite suffering torture and intimidation, she earned a doctorate and became a college lecturer


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