Capitalism is only concerned with growth and making profit, not responsibility, the Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm tells Newsnight’s Jeremy Paxman.

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VIDEO: Capitalism ‘nothing to do with responsibility’

In the wake of the Stephen Lawrence verdict, Newsnight asks if police attitudes to race have changed enough despite radical reform to many of their practices.

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VIDEO: Colour-blind society ‘long way off’

The Redcar and Cleveland area is the most vulnerable place in England to the effects of austerity measures, according to research for the BBC’s Newsnight programme.

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Redcar ‘most hurt by austerity’

The News of the World was engaged in covert surveillance on a huge scale – with targets including Prince William – BBC Newsnight has learned.

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NoW surveillance on giant scale

A report into undercover policing is delayed after the BBC’s Newsnight uncovered claims an officer underwent trial using his operational alias.

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Undercover police report delayed

Six English towns have been identified as having the highest proportion of vacant shops in Great Britain, BBC Newsnight has learned.

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Worst vacant shop towns revealed

A London council has used a branch of a budget hotel chain to accommodate an alleged young offender on remand, the BBC’s Newsnight learns.

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Youth on remand stayed in hotel

Historian David Starkey has told BBC’s Newsnight ”the whites have become black” in a discussion on the England riots with author and broadcaster Dreda Say Mitchell and the author of Chavs, Owen Jones.

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VIDEO: Riots: ‘The whites have become black’

Lord Patten has spoken to BBC Newsnight on his first day as chairman of the BBC Trust.

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VIDEO: Lord Patten’s first day at the BBC

Sarah Palin’s parents, Chuck and Sally Heath, invited Newsnight’s Jackie Long to take a tour of their family home in Alaska.

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VIDEO: Inside the Palin family Alaskan home

Mayor of London Boris Johnson tells Newsnight’s Jeremy Paxman that attacking bankers will not help boost UK economy.

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‘Banker jokes reflect public rage’

Television presenter Richard Madeley tells Newsnight that he believes that British television is probably the most ageist in Europe.

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Madeley speaks out on TV ageism

The BBC’s Newsnight sent Steve Smith to investigate what councils ought to be spending on Christmas trees.

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How much should a Christmas tree cost?

Ahead of Burma’s elections, Newsnight’s Sue Lloyd-Roberts travels undercover to Nay Pyi Taw, the expensive new capital built by the military junta led by General Than Shwe.

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First video of Burma’s new Neverland

Jeremy Paxman’s attempt to pay tribute to opera legend Dame Joan Sutherland on Newsnight becomes a long running saga.

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Paxman goes Gaga in opera apology