Stories of 2013
In a series of interviews to be published in the days leading up to New Year, Guardian writers speak to some of the people who made headlines in 2013 or were closely involved in the year's big stories
Chelyabinsk meteorite hit the Earth like a warning shot fired from space
The meteorite is providing invaluable information to help protect against larger rocks that might pose a serious threat to Earth
Andrew Tyrie on banking reform: 'If we get it right the industry will be stronger'
Stories of 2013: the Tory MP talks about his inquiry into banking standards, sparked by the Libor scandal 18 months ago
Syria's gas attack: 'The children's faces have not left me. I'm not the same man'
Stories of 2013: Three months after treating victims of the chemical attack on Al-Ghouta, in which some 1,500 people died, Dr Ali Abu Emad recalls the day
Michael Eavis: 'I told the Stones: come on, let's make this work'
Stories of 2013: The man behind the Glastonbury festival on gathering the Rolling Stones and reeling in other stars
Hakan Yaman: 'They hit me and gouged out my eye with something sharp'
Minibus driver set upon by police after getting caught up in Turkey's Gezi Park protests vows to seek justice
Richard III: the dead king who brought the world's gaze to a Leicester car park
Stories of 2013: The archaelogist who first spotted the last Plantagenet king's remains relives the busiest year of his life
Vatican journalist with front pew view of momentous year for papacy
Stories of 2013: Giovanna Chirri expected a Vatican meeting in February to be a dry affair, then Pope Benedict said meas ingravescente aetate
Bradford synagogue saved by city's Muslims
Stories of 2013: Faced with closure a year ago, today Bradford's synagogue's future is bright, a model of cross-cultural co-operation
Nepalese worker in Qatar: 'I didn't get a single rupee in six months'
Caroline Criado-Perez: 'I speak as someone psychologically scarred'
