The writer on his book about Ireland’s taoisigh, the ones who have least impressed him, and his admiration for Margaret ...

When 40 Australian sporting greats join 130 senior business figures, university vice-chancellors, judges, ex-national ...

TO BE a darts MC, according to John McDonald, in front of millions of people worldwide, takes “a massive pair of testicles”.

While a lot has gone wrong at home, Downing Street's handling of events abroad has broadly been considered a success. But as ...

When communities bow to these demands, they are essentially ‘gifting’ infrastructure to a private firm. They are paying for ...

Many of us remember the bad old economic nightmare of the 1970s, but this decade could have a far worse fate in store.

Prime Minister cum Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education Minister Dr. Harini Amasuriya has again found herself in the firing line over the embarrassing incident associated with the new ...

It's a complete stitch up by the political elite, inventing a crisis that only they can solve with extra taxes and higher ...

The Pantiles area of Tunbridge Wells is full of chichi restaurants and bands playing on a Sunday afternoon. I have to be careful about saying the worst thing as the last time I did, it scuppered my ...

Margaret Thatcher once ignored a high-risk assassination threat by terrorists in France, despite warnings from intelligence officials, it has been revealed. The former prime minister was set to meet ...

Margaret Thatcher ignored MI5 warnings of a "substantial risk" of assassination before travelling to Paris for a 1982 summit, declassified documents reveal. The Secret Services warned the PM of the ...

A Labour MP was used by Communist spies to give a KGB propaganda speech to ‘discredit’ Margaret Thatcher's government and damage its defence policies. Frank Cook, a shadow minister and later member of ...