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Why Formula One politics are driving reluctant ace Robert Kubica round the bend

08.10.09
After an F1 season marred by political battles and a slow car, Renault’s new signing can’t wait to go on holiday... more

Pope's visit expected to be confirmed

24.09.09
Religious and political leaders welcomed the prospect of the first official papal visit to the UK, which is expected to be confirmed today... more

BNP boss pulls out of Palace garden party

27.05.09
British National Party leader Nick Griffin will not attend the Buckingham Palace garden party, saying he had “no wish to embarrass the Queen”... more

Pope criticised as ‘detached’ at Jews’ memorial

12.05.09
The Pope ran into further controversy on his Holy Land pilgrimage as he was accused of showing detachment from Jewish suffering in the Holocaust... more

Pope arrives in Jordan to Islamic leaders' protests

08.05.09
The Pope started a week-long tour of the Middle East in Jordan and was condemned by Islamic leaders for a speech in 2006 when he implied Muslims were violent and irrational... more

Bishop 'sorry' for comments on Holocaust bishop says sorry

27.02.09
A British Catholic bishop who caused uproar by denying the scale of the Holocaust has apologised for his views after widespread condemnation... more

Brown asks the Pope to visit UK

19.02.09
The Pope may visit Britain after being invited by Gordon Brown... more

The City faces up to a new age of moral capitalism

21.11.08
The decision by top banking executives not to take their bonuses could signal the end of ‘greed is good’ and herald a kinder, caring era... more

It's no laughing matter: Comic legend Frankie Howerd's £800,000 home goes on the market

10.05.08
The former home of comic legend Frankie Howerd is on the market with more than 4,000 items of memorabilia including his toupee, false teeth and photographs offered as an optional extra. The four-bedroom, pink, picture-postcard cottage in Cross, near Axbridge, in Somerset comes complete with two bathrooms, large grounds and its own war bunker... more

Mates of Marilyn

13.03.08
If director Harmony Korine wants to say something about celebrity, it gets drowned out in the plot-turns of Mister Lonely.... more

Jagger boy's licence to light up

24.08.07
Mick Jagger's son has become the first man in London to be allowed to smoke legally in a pub.... more

Unholy row as play to be hit by smoking ban

26.06.07
The Last Confession, which stars David Suchet, looks set to be the first play in London to be affected by the smoking ban... more

Suchet's act of faith

19.06.07
A thriller based on the death of Pope John Paul I could become the West End's least likely hit. The story will continue to fascinate, says its star David Suchet... more

Death at the Vatican

13.06.07
David Suchet is to play Pope John Paul I in The Last Confession at the Theatre Royal, a play examining the mysterious death of the liberal Pontiff.... more

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