At times a greater sense of volatility would help, yet A Walk In The Woods is a succinct, well-crafted drama that it would be wrong to dismiss as a period piece... more
Graham Hand, boss of the lobby group representing UK construction consultants, British Expertise, threatens to throttle Foreign Office officials for preventing his members from re-taking their positions in Libya... more
The big debate in the feminist camp so far this year has been whether to reclaim the word "slut". I think we picked the wrong "S" word to take back... more
The historian Niall Ferguson is urbane and telegenic, unflinching about the future of unbridled China, scornful of primitive societies who don't have their eye on the main chance... more
The defeat by Kensington residents of plans for a new Iranian embassy in Queen's Gate, a "yellow fortress" of ochre stone and marble, is hailed as a "victory for common sense"... more
The end may not yet have come for President Hosni Mubarak but it is in sight. Few, if any, regimes have weathered the likes of the mass opposition rallies in Egyptian cities today... more
Condoleezza Rice ordered George W Bush not to return to Washington after the 9/11 attacks, the former national security adviser reveals in a documentary... more
Hillary Clinton is forming a "hit squad" of special envoys who will be sent to the world's troublespots to try to prevent conflict breaking out... more
A new round of international pressure was growing on Zimbabwe after a senior US envoy warned the country's stalled power-sharing deal will not work as long as Robert Mugabe remains president... more
President-elect Barack Obama was given a taste of what lies ahead as he spent a large part of the Thanksgiving holiday being briefed on the Mumbai attacks... more
The US Secretary of State was flying into the Georgian capital as international efforts to end the escalating conflict with Russia were stepped up... more
Since 1914, the White House Correspondents' Dinner has been the highlight of political journalism's social calendar, an evening where the president of the day can poke fun at his public image. But it's a fair bet that no Commander in Chief has ever faced an audience quite like the one George W. Bush addressed last night - Pamela Anderson, Jenny McCarthy, Ashlee Simpson and Heidi and Lauren from reality TV show The Hills
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The Devil Came on Horseback tells the moving story of Brian Steidle, a captain who left the US Marines to become a military observer in Darfur.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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