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Take 'history' by artists with a big pinch of salt

09.10.09
Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall is a worthy winner of the Booker Prize but qualms have already been raised by some critics over the novel’s disservice to history... more

Iraqi's British torturers 'part of a rotten barrel'

21.09.09
NEW: Illegal torture by British soldiers in Iraq was carried out not by just 'a few bad apples' but the whole barrel was rotten, public inquiry hears... more

Oxford University cuts links with Conservative association

01.09.09
Oxford University has severed links with its Conservative association after students were embroiled in a race row... more

Schools spent £30k on parties as classrooms crumbled

02.07.09
State school at the centre of alleged corruption scandal spent up to £30,000 on "corporate hospitality" while promoting development plans... more

Briton world's oldest man at 113

19.06.09
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Anguish of an accuser as convicted rapist walks free

21.05.09
Last week a convicted rapist from south London was freed for the second time. A mother who accused him of one attack describes her despair at the legal system... more

Maggie’s back – but this drama misses what made her great

25.02.09
A BBC account of the fall of Margaret Thatcher, starting tomorrow, sheds little light on a PM who still fascinates us... more

Now feel our anger: make these toxic bankers pay

30.01.09
Every conversation about the recession I have with friends these days ends up with someone expressing not just helpless fury against the bankers who have damaged the world's financial system so much in such a short time but a vehement wish to see them made to pay for what they have done... more

Mad about Mahler

10.12.08
Millionaire amateur conductor Gilbert E Kaplan satisfied his lifelong obsession with one symphony when he led the New York Phil in a passionate performance this week.... more

Family win 16-year legal battle for £900,000 will

17.10.08
A wealthy pensioner was mentally ill when she left £900,000 to a "manipulative and calculating" doctor, the High Court has ruled... more

Nu-cons and an old denial in Tory Boyz

01.09.08
The subject of young gay Tories in Westminster isn't new but James Graham goes at it with fizz, flair and no small degree of humour in Tory Boyz. ... more

Andrea Riseborough is the new iron lady

09.06.08
Bright young star Andrea Riseborough, who depicts a young Maggie on TV this week, has Thatcher to thank for her success in more ways than one.... more

How a TV dramatist made even the BBC - and assorted other Lefties - cheer for Margaret Thatcher

07.06.08
The writer of TV drama Long Walk To Finchley reveals how Maggie overcame an astonishing barricade of prejudice, sexism and self-interest.... more

A peek at the BBC's controversial Maggie Thatcher film, The Long Walk To Finchley

19.05.08
Well, what a U-turn. The BBC, having twittered and tutted about Margaret Thatcher for 30 years, has made a feature film depicting her as a firebrand and sex bomblet. ... more

Maggie the Minx: A sneak peek at the BBC's controversial new film about Margaret Thatcher

19.05.08
A feminist firebrand. A sex bomb who flirted with Ted Heath. QUENTIN LETTS has a sneak preview of the BBC's controversial new film about the young Mrs T ... more

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