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US politician puts blame on Churchill for Second World War

04.09.09
The row over responsibility for the Second World War broke out again last night at the Evening Standard and Intelligence Squared's joint debate on Winston Churchill... more

National honour and the necessity of going to war

03.09.09
The 70th anniversary of Britain's declaration of war on Germany today must prompt the inevitable question: was the war, which led to the death of more than 50million people, really necessary?... more

Exhibition hails the unsung heroes of Churchill’s war rooms

27.08.09
The men and women who helped Winston Churchill run the Second World War from a smoky bunker underneath Whitehall are being remembered in an exhibition... more

Winston Churchill statue vandalised in Paris

20.08.09
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Everyone round to Guy Ritchie's place

06.08.09
How do you turn a crusty old Mayfair boozer into a buzzing celebrity haunt? Madonna's ex, Guy Ritchie, is mastering the art ... more

Churchill's family denounces BNP election broadcast

26.05.09
The family of Sir Winston Churchill today described as "offensive and disgusting" a decision by the BNP to use his image in a party election broadcast... more

Churchill's family denounces BNP election broadcast

26.05.09
The family of Sir Winston Churchill described a decision by the BNP to use his image in a party election broadcast as "offensive and disgusting"... more

Maybe there is an upside to swine flu

06.05.09
What is the correct etiquette for swine flu? To run a mile, don a face mask or KBO (keep buggering on), as Winston Churchill advised?... more

Underground graffiti tells story of 138 years at the Royal Albert Hall

22.04.09
The Royal Albert Hall is going underground with a new exhibition of graffiti art... more

Now children are punished for going to good schools

07.04.09
News of the latest salvo in a strange war between parents and the Government comes from Durham University, which has turned down a boy from St Paul's School with four A grades at A-level... more

London MP: I am up there with Churchill

30.03.09
A left-wing Labour MP has claimed he is "more professional" than Winston Churchill in serving his constituents... more

This is no time to scrimp on the fizz

25.02.09
Recession - what recession? Last week I went to two of the most lavish parties I've been to for many a moon (and believe me, I go to a lot of parties)... more

Brown talks to US Congress

25.02.09
Gordon Brown will address both Houses of Congress when he visits Washington next week... more

A ringside seat at the Café Royal sale

22.12.08
London's most decadent waterhole and Oscar Wilde’s favourite haunt Café Royal put its contents up for auction preview... more

Dynamos launch a late surge to light up Bridge

01.12.08
It was Winston Churchill's birthday yesterday and had he only been spared to celebrate turning 134 with a trip to Stamford Bridge he'd have appreciated the Dunkirk spirit shown by Arsenal... more

Ordeal of MP's family as nine anti-terror officers raided home

28.11.08
Extraordinary details of the heavy-handed police operation against shadow immigration minister Damian Green have been revealed... more

Sterling sculpture has the hallmark of Hirst

12.11.08
It may glitter with all the beauty of polished silver but the subject matter for the new work by Damien Hirst is as bloody as fans would expect ... more

My Tony is as great as Winston - Cherie

01.10.08
Cherie Blair has compared husband Tony to Sir Winston Churchill. She said the former prime minister would be judged 'very well' by history... more

Short-seller with a £1bn bet that British banks will fall

24.09.08
A hedge fund named as a major short seller in a string of British banks was defiant today, saying: "These companies are not strong."... more

Jodie Kidd: My great granddad tried to bribe Churchill

06.09.08
She is no stranger to controversy, now model Jodie Kidd has found her great-grandfather tried to bribe Winston Churchill with £5,000 in the original ‘cash for honours’ scandal.... more

Stand up to Putin, say Tories

12.08.08
David Cameron has compared Vladimir Putin's war in Georgia to Nazi invasions of the Thirties as he called for international retaliation against Russia... more

Old habits die hard as Germans leave team GB standing

05.08.08
This red public telephone box was meant to be a totem of Britishness, marking out the team's territory in the Olympic village... more

Step back in time to castles and palaces

09.07.08
Go back in time to a land of fairytale castles, battleships or Victorian drudgery. Daralyn Danns looks at the places that bring history and heritage alive.... more

Angelina's film tattoos inspired by stirring words of Sir Winston Churchill

05.07.08
As our country’s great wartime leader, Sir Winston Churchill has received too many tributes to count. ... more

Appealing brew

23.10.07
Arguably now the most appealing pub in Fulham, Cock & Hen has been launched as a brewpub and is now a smarter affair.... more

History can't spice up old Indian

23.08.06
Durbar is one of the oldest Indian restaurants in London and represents a slice of culinary history, but the service and food, says Fay Maschler, are nothing special.... more

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