Having emerged from the aircraft with her baby, one young mother was asked by the press if she had a message for others like ...

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IF Tom Hardy were to write a book, it would tell of 92 years of hard graft in construction and timber, of “60 fine years” marriage to Winnifred.

Sir Winston Churchill died 60 years ago this week on 24 January 1965. His funeral took place on 30 January, following three days lying in state in the Palace of Westminster.

Clement Attlee was the new Prime Minister ... he busied himself with proposals for European unity and a six volume history of the Second World War. In Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union, Churchill ...

None of Clement Attlee’s biographies, including Robert Crowcroft’s ... can the social-political consequences of so many million deaths really be marginal to the larger history of a nation in the ...

Labour must recover its radical tradition and close Britain’s education privilege gap.

Any remaining showers at the start of the night will quickly die out. The rest of the night will continue dry and breezy with mostly clear skies. Thursday Plenty of wintry sunshine tomorrow ...

T he question of how history judges prime ministers can be answered in one word: haphazardly. This is because, of course, ...

Clement Attlee lacked most of the qualities that make for success in politics. He was almost cripplingly shy and self-effacing. His appearance was unimpressive, his speeches uninspiring, his lack of ...

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