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Queen Elizabeth Once Told Royal Author That Her Kids' One Habit "Annoyed" Her More Than Anything: "It's Just So Wasteful"

According to biographer Gyles Brandreth, the late Queen couldn't stand it when her children didn't follow one rule.

Marie Claire · Jul 30

Lord Hattersley obituary

Politician, journalist and writer who was deputy leader of the Labour party for a decade

The Guardian - UK · Jun 14

As John Healey goes, the political vultures circle Starmer. And so continues our history of PM-icide

A small, eccentric electorate gets to oust the UK’s leaders and then chooses largely inadequate replacements. It’s an absurd process and we’re locked into it again, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12

What happened the last time a Labour government opted to lower the voting age?

There are parallels between the political conditions which faced Harold Wilson and Sir Keir Starmer’s current challenges.

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2025

Norman Tebbit, Conservative minister known as Thatcher’s enforcer, dies at 94

No man more embodied Thatcherism in the eyes of the public in the 1980s than Norman Tebbit, who died on July 7, aged 94.

The Conversation · Jul 8, 2025

Lord Tebbit obituary

Conservative party chairman and minister with a caustic wit who played a key role during Margaret Thatcher’s time in power

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025

Tebbit the Tory hard man who took on the trade unions

As Conservative Party chairman, Norman Tebbit masterminded Margaret Thatcher’s third general election victory despite tensions with the PM.

Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025

The best recent crime and thrillers – roundup

Fox by Joyce Carol Oates; A Schooling in Murder by Andrew Taylor; Death of a Diplomat by Eliza Reid; Actually, I’m a Murderer by Terry Deary; Can You Solve the Murder? by Antony Johnston

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2025

The Guardian view on interest rates: the Bank of England on its own won’t revive growth

Editorial: Base rate cuts may ease borrowing costs but without stronger public spending and targeted tax relief, economic stagnation will persist

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2025

Queen left in dark after courtier unmasked as Soviet spy, MI5 files show

Queen Elizabeth was left in the dark for almost a decade over the full scale of the treachery of one of her most senior courtiers, according to…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 14, 2025