Two and a half years have passed since the withdrawal of Nato forces left the Taliban to sweep across Afghanistan, leading to the collapse of the Afghan government, a mad scramble by western allies to ...

One of the features of the London mayoral race has been unusually aggressive advertising. The Tories, in particular, have stooped to outright falsehoods. Their most memorable video featured an ...

Connecticut, 1912: a once-great actor complains about his drunken, unimpressive son. Westminster, 1402: a once-great king complains about his drunken, unimpressive son. The West End’s two biggest ...

Be prepared. Next weekend each party will be trying to persuade us that they have done better than expected in Thursday’s elections and are on their way to victory (Labour), recovery (Conservatives) ...