On this day… august 13, 1976

Leo Varadkar’s velvet rage As a politician, the ...

I greatly enjoyed your interview with Alice Roberts about her new book Domination, (Books Interview, September), and its argument that the church was essentially Rome rebadged, with its structures and

You find yourself in a room. It is a bedroom, in fact, in Cheshire in the year 1966. Sitting in front of you are two teenaged boys. It is the year of England’s World Cup victory, and the two friends a

Boris Becker on life in jail When Boris ...

Dear Simon, I have only just got around to reading your June issue with its piece by Cardinal Cox about the relatively modern origins of some supposedly old customs. He refers to Lady Raglan and the G

Q Who has had the shortest reign as UK prime minister? A That title lies with Liz Truss, the Conservative MP who was prime minister for just 49 days. She stood down after criticism of her economic pol