On Saturday I visited the Vasa Museum, The Vasa was a Swedish warship that sunk on its maiden voyage in 1628, after only 1500 yards after being launched into Stockholm Harbour. It was found and ...

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It was in the interval of watching a Cliff Richard concert in Cardiff last night that I learned that Brian Hayes had died at the age of 87. I knew he was ill, but it was still something of a shock, ...

I’m writing this having just watched the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, try to tell is that she wasn’t lying or misleading us about the need for £26 billion of tax rises in the budget, and that she had ...

Iain Dale presents evening show on LBC Radio and is the author or editor of more than 50 books. Read more ...

Iain Dale presents evening show on LBC Radio and is the author or editor of more than 50 books. Read more ...

Sometimes I think: “Is it me, or is the world going mad?” This weekend is one of those occasions. We’ve had weeks of the Chancellor flying all sorts of tax raising kites and leaking different budget ...

This collection of essays about the sixteen men who have led Irish governments has the subtitle: “a century of political leadership”. The essays, however, demonstrate that leadership qualities were in ...

This is a review of 'The Taoiseach' in the Irish Times by Diarmaid Ferriter, one of Ireland's most respected commentators and historians. Have we been well served by our taoisigh? This collection of ...

Finding the right Christmas present for men of a certain age can be a nightmare. They have enough socks at this stage to last three lifetimes. That’s why so many sports biographies come out in autumn.

When a high profile prisoner, who has been found guilty of committing sex offences against young girls, is wrongly released from prison, and when you find out that last year 262 prisoners were ...