The boy was regularly violent and sadistic to his siblings, we are told. His parents struggled to cope; nothing would help.

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The singer who embodied the Swinging Sixties in her youth gained a power in her later years that suited her better.

There’s elements within the party: a few of them would quite happily see me either leave the party or get chucked out. I’m not leaving – this is my party – and I just want to continue my work within ...

As the Trump administration embarks on its quest to bring peace to Ukraine, one of the big issues waiting to be addressed is ...

Bill Gates became, at 31 years old, the youngest self-made billionaire in the world. Personal computers were rapidly becoming ...

John Swinney has reversed Nicola Sturgeon’s errors and is making the political weather. “We will cut our waiting lists.” With ...

The brutal 500-year history of English violence in Europe.

How the Sunshine State, once America’s dead end, became its new seat of power.

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

Rachel Reeves is not just facing an economic crisis – she is suffering from a failure of philosophical imagination.

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