The Queen should be given a new Royal Yacht to mark the diamond jubilee, Education Secretary Michael Gove has proposed in a leaked letter.

Daily Telegraph, January 2012.

To: Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport

cc: Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP, Deputy...

This year's Man Booker Prize has been plagued by accusations of 'dumbing down', or, as the illiterate goons hauled off the street to act as judges might put it, 'dummin' daaan'. Organisers have reacted angrily to the suggestion, saying pardon them for choosing books which people actually want to read...

Alistair Darling has accused Gordon Brown's aides of "unleashing the forces of hell" against him for accurately predicting the recession.

Daily Telegraph, February 2010.

Darling Reveals Labour Crisis Row: The last Labour government failed to "come through" the financial crisis politically because of profound disagreements...

The Murdochs' appearance before MPs for a grilling about the phone-hacking scandal was brought to a dramatic halt after an activist attempted to hit Rupert Murdoch in the face with a paper plate covered in shaving foam.

- The Guardian

Consistency is very important. An experienced professional is likely going...

Gag-merchants Matthew Mark and Luke N. John booked themselves a place in comedy heaven with Jesus and his 12 Apostles. This startlingly inventive story of a loony carpenter and his rag-tag bunch of followers was the Word in event television. By the end of the show's 34 year run, families...

It is said that in her hour of greatest peril, various heroes from England's history will fly to her aid. Although that didn't happen during, for example, the Blitz or Euro '96, this was because in the first instance Churchill was alive, so they didn't need to, and in the...

James 'Whitey' Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI's 10 most wanted list, has been captured near Los Angeles after living on the run for 16 years.