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When it comes to difficult negotiations, weakness is strength and strength weakness.
And two of the occasions involved Irish MPs.
He strapped on a sword aged 43 – and changed British history.
The north London mosque has worked hard to recover from the dark days of the 1990s. It didn’t deserve to become the victim of extremism.
A warning from Athens about facing political headwinds with a government barely worth the name.
Scientists have shown the origins of today’s popular ‘tabby’ cat.
Bulls aren’t the worst offenders – and 94% of walkers killed had dogs.
Our huge brains help maintain complex social relationships, suggests research.
99% of people who disappear come home again. A third of them don’t stay.
A huge number of new politicians have joined the National Assembly after the 2017 election.
A man has been arrested after driving a van into worshippers near a mosque in north London.
Animals can bring a sense of trust and stability.
The series has divided critics: many have praised its sensitive depiction of rape and suicide, others have said it romantises taking one’s own life.
Are we in danger of losing academic freedom?
There is a direct correlation between the age of the builder, spade size and the speed at which boredom sets in.
A treaty on citizens’ rights in a moral obligation and legally possible too.
When corruption becomes truly entrenched in a state, it can seem impossible to uproot. But Mexicans are still fighting it.
You can make a start by doing things badly…
Anti-American and anti-corruption stances have given the president of the Philippines broad appeal.
Social media is not a drug. Yes it can have negative effects, but it has positive effects too.
No one party is responsible for the disaster: local or national, Labour or Conservative – they all are.
Would you be able to recognise the voice of your first primary school teacher, if you heard them again today?
Everyone has forgotten there were almost as many asylum seekers in Europe in the early 1990s as today.
The Good Friday Agreement’s UN treaty status means that any compromise of the rigorous impartiality it demands of the Government could be legally challenged