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The presidential election in Afghanistan was drawn-out and controversial. The man who emerged as the winner is a United States-trained anthropologist…
11 years, 1 month ago
Arminka Helic
One of the less likely political partnerships of recent years has been that of the Conservative Foreign Secretary William Hague and the Hollywood act…
11 years, 1 month ago
Grace Mugabe
Grace Mugabe has been an almost silent figure at her husband, Robert Mugabe's side for almost two decades. Now she is starting to flex her own politi…
11 years, 1 month ago
Benedict Cumberbatch
An insight into man of the moment, Benedict Cumberbatch. Code-breaker, physicist, Victorian sleuth. Overnight he became an object of obsession with a…
11 years, 2 months ago
Rand Paul
This week, with Republicans celebrating mid term election victories, Rand Paul - a Tea Party supporting ophthalmologist from Kentucky with only three…
11 years, 2 months ago
Christopher Nolan
Film director Christopher Nolan's latest $160m blockbuster Interstellar opens next week. Mark Coles examines the more humble beginnings of his film m…
11 years, 2 months ago
Sir Andrew Green
Migration Watch UK's founder Sir Andrew Green is to become a member of the House of Lords. Presenter Jo Fidgen talks to Sir Andrew's old friends and …
11 years, 2 months ago
Richard Flanagan
Writer Richard Flanagan is the 2014 winner of the Man Booker Prize. His novel "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" is a story set among prisoners of w…
11 years, 3 months ago
Douglas Carswell
Douglas Carswell has become UKIP's first elected MP in Westminster. A free-thinking Eurosceptic Conservative, Carswell was never shy to criticise "ou…
11 years, 3 months ago
White Dee
In January 2014 Benefits Street aired for the first time on Channel 4. The reality TV series, which documented the lives of residents of James Turner…
11 years, 3 months ago