John Major’s government cut defence spending to below 3% of gross domestic product (GDP) in in 1995, and it has not risen ...

Garret Fitzgerald's 'constitutional crusade' came crashing down in 1986. Fergus Finlay — then a government adviser — says now ...

Sir Patrick Duffy, who has died aged 105, had lived longer than any other member of the House of Commons, and was the last to ...

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When you hear the name Geoff Capes, what do you picture? I think of an episode of Superstars, the celebrity sports challenge ...

The 1970s proved to be a transformative decade for Glasgow, defined by sweeping social change. Thousands of residents moved out of ageing inner-city tenements and into newly built housing estates on ...

Margaret Thatcher once ignored a high-risk assassination threat by terrorists in France, despite warnings from intelligence officials, it has been revealed. The former prime minister was set to meet ...

In what’s now become a yearly tradition every December, I’m back ranking #1 hits from topical anniversary dates. This winter we’ll be doing 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005, and 2015, and I’ll be ranking every ...

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, has two role models in politics. One is Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom, who served from 1979 to 1990. The ...