Highly principled Scottish lawyer chosen by Margaret Thatcher to serve as lord chancellor in 1987 ...

Norman Tebbit died one year ago today. He remains a mnemonic for the high days of the high days of Thatcherism ...

Lord Mackay, a former cabinet minister under Margaret Thatcher and John Major, has died aged 99. The Tory peer, formerly ...

England's meeting with Norway in the World Cup quarter-final revives memories a commentary more famous than their rivalry.

Russell Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden, politician and life peer. Born: 30 April 1933 in Melrose. Died: 1 July 2026, ...

Lord Sanderson of Bowden, who has died aged 93, was a textile manufacturer and banker from the Scottish Borders who played an influential role in the Conservative Party, particularly under Margaret ...

Lord Mackay of Clashfern, who has died aged 99, was a great reforming Lord Chancellor; he made history by being the first ...

Political commentator Steve Richards explains why Britain’s next prime minister should resist the temptation to reassure.

"The Sussexes too often appear to turn every practical difficulty into a constitutional crisis. This family has had enough ...

In late 1954, the proprietor of these august pages, Sir Angus Watson of Skippers Sardines fame, thought he was ...

MI6 officer who held secret meetings with the IRA during the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland ...