Matthew Kelly, known to everyone as Paddy, was born in Dublin on 6 January 1916. His father, Laurence, served with the Machine Gun Corps on the Western Front and was killed at Ypres in 1917. Paddy's mother, Ellen, remarried after the war – and Paddy, one of seven children, spent an idyllic childhood having Huckleberry Finn-style adventures with his brother Terry.

The charismatic Greek leftist who could determine the fate of the euro begins a tour of European capitals yesterday carrying a single message: it's time to talk.

A gem of a psychological thriller that revolves around betrayal and defection in the summer of 1951

France's newly elected President, François Hollande, stepped up his demands for more economic growth in Europe during his first meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel last night and insisted that a switch away from mere austerity policies was essential to help crisis-ridden Greece remain in the eurozone.

Differences between Mr Hollande and Ms Merkel are more of style than of substance

It's hard to resist the retro-romance of Irving Berlin's tunes, fabulous dance routines and charming stars. Pity about the plot, though

Portrait of a quiet genius who revolutionised our understanding of the ancient world.

This will come as small consolation to the Greeks, but when it comes to democracy, they can now empathise with how the English feel about football. Being the inventors of a game is no protection against incompetence at playing it, nor any defence against the cosmic law which dictates that, after all the huffing and puffing, the Germans will own you in the end.

Levels of poverty and unemployment unseen since the 1930s pose a mortal threat to our political system

Berlin police said officers found three improvised pipe bombs on the sidelines of a huge leftist protest march in an incident that a prominent lawmaker called an act of terrorism.

Bauhaus architecture is being celebrated in a new exhibition at the Barbican in London. Fiona Dunlop travels to centralGermany to see where it all began

Two actors from a prize-winning film about Cuban defectors have emerged from hiding to confirm that they themselves are seeking political asylum in the US.

Giants walk the streets of Liverpool today, as an estimated 250,000 people line the streets for puppet theatre on a grand scale.

Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt aims to "amaze" the world at London 2012 by running 9.4 seconds for the 100m and 19 seconds for the 200m.