Great Britain's men will begin their Olympic hockey campaign against Argentina. The high-profile opener will come just weeks after a controversial advert showing Argentina's former captain training on the steps of a British war memorial in the Falklands was condemned by the International Olympic Committee.

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A stately diversion en route to the coast

Model Agyness Deyn is to play a farmer in a bleak drama set in rural Scotland.

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Fêted photographer has died aged 79. Adrian Hamilton pays tribute

In his last state ceremony as France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy led commemorations today in Paris marking the end of World War II in Europe, standing side-by-side with the man who ousted him from power.

Steven Spielberg's sentimental film of Michael Morpurgo's novel wasn't anywhere near as acclaimed as the National Theatre stage production, and it's easy to see why.

The first 45 minutes of Spielberg's lavishly mounted adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's novel have all the bite of an episode of Heartbeat.

An Argentinian television advert showing an Olympic hopeful training on a British war memorial in the Falklands has been branded a "stunt" by William Hague.

The future of collapsed clothing retailer Aquascutum may be decided in the next week after administrators entered exclusive talks with a potential buyer.

Adolf Hitler was surprisingly keen to return to the front line after being injured in the First World War, a recently-discovered postcard suggests.

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

The death toll in the sinking of the Titanic 100 years ago this month was the equivalent of four Jumbo jets crashing simultaneously. So the tendency by some parts of the media and the "Titanication" tourist industry to turn what should be solemn commemoration into a macabre celebration is to be deplored. But I welcome the way the centenary has stimulated interest in social history.