A superb video went up on YouTube yesterday, a revelation to anyone who has never witnessed a real life spin-doctor haranguing a journalist.

Tony Blair told the Leveson Inquiry that some journalists had waged a “personal vendetta” against his wife Cherie.

If national characteristics are reflected in various aspects of a country's football, differing English and Irish attitudes have tended to conform to stereotype when on the road. Whether in South Africa or St Albans, England shut themselves away in a luxurious hotel, country club or castle with security on the door, and only recently opted for a central location in Krakow – albeit in a country where they are not playing and in a city where no football is actually taking place.

Women fear being ostracised if Oscar winning documentary is screened in homeland

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British director is in Cannes to sell movie celebrating recent success of Catalan side

Reach for the stars, the moon and the planets with this selection that offers something for all abilities and ages

Female newsreaders are forced to become like “Stepford Wives” as the grow older if they want to keep their jobs, according to research published yesterday.

Female newsreaders are forced to become like “Stepford Wives” as the grow older if they want to keep their jobs, according to research published yesterday.

An official in northern Mexico says a group of gunmen have opened fire on a newspaper building in the border city of Nuevo Laredo.

Unseen TV footage from a turbulent decade shows Britain grappling with contemporary problems, says Ian Burrell

Geoffrey Macnab reports on a new film that will show the troubled director in a remarkable new light

Horst Faas, a prize-winning combat photographer who changed the way photojournalists covered conflict, has died aged 79.

Al-Jazeera's sole English-language reporter in China has been expelled, the pan-Arab news network said today. It's the first time since 1998 that Beijing has kicked out an accredited foreign journalist.