Papandreou's plan to instal his wife in parliament has angered his supporters. Andrew Gumbel reports from Athens

For sale: three British Crown frames dating from the coronation of King George I in 1715. Coronation bible of "Mad" King George III also available. Total asking price pounds 1.7m. Might suit avid Royalist or lottery winner with delusions of grandeur

It's a girl - after 200 years of trying

MARIANNE MACDONALD

From Dr Richard D Ryder

A weighty new biography shows Charles Darwin in a 'chaos of

BY MARIANNE MACDONALD

If there is a British political leader who has something to learn from Gingrich, it is not Major January's flavour of the month is by now not far short of the bozo of the year

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DORA JORDAN was the greatest comic actress of her day. In the mid-1780s, while the majestic Sarah Siddons reigned over British theatre as queen of tragedy, a lively young Irish girl, only six years Siddons's junior and also from a poor acting family, was beginning to attract attention in the north of England; within a very short time, she was equally famous. And while the playwright Richard Sheridan rudely said of Mrs Siddons that he would 'as soon think of making love to the Archbishop of Canterbury', audiences fell instantly in love with Mrs Jordan for her sweet, friendly, bubbly sexiness - and terrific legs. Claire Tomalin's intelligent, finely made and wonderfully readable new biography not only brings to life a remarkable character and unusual talent, but also provides us with a whole rich background of English life and society, the theatre and its workings, the position of women, especially actresses, and (topically enough) the perils of falling in love with a Royal prince.

ONE of Britain's most important private archives, containing royal letters detailing the madness of George III, Lord Byron's account of his pursuit by Lady Caroline Lamb, and a grovelling note of thanks from George Washington, was broken up yesterday.

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THE REV Stephen Brian is no lone voice in his campaign for the straight epitaph, nor has the 20th century any monopoly of graveyard correctness. The subject of graveyard inscriptions has been controversial ever since the language of death changed from Latin to the vernacular.

JOHN PEEL, DJ: Somebody asked me if I would be interested in 170 Kenyan singles. I bought them unheard but it turned out to be a wonderful investment. They are stupendous. I've only heard about 10 of them because I don't want to spoil it by listening to them all at once. It's like getting a nice case of wine - you feel you ought to stretch it out.