Inside Westminster: It sounds mad, but sane Tories are talking about ousting David Cameron after the elections

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It's little wonder our cousins across the Channel are so much more au fait with vegetables – they learn all about cultivating them from such a young age...

"Universal history...is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here," wrote Carlyle.

One foot in the real world – the other on my funny bone

A girl clutching a birdhouse on an evening lit by fireflies; another with a rhubarb leaf on her head; a woman clinging to a buoy in a flat blue sea: welcome to the weird, almost René Magritte-like inner world of the US-based photographer Cig Harvey.

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Young historians are shunning academic works in the rush to convert their research into commercially successful books, according to the chief judge of a leading history writing prize.

Biography reveals how young President pictured his 'ideal woman' – years before meeting Michelle

New biography questions Bob Woodward's account of infamous Deep Throat meetings

Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky pulled off a second magnificent victory in as many months yesterday when the 31-year-old – already the winner of Paris-Nice this spring – netted the almost equally prestigious Tour of Romandie.

To boldy go where no man has gone before (possibly)

Burlesque is all about the tease. It involves a joke, a knowing wink. It's about celebrating the natural female form. It's a theatrical performance, naughty but nice, subversive but saucy...

Two decades after he pleaded "can't we all just get along?" Rodney King has re-visited the scene of the Los Angeles riots, speaking publicly about his many brushes with the justice system and discussing the latest racially sensitive court case to divide America.