Their performance during the credit crunch may have been less than stellar and they've been getting all sorts of flak during the current sovereign debt crisis, but life is still pretty good for the credit ratings agencies.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived at Wimbledon today - for the best of the Championships so far.

Some talk of Andy Murray and some of Brown, G; of Scott and Boadicea, and such great names as these. For of all the world's great losers, there's none that can compare with the British, is there?

Our writer laments the lingering loss of literary mystique

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The author of 'The Catcher in the Rye' was famously eccentric. But newly released letters reveal an unexpected foible

Here is the former PM expecting the taxpayer to cough up untold amounts in order to protect him from the results of his self-indulgence in Iraq

Game, set and match in epic 11-hour match that broke all the records

Paul Annacone, head coach of men's tennis at the Lawn Tennis Association for the last three years, is to leave when his contract expires in November.

Tim Henman has ruled himself out of the running to be Great Britain's next Davis Cup captain because "it doesn't feel like the right time".

Former French President Charles de Gaulle knew his onions from his garlic. "How can you unite a country that produces 263 kinds of cheese" he once asked ?

View From The Sofa: Dunhill Links Championship, Sky Sports

The hip-hop poet is ready to take to the road after relishing some home comforts

The Government should concentrate on the UK's 26 million existing homes instead of its plans for controversial eco-towns, Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud said today.