Blogscrape

Though his official biographer tends to deny it, there is a very noticeable gap between Lucian Freud's present style and the way he painted at the outset of his phenomenal career.

Documents detailing Government plans to rule from an underground bunker have been revealed.

Salta A British tourist fell to his death after his safety harness failed when paragliding in northern Argentina on New Year’s Eve.

Jewish groups said yesterday that the invasion of Gaza had provoked a surge in anti-Semitic intimidation and violence in London and Manchester.

Jewish groups said yesterday that the invasion of Gaza had provoked a surge in anti-Semitic intimidation and violence in London and Manchester.

For decades it has lain unloved and largely forgotten in a royal vault, the symbol of one of the final acts of Sixties rebellion. Almost 40 years after John Lennon returned his MBE to the Queen, the insignia has finally been rediscovered.

At 91 years of age and after more than half a century working as an editor for some of the greatest writers of the modern age, Diana Athill has won one of Britain’s top literary awards.

School Gate blog: the thorny issue of expulsion

A woman was killed on a level crossing yesterday after her car skidded on an icy road and became trapped in the path of an oncoming train.

Known at his peak as the “monetarist in residence” at Margaret Thatcher’s Downing Street, Sir Alan Walters was one of the most influential academic advisers to enter British political life. His first spell as Thatcher’s full-time economic adviser between 1981 and 1983 expanded the frontiers of influence for public servants of his type, and maintained the first Thatcher Government’s adherence to monetarism for longer than would otherwise have been the case.

Help for savers was on the way last night after a Conservative pledge to scrap tax for investors on modest incomes was followed by hints of government measures to come in the Budget.

New year, new Dave. The man was bursting with a frantic and almost hysterical energy yesterday as he marked the beginning of 2009 with what can only be called a Dave blitz.

A woman in her sixties has been charged with murder after her husband was shot twice in the chest with a shotgun while he lay in bed.

The Formula One team owner Ron Dennis said he wanted to wash his hands because he had “been shaking hands with Arabs all day”, an employment tribunal was told yesterday.

The Formula One team owner Ron Dennis said he wanted to wash his hands because he had “been shaking hands with Arabs all day”, an employment tribunal was told yesterday.

At 91 years of age and after more than half a century working as an editor for some of the greatest writers of the modern age, Diana Athill has won one of Britain’s top literary awards.

Police have stepped up their search for a woman who disappeared late on New Year’s Day.

Police have stepped up their search for a woman who disappeared late on New Year’s Day.

An anti-terror detective who was stabbed to death while foiling an al-Qaeda plot has been awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal for his bravery.

High street fashion retailers were the first big losers of 2009 as Britain returned to work yesterday to face the worst employment prospects in a generation.