How could a moment of triumph about the Olympic Bid turn into a catastrophe? These terrible events follow on the continuing revelations that the intelligence reports that were the government's basis for the invasion of Iraq were deeply flawed and th

Why has Peter Hyman, the Prime Minister's chief speechwriter, swapped the corridors of power for the corridors of a tough inner-city comprehensive? And would ten years at the heart of Westminster politics be adequate training for a new life in the c

From Fleet Street to the world of medicine, from the City of London to the corridors of power in Whitehall, Scots have exerted a determining influence on key areas of British life since the Union of the Parliaments in 1707.

"Governing London" provides a critique of the politics, administration and government of one of the world's leading cities and recommends major changes to the capital's government to address its long-standing crisis of governability

Contains details of over 360 trusts that concentrate their grantmaking in the area of Greater London, giving a total of around GBP81 million a year.

An indwependent inquiry published for the first anniversary of the bombings

"Defy the Stars" is the story of a young man who went to the Middle East as an observer and lost his life through a single selfless human act.

Oborne's new book reveals just how far we have left behind us the idea of people going into politics for that quaint reason, to serve the public.

The opening of the New Acropolis Museum in Athens in spring 2008 provides the opportunity to re-state the case for the return of the Elgin Marbles to Athens. The British Museum's long-standing...[More]

This is a highly controversial thesis on penal reform from a very well-respected QC

"18 Techniques" traces the life of the memorandum and explores issues of individual responsibility.

Forty years on, this account of the Hornsey 'sit-in' and its aftermath draws on interviews with participants and hitherto unpublished archives.

making a convincing argument for the positive effects of Mao's policies on the well-being of the Chinese people

Her prose packs a punch' Scotsman