When Asa Briggs got a job at the University of Leeds, he and his wife bought what he considered an ‘imposing’ villa on the outskirts of the city. Waspishly, the historian A.J.P. Taylor described it as ...

Journal Editorial Report: A call to return to the ‘warrior ethos.’ Japan may soon have another Prime Minister after Sanae Takaichi this weekend won the race to lead the (barely) ruling Liberal ...

Sanae Takaichi (right) of Japan is being compared to UK's 'Iron Lady' Margaret Thatcher (left). follow us follow us In a country long criticised for gender inequality, Sanae Takaichi’s election as ...

Donald Trump has been branded "completely mad" by Tory grandee Jeffrey Archer, who has accused the US President of acting like a child since taking office. Mr Archer, the 85-year-old former deputy ...

Japan is on the verge of a historic leadership change, as Sanae Takaichi, a conservative heavyweight and former Minister of Economic Security, is set to become the country's first female Prime ...

Our Writer at Large talks to the author of a new biography of one of Britain’s most controversial leaders TINA GAUDOIN is the undisputed queen of the double whammy. Just minutes into our conversation, ...

Thatcher strikes up an unlikely friendship with Labor MP-turned-journalist Brian Walden. After resigning as a Labor MP, Brian Walden is poached by the London Weekend Television network to front a ...

Sanae Takaichi has been a drummer in a heavy-metal band and a motorbike rider as a student. She is a wartime history revisionist and China hawk. Sanae Takaichi has been elected as the new leader of ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Sanae Takaichi came out top in a male-dominated race to lead Japan's ruling party on Saturday, putting her on course to emulate her hero, former British leader Margaret Thatcher, and ...

Japan's ruling conservative party has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, positioning the 64-year-old to be Japan's first female prime minister. Takaichi is among the more conservative ...

Like every Tory Boy, I had a Margaret Thatcher poster. I put it up when I was 15 and had just joined the party. Above my bed, resplendent in blue, the Iron Lady glowered down at my teddies. Naturally, ...