Norman Lamb's friends have persuaded him he should be the next Liberal Democrat leader

From the final episode of Yes Minister (before it metamorphosed into Yes Prime Minister): SIR HUMPHREY: Well, Minister, it's not my plac...

John Betjeman: A Shropshire Lad

Late in his life, John Betjeman recorded four albums of his poetry with musical accompaniment. The first of these, Banana Blush, was release...

Lord Bonkers' Diary: Norman Scott and Rinka in space

On the radio this morning Danny Baker suggested that Rinka had been the first dog in space. Sadly, she was famous for quite another reason. ...

Video smuggled out of Nick Clegg's private office

Thanks to Miranda Green on Twitter and, I presume, Iain Dale in the first place.

A moment of comic genius from Alan Bennett and Thora Hird

From Bennett's 1982 television play Intensive Care.

Three Defendants Charged with One of the Largest Reported Data Breaches in U.S. History

One Of The Defendants Has Already Pleaded Guilty An indictment was unsealed yesterday against two Vietnamese citizens who resided in the Net...

The representation of women in parliaments around the world

View image | gettyimages.com To celebrate International Women's Day, the editors of Parliamentary Affairs have drawn together a virtua...

Faster Data, Better Law Enforcement

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) recently awarded a grant to fund software and other tools to make it easier to store and process da...

Food Reward Friday

This week's lucky "winner"... donuts!! Krispy Kreme donuts being made.  Hopefully this image isn't appetizing enough to ma...