Upstaging Madonna

Madonna's performance reportedly inspired 8000 tweets per second for five minutes, but it wasn't all about her.

Madonna tweets bowled by MIA

Not since Sir Elton John tottered onstage under a powdered wig the size of the Matterhorn have the words ''I want to wear something discreet, not too show-offy'' been less likely to have been uttered by a major recording artist, and Madonna's Superbowl outfit (if you can call the cast of Verdi's Aida trampling the hems of a giant gold doona an ''outfit'') would have done him proud. Anyway, The ...

Divisive Thatcher Remains Grocer’s Daughter Back Home

Long after her departure from public life, Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister who is the subject of a new film, still divides the British, even in her hometown.

Crosby staying the course as Olympic glory fades

Crosby staying the course as Olympic glory fades

In France, genocide has become a political brickbat | Timothy Garton Ash

Next week's bill on denial of Ottoman atrocities against Armenians is an attack on free speech, one of many around the world Next Monday the French Senate is to vote on a bill that will criminalise denial of the Armenian genocide of 1915 , along with any other events recognised as genocide in French law. The bill has already passed through the National Assembly , the lower house of the French ...