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This month marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of America’s 35th president. On 22 November 1963, John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, after only 34 months in office. His is the ‘Unfinished Life,’ in the words of his biographer Robert Dallek....

Nothing demonstrates the importance of the right to vote more than a consideration of the sacrifices of previous generations to obtain it. This month, April 2013, marks the 100-year anniversary of the passing of Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act 1913....

If you are expecting to read a high-powered analysis of Mrs Thatcher’s policies, then you are going to be disappointed. This book, written by the former Conservative cabinet minister, Gillian Shephard, is, however, valuable in its own right because it paints an...

The performance of UKIP in the Eastleigh by-election has generated a great deal of comment in recent days. The party took 27.8 per cent of the votes cast on 28 February 2013, and beat David Cameron’s Conservatives into third place. The Liberal Democrats won the...