His office is a small glass box with black leather and chrome chairs, his interviews are conducted without a tie and often in his socks, and he is addicted to his Blackberry. Francis Maude comes from ...

The legacy of Ethiopia's last emperor Haile Selassie remains contested in his increasingly polarised country half a century after his death: praised as a moderniser by some, others condemn him as an ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nick Clegg, a telegenic moderniser from the right wing of the Liberal Democrats, has become leader of his party ...

The historical French leader has captivated imaginations around the globe for centuries as the subject of books, films, songs and poems. As a new biopic directed by Ridley Scott is set to further ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Having initially played the part of the Tory moderniser, Robert Jenrick is now telling us that, if he lived in the United States, he would vote Republican in the presidential election. I wonder how ...

Reuters - Metropolitan Kirill, elected on Tuesday as the new leader of 165 million Russian Orthodox believers, is seen as a moderniser who may thaw long icy ties with the Catholic Church. The first ...

ON THURSDAY 9 April 1992, the UK Labour Party suffered its fourth consecutive general election defeat. Within days, Neil Kinnock, Leader of the Party since 1983, had announced his intention of ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Labor leader Kevin Rudd says he is a moderniser with a vision to make Australia the best-educated country in the Western world. Mr Rudd ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Paul Keating ’s public persona as an urban design expert perplexes admirers who share his view of himself as the great moderniser of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Robin Gibson, who has died of cancer aged 66, was chief curator of the National Portrait Gallery from 1994 to ...

LORD WILLIAMS of Mostyn, who has died aged 62, was a wit, a legal moderniser and an enthusiastic patron of children's charities. Son of the village schoolmaster of Mostyn, he attended Rhyl Grammar ...