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/ 11 September 2007
Nearly a decade since Humphrey was shown the door to 10 Downing Street, the prime ministerial house has a cat in residence again. Sybil, named after Basil’s wife in the 1970s sitcom Fawlty Towers, has moved down from Edinburgh with Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling and his family who are living in the three-bedroomed flat above number 10.
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/ 2 September 2007
On Saturday, Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi celebrated the 38th anniversary of the military coup in which he ousted the British-backed King Idris. The 65-year-old is no longer a pariah. Libya is certainly changing, yet a week here makes clear that change is far more limited than many seem to think.
Princess Diana’s family solemnly marked the 10th anniversary of her death on Friday, with her younger son eulogising her as ”the best mother in the world”. The bishop of London used his sermon to call for an end to the sniping between Diana’s fans and detractors, and a priest who has led an annual memorial said it may now be time to let go.
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/ 14 February 2006
South Africa’s relationship with Britain is strong, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said in Soweto on Monday. ”I want to see it even stronger still,” said Blair, who came to South Africa to attend last weekend’s Progressive Governance Summit. Blair paid a courtesy call on former president Nelson Mandela and visited the Apartheid Museum.