He was a man of great erudition, able to converse in Latin with professors of theology and discuss works of particular German philosophers, not available in translation, with distinguished academic philosophers.Michael Besser. L?old S?r Senghor, politician, poet and writer: born Joal, Senegal 9 October 1906; Deputy, French National Assembly 1945-58; minister in the French [...]

I’ll have to explain how I’m rounding up so people don’t feel I’m cheating them. When there are a lot of people I’ll just have to brace myself and take it slowly.”. The official death toll from the World Trade Centre terror attack, including victims on the ground and passengers in the two aircraft [...]

The jury will continue their deliberations today.Mr Sherlock, a computer analyst who has been sitting through every day of the three-week trial, was joined by members of his family as the jury returned its guilty verdict yesterday.Woolley, 36, had claimed the death was a “terrible accident” but the court was told that he had [...]

Manning Haynes.Her next role was Cora Ann Milton in the crime thriller Ringer (1931) made for British Lion Studios. Other roles and a one-year contract to Warner Brothers at Teddington, soon followed. She starred opposite Henry Wilcoxon in The Flying Squad (1932), and Jessie Matthews in There Goes the Bride (1932). In the crime [...]

They have already taken the first step which could lead to targeted sanctions against Harare and the suspension of some types of aid.The Commonwealth Conference opens six weeks later, in March, and Zimbabwe must hold its presidential elections before the end of that month if it is not to be in violation of its [...]

These have been aimed at persuading the International Monetary Fund and other lenders to advance more money, to enable the government to avoid the biggest sovereign debt default in history But this week the populace ran out of patience.. President Bush extended his financial war on terrorism yesterday by ordering a freeze on the [...]

If so, there has not yet been a clear precedent of an individual successfully suing the Government for breaking EU commercial law.There is also the possibility that the EU will take the same view at Britain’s judiciary and decide that Lloyd’s could not have known how big the asbestosis claims would become. One Lloyd’s [...]

Yesterday he was said to be checking his registration records relating to money paid to fund a research assistant from 1989 to 1992.Paul Tyler, for the Liberal Democrats, said: “Mr Kirkwood is seeking advice from the registrar’s office for clarification on some of the detail of the registration.”Meanwhile, a letter from Ms Filkin to [...]

Her husband was entirely right to overturn the original coroner’s verdict of death from natural causes in order to expose a frightening story of medical incompetence at a famous private hospital. Private hospitals, nursing agencies and insurers are not consistently more efficient or safer than the NHS. But neither is the public sector automatically [...]

Lee was keen to recruit more artists to draw his burgeoning roster of superheroes and signed up such former Timely artists as Gene Colan, John Romita and Buscema on generous terms. Because Lee was at this point writing all the stories, he had evolved a form of writing new to comics to save time: [...]