Myra Hindley

Churchill is defaced – but this time in the name of art

When a vandal spray-painted a much-venerated statue of Sir Winston Churchill red, and stuck a green mohican on his head, there was wide-spread outcry from MPs with the culprit serving a stint in jail.

Discovery of body part may help to solve mystery of Danny McIlhone

David Sharrock, Ireland Correspondent The gruesome discovery of a foot buried on a remote hillside south of Dublin has given hope to a family whose son was abducted and secretly murdered by the Provisional IRA 27 years ago. The...

Letters: The Mail v Mr Justice Eady

Paul Dacre's rant (The threat to our press, Media, November 10) might ring truer if the tabloids he represents really were plucky Davids battling corrupt Goliaths. Like other English judges, he does not create new law, but...

Revealed: The rags-to-riches life of the master storyteller who is now TV's secret superstar

Were you to write a script about a brilliant man who mislays his working-class roots and is corrupted by money and success, only to find redemption in debt, divorce and ill health, it would make intriguing television. This,...

Len Shackleton

Sunderland Message Boards > SMB In Morrisey's live intro, by Big Hard Excellent Fish, the narrator says "Len Shackleton's sending off" amongst a list of things that piss her (him) off. Anyone know what this refers to? Satan...

BBC finds few friends

Yet again the BBC has been true to its exasperating self. As with Andrew Gilligan's Today programme broadcast, as with the mis-editing of The Queen, as with the various phone-in scandals, the BBC has reacted late, and...

Top 10 People Made Famous By Their Deaths

Ten ordinary people who have become famous because of their tragic deaths.^Ten ordinary people who have become famous because of their tragic deaths.^Andy Warhol once said that every man would have 15 minutes of fame -...