‘We are Not English, We Are Scouse’ – Why Liverpool boo the anthem
‘Feed the Scousers’ chants are imbued with anti-migrant and anti-Irish sentiment
Margaret Thatcher’s moods, Garret FitzGerald’s outburst – a diplomat looks back
Late British diplomat David Goodall recalls the creation of the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement
TV View: No need to feel sorry for England, but if it was any other team
Like a dog with a bone, Roy Keane never lets a grudge go - this time it was Matt Doherty
Sporting upsets: ‘Boring’ Arsenal snatch the league from under Liverpool’s noses in 1989
The title was destined for a city haunted by tragedy - Michael Thomas didn’t read the script
Tory party adviser ‘very struck’ by rapport between Margaret Thatcher and Charles Haughey
State papers: Official compared how British prime minister had ‘grabbed her handbag and stormed out’ of meeting with Belgian leader
Decay of English language makes it perfect for lying
Political rhetoric of our time is conditioned by insult and hardly concealed violence
Declassified files help to correct ‘distorting’ narrative of Thatcher’s memoirs
Analysis: Records suggest she was irascible on Ireland, shallow and very often uncertain on detail
Boris Johnson reminds May that his ambition is undimmed
Former foreign secretary uses resignation speech to describe Brexit plan as ‘vassalage’
Haughey’s foot-dragging on extradition angered British
Fianna Fáil leader told Northern secretary party ‘going berserk’ over UK co-operation
Sir Robert Armstrong: ‘Nothing will ever be the same again in NI’
State papers 1986: UK secretary said Anglo-Irish Agreement resulted in ‘fundamental change’
Peter Barry: the man who helped cajole the Iron Lady into Anglo-Irish Agreement
Business success of the Barry’s Tea owner was secondary to his political impact
Hillsborough inquest verdict Liverpool’s finest hour
City is unique in its tenacity, resilience and sense of solidarity to see campaign through
David Cameron ‘puzzled’ by Iain Duncan Smith resignation
Prime minister forced into hasty reshuffle and appoints Stephen Crabb as replacement
State Papers: Tortuous road to Anglo-Irish Agreement
Thatcher had concerns, feared unionist reaction, but officials and FitzGerald pressed on
Keeping the lady onside for the Anglo-Irish Agreement
State Papers 1985: Taoiseach careful to keep Margaret Thatcher engaged during talks
Lord Gowrie told Irish diplomats about British spying
State Papers 1985: Member of Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet warned of eavesdropping
‘Once the locked door was opened everything became possible’
FitzGerald’s drive and relationshsip with Thatcher key to success, recalls Peter Barry
New Ireland Forum helped begin process of changing hearts and minds
Shift in nationalist demands allowed forum to become launchpad for lobbying
Pragmatism wins out ahead of conviction
While Margaret Thatcher was unionist at heart, the situation in the North wasnot working. In Garret FitzGerald she found a leader to reach agreement with
Peter Temple-Morris: peace process owes debt to parliamentary grassroots
Ireland and the injustices of history always fascinated me, says the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body’s first co-chair, who puts it down to his Celtic roots
Former British chancellor Geoffrey Howe dies aged 88
Tory grandee was Margaret Thatcher’s longest-serving Cabinet minister
Officials influenced Thatcher on Anglo-Irish Agreement
Former prime minister felt motherly towards Garret Fitzgerald, biography reveals
Pride and the pits: when gay rights met the striking miners
New movie Pride celebrates the unlikely meeting of Britain’s striking miners and gay rights campaigners in the 1980s. Poverty, homophobia, Aids and the defeat of the miners provide an unlikely backdrop. Donald Clarke takes pride in a cultural rebellion
Tricolour and Union Jack fly side by side in Windsor
The President’s visit has started in a blaze of tributes and pageantry
Witty, argumentative and emotional: the human side to Thatcher’s political resolve
‘I had the impression she enjoyed the sometimes heated arguments of our negotiating process’
Northern Ireland slipping down London’s agenda 15 years on from Belfast Agreement
NI politicians bridle at lack of access to No 10
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