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Is London ready for Palin-mania?

Photo / Bob Weinstein Former vice-presidential candidate, future presidential nominee, and easily lampooned, Russia-spotting hockey mom, Sarah Palin, has promised to visit London in the near future. The former governor of Alaska wishes to meet with the original Iron Lady herself, Margaret Thatcher, and today …

Photo / Lipsol Sale, used under Creative Commons 3.0 licence Having promised to cut back on City Hall spending for the myriad cultural events that spawned under Ken Livingstone — and marking his words by cancelling the Rise festival and slashing the budget for Pride …

We told you where to watch the results roll in, we live blogged through the night to keep you company – now the historic inauguration day looms. The We Are One concert is rolling on as we type, building the anticipation, and you can follow …

Republican donors are royally PO’d at the party’s Florida office. And not only because they couldn’t stop the Sunshine State voting Democratic in this year’s election: they’re annoyed that the party spent more than $45,000 on a trip to London last summer. As any man …

Long before her notoriety as a cog in the creaking machinery of George W. Bush’s ineptocratic administration, Condoleezza Rice trained as a classical pianist to concert level. On Sunday, having expressed a wish to do so during her final months as Secretary of State, she …

This winter isn’t going to be much fun. Cold, gloomy skies and economic misery is enough to make the cheeriest of us come down with a dose of SAD. What we need right now is hope… so start looking forward to 2 April because Barack …

As promised, our American expats Julie Palmer-Hoffman and Chris Osburn cover the US election. 5.16am – And we’re spent. Goodnight, London. And thanks for hanging with us this evening (and well into the morning). 5.15am – Notes from the peanut gallery: that was a freaking …

In search of London’s best sandwich since sliced bread Another month. Another theme. We’ve been obsessed with the election that is unfolding over the pond. It all seems very familiar and a foregone conclusion. But maybe that’s because Obama is simply copying Santos from the …

Having hinted earlier in the year that he’d favour a Barack Obama presidency, Boris Johnson has fleshed his out his “endorsement”. Writing in his Telegraph column, Boris opined that the Bush presidency had “damaged the reputation” of America’s twin columns of capitalism and democracy, and …