How Kwasi Kwarteng's 38 days compare to the shortest-serving chancellors in history
While Kwarteng is out of Government after less than two months, he is not the shortest-serving chancellor of all time
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While Kwarteng is out of Government after less than two months, he is not the shortest-serving chancellor of all time
Mr Kwarteng's 38 days in Downing Street compare to Ian Macleod's 30 days at Number 11 in 1970, Baron Denman's 31 days in 1834 Nadhim Zahawi's 63 days and George Canning's 103 days.
Generations of scientists have dedicated their lives to understanding and treating cancer, often funded by Cancer Research UK, a charity that has spent more than a century driving progress for patients
I wrote a Canberra Day post last year, which came out of my dismay at no longer enjoying the Sandgroper public holiday for my birthday now that I live in Canberra. This year, we are celebrating Canberra Day on 8 March, which I realised is International Women’s Day – Votes for Women! – thus an excellent opportunity to reflect on the lives of two of the many women involved in the creation of our federal capital: Lady Gertrude Mary Denman and Marion Mahony Griffin. Lady Gertrude Mary Denman I introduced you last year to the wonderful Lady Gertrude Mary Denman, the wife of Governor-Gen...