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A slight, watchful figure, she perched on a sofa in the camp commandant’s office studying me. Having had no visitors for many months, she was very wary. ‘What are you?’ she asked finally. I didn’t need to ask her the same question. By then her face was instantly recognisable; the so-called poster girl for Islamic … Read more
His Grace the 6th Duke of Montrose was hosting a squadron of airmen at a discreet afternoon tea in Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh. His guests were all crack frontline pilots who had flown against the Nazis in some of the most dangerous operations of the war. Yet while their new uniforms had been made by the … Read more
On Saturday, the Mail launched a major new series uncovering China’s role in fuelling the coronavirus pandemic. In part one, drawing on expert testimony, our writers investigated claims that the new strain of coronavirus had escaped from a lab in Wuhan, the city from where it emerged. Today, they document the audacious cover-up that allowed … Read more
First I swabbed the back of my throat then – with the same stick – both nostrils, before placing the sample into a small glass tube. This was submitted to a device the size and shape of a domestic coffee machine. Just 90 minutes later the result: a tab showing a single horizontal grey line. … Read more
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, is a man of means. Some even suggest he is the richest man in the world. Certainly he is in possession of several public personas. Clad in traditional Arab robes and keffiyeh, he presents himself as the potentate of … Read more