Mary Dejevsky: My walk on the racial front line in DC

Everyone who lives in or near Washington – as I did for five years – soon learns, to the yard, where the "front line" runs, where white people do not live, where their children do not go to school, and where to run a red light rather than linger. - 19/01/2009, Mary Dejevsky

Mary Dejevsky: Dad and a family secret

"What did you do in the war?" was a question that somehow seemed to elicit an answer only from other people's fathers. - 20/08/2008, Mary Dejevsky

H�lène La Rue

H�lène La Rue was a warm and delightful friend, a splendid one-off, who found her true place as curator of the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments, fellow of St Cross, one of Oxford's smallest colleges, and a pillar of the community in the village where she had chosen to live, writes Mary Dejevsky [further to the obituary by Susan Wollenb - 24/08/2007, Obituaries

Terrier squad hits the ground barking

Eaton Square in Belgravia is usually the quietest of haunts. It has been even quieter since the London congestion charge was extended into Kensington and Chelsea. It is a convenient cut-through from the back streets of the King's Road to the embankment and a clear run out east to work. As I approached the square yesterday morning, it was clear that somet - 17/05/2007, This Britain

Beslan siege: today's stories in full

- 04/09/2004, Europe

Libyan minister's visit is diplomatic milestone

The Libyan Foreign minister, Abdul Rahman Shalgam, arrives in London this evening to seal the recent rapprochement between Britain and Libya. The Foreign Office described the visit as "a milestone in the move to end Libya's international pariah status". - 09/02/2004, UK Politics

Hutton Aftermath

- 04/02/2004, UK Politics

President Bush - today's full links

Inside the palace- 20/11/2003, UK Politics

UK lets non-essential staff leave embassy

Non-essential staff and dependants moved out of the British embassy in Tehran yesterday after warnings that there could be further shooting incidents like the one earlier this week. The evacuation, described as "voluntary", applied only to embassy staff. - 05/09/2003, Middle East

Iraq crisis

- 15/03/2003, World Politics

Perfect spot for three isolated leaders

The last-chance talks to avoid a war against Iraq will be held tomorrow in the remote islands of the Azores, six hours' flying time from Washington, two and a half hours from Lisbon and very far indeed from any madding crowds of anti-war protesters. - 15/03/2003, World Politics

Iraq crisis

- 04/03/2003, World Politics

Straw says Iraq not entitled to presumption of innocence

The stand-off with Iraq is entering its "final stage" and Baghdad deserves to be given no quarter even if the UN inspectors find no irrefutable proof of weapons violations, the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, will say today.- 21/02/2003, World Politics

Flood death toll 90 as the big clean-up is under way

The death toll passed 90 yesterday as the worst floods for decades, if not for a century, swept across much of eastern and central Europe. - 15/08/2002, Europe

Nato and Russia join forces against terror

Nato and Russia last night concluded what both described as a historic agreement to banish the legacy of the Cold War.- 15/05/2002, World Politics