Obituary

Gerry Gable, the dedicated, controversial founder of Searchlight magazine, had infiltrators and spies on his books in an intelligence war against racism

Her association with the Rolling Stones meant she was dismissed as a ‘muse’ – but she overcame misogyny and drug addiction to become an experimental artist of rare breadth

With his conspiracy theories, pro-Russian propaganda and hatred of migrants, Le Pen inspired a generation of far right leaders across Europe

A government colleague remembers a charming, clever pragmatist who had the odd eggy moment or two

The public saw his combative side, but those closest to him saw his heart

He was a better politician than he ever knew

Silvio Berlusconi was a tax evader, a sleazebag, an enabler of tyrants and mafiosi – and he was adored by half a country