Though with not a trace of Irish blood in him novelist Jeffrey Archer likes to be known as a seanchaí, a description he first encountered when chatting with a tramp in Dublin. This time round, he chats with Sue Leonard. 

Britain is still "deeply elitist", with privately-educated pupils and Oxbridge graduates continuing to dominate top roles in society, a report has warned.

FORMER tabloid editor Andy Coulson has been dogged by allegations of phone hacking on his watch.