Benjamin Constant, the Swiss political philosopher active in the decades after the French Revolution, might have had Boris Johnson in mind when he wrote that “nearly all men are obsessed with demonstrating they are something more than they are”.

PRIME Minister Lester Bird conceded defeat yesterday in a general election marked by corruption charges, ending a family dynasty that has dominated Antigua for half a century.

Dr Kildare star Richard Chamberlain spoke for the first time today about being gay.