Person: Lord Astor

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Munster Rugby drop ball on Limerick ‘base’

Oh dear. As if the defeats and general gloom surrounding Munster Rugby in recent weeks wasn’t bad enough, I see the dreaded call for ‘root and branch’ reform and review has now been issued, to general nodding of heads.

Mon, 18 Jan, 2016

Key figure in Profumo scandal dies

Mandy Rice-Davies — one of the women at the centre of the Profumo affair which rocked Harold Macmillan’s Tory government in the 1960s — has died.

Sat, 20 Dec, 2014

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac

THIS time it’s not the White House that’s embroiled in a sexual scandal, it’s the Elysée Palace. Location apart, there’s nothing to beat a full-dress political scandal except, that is, a full-undress one.

Fri, 24 Jan, 2014

Decades of work with poor brought rehabilitation

JOHN PROFUMO, centre of the most sensational sex and security scandal of the 20th century, did penance for parliamentary dishonour with more than 30 years of charity work among the poor in London.

Sat, 11 Mar, 2006