Paul Routledge

The contest for the next deputy of the Labour party has had its moments, but it doesn't compare with the political theatre of previous battles such as Benn v Healey in the 1980s

As a railwayman's son, born in a railway house and a lifelong friend of the railway, Paul Routledge says the renationalisation will hail a new dawn.

Gordon Brown: The Biography By Paul Routledge That definite article in the title looks rather presumptuous, not to say premature.

Nearly two million workers joined Britain's first – and only – General Strike, which began at midnight on 3 May 1926, in support of starving miners and their families

Paul Routledge & Hannah Britt At midnight on 3 May 1926, nearly two million workers joined Britain's first – and only –General Strike.Theirwalkout

Peter Mandelson assured the British government it would “never regret” appointing him as UK ambassador to the United States, according to the documents

Paul Routledge For centuries, the quintessential British pub experience has remained the same: pushing up to the bar, catching the bartender's

Journalist Paul Routledge has spent a lifetime wandering canal towpaths and uncovering the rich history of Britain's 2,000-mile canal network for his new book, For The Love of Canals. Here, he reflects on his nostalgia for these iconic waterways

Paul Routledge The year opened with too much water, and now there's not enough

THERE'S not enough of it now but the year opened with too much water - more than 15 million litres burst from the Llangollen Canal in Shropshire, inundating fields and stranding narrowboats in mud.