Profiles

Richie McCaw will be forced to watch as Crusaders play at Twickenham on Sunday

Richie McCaw: 'It'd be good for All Blacks to put a smile on faces in Christchurch'

He tells Chris Hewett how World Cup glory this autumn can lift his home city after last month's earthquake.

Inside Profiles

The iconic image of Ali which will be on show at a gallery in Pasadena

Michael Brennan: 'I shot the picture I always dreamed of'

Wednesday, 23 March 2011

The photographer tells James Lawton the story behind one of the most iconic images of Muhammad Ali.

John Cridland: 'The public sector must feel private sector's pain'

Wednesday, 23 March 2011

The Business Interview: The CBI's new, more cautious director general talks to Sean O'Grady about the 'necessary' cuts, and ways to get UK plc back on track

Yulia Tymoshenko

Yulia Tymoshenko: the leader looking beyond a revolution

Monday, 21 March 2011

The Monday Interview: Yulia Tymoshenko brought down Ukraine's president. But that makes her nation's current fight look easy, she tells Shaun Walker

'What we never, ever dreamt might happen, and has happened, is that going to the theatre is a cool thing to do now,' says Mackintosh on his work with Andrew Lloyd Webber

Cameron Mackintosh: Making a song and dance about Betty

Sunday, 20 March 2011

Susie Mesure: The tale of a pig in post-war austerity Britain has prompted the unexpected return to West End musicals of one of its all-time greats.

'I bought the first four prototypes and everybody laughed. But now they're sold throughout the world,' says Salazar

Alberto Salazar: Stay one step ahead in space race

Sunday, 20 March 2011

Simon Turnbull: Marathon legend of the 'old school' who keeps British runner Farah on his toes by using cutting edge technology.

'It's very easy to get motivated and develop team spirit,' says Simon Hislop of focusing on one race

Simon Hislop: Healthy attitude acts as lesson to all men

Sunday, 20 March 2011

Paul Newman: Oxford medic has come back from testicular cancer to compete in Boat Race.

Ali says: 'I always try to create conflict and drama in my books; it's the engine of the novel'

Monica Ali: 'I wear the same smelly pyjamas again and again; it's revolting'

Sunday, 20 March 2011

Before I start work on a novel I get to know the characters in my head I live with them for a while, as I did with Nazneen and Chanu in Brick Lane; hearing their voices, listening to them talk to one another.

He says "From my office it is - and I've counted it - 50 paces to get to the Prime Minister's office and 50 paces to get to the Deputy Prime Minister's office. That's a very nice balance to have."`

Gus O'Donnell: No wonder they call him God

Saturday, 19 March 2011

Andy McSmith: Britain's most senior civil servant has a reputation for ruffling prime ministerial feathers.

Clifford says: 'I'm no good at suffering fools. I meet a fair few, but I've never had the patience'

My Secret Life: Max Clifford, PR consultant, 67

Saturday, 19 March 2011

My parents were ... Lillian and Frank. He was an electrical worker and an accomplished classical pianist and my mum was a housewife.

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