Soutik Biswas in Calcutta reports on a property dispute dating back to 1836.

BBC Europe Editor Mark Mardell likens the EU to a kingdom of the early Middle Ages.

His role as an aging rocker in the film Love Actually has won Bill Nighy a major award. But he's no overnight success. Also in the news: Lennox Lewis, Mr Ryanair and Janet Jackson.

Martha Lane Fox is the public face of Lastminute.com, but she has also proven to be a shrewd manager behind the scenes.

Sidney Blumenthal's The Clinton Wars gives a detailed - if partisan - appraisal of Bill Clinton's US presidency.