The Great Hall at Westminister was in silence at four o’clock yesterday morning as I stood in vigil with the coffin of Queen Elizabeth.  She was placed on a raised island at the centre of a red catafalque, a decorative wooden framework. Four soldiers stood to the...

It is the day before the Cop26 summit begins. There has been an intense build up with leaked documents, debates, voices of civil servants, politicians, scientists, economists from David Atenborough to the Pope Francis on this programme yesterday. Many are negotiating...