Babington

He was found guilty of high treason for his part in the so-called Babington Plot to reinstate Catholicism as the religion of England and Wales by assassinating Queen Elizabeth I and put Mary, Queen of Scots on the throne in her place.

WalesOnline - Home 2011

The following staff writers contributed to this report: Charles Babington

The Ripple Effect: Empty Halls, Lost Money, Discontent 2011

Babington explains the "unprecedented... level of dysfunction and paralysis" on Capitol Hill like this:

Spencer Critchley: The "Gridlock" Story: Why Media Balance Is Broken Spencer Critchley 2011

But in pasting it in here, Babington is forced to ignore much of his own reporting.

Spencer Critchley: The "Gridlock" Story: Why Media Balance Is Broken Spencer Critchley 2011

Not for the first time one thinks of Thomas Babington Macaulay's quip: We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.

Notable & Quotable 2012

The following staff writers contributed to this report: Charles Babington

The Ripple Effect: Empty Halls, Lost Money, Discontent 2011

• In Iowa, Obama toils while GOP roars, then departs – Associated PressClever, under-the-radar piece from AP's Charles Babington on the bigger picture in Iowa:One presidential campaign claims an impressive effort in Iowa this year: eight offices opened, 350,000 phone calls to potential supporters and 1,280 events to recruit and train volunteers.

Iowa GOP caucus 2012: Rick Santorum on the rise 2011

When I meet Pearl for lunch at Babington House, a private members' club near her Somerset home, she has been talking for less than 10 minutes before suddenly announcing: I've been six years sober!

The Saturday interview: Pearl and Daisy Lowe 2011

The following staff writers contributed to this report: Charles Babington

The Ripple Effect: Empty Halls, Lost Money, Discontent 2011

That strategy was described by the 19th-century Whig historian Thomas Babington Macaulay.

Opus Dei, in Hollywood and Rome David Gibson 2011