Tory Troubles - the UK’s Housebuilding Conundrum
Until Mr Hancock’s diversionary tactics were deployed last week the excuses were flowing thick and fast from the UK’s Conservative party
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Dr. Mark Nicholson
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Who was John Rowlands? What, in truth, was the “special work” he was sent to do?
In 1841 a son is born to a housemaid in Wales. The father is unknown but the birth is registered in the records
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Michael Carberry
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What is the point of Monarchy?
I am not a monarchist. As First Secretary in the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur during a visit by Princess Margaret in 1990
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an Ulster Loyalist
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The British Monarchy - is it still relevant and does it have a future?
There are around thirty monarchies today reigning over forty-five countries. So, there is no argument...
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Michael Carberry
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And be a nation again – Part 2. Unionist fears are political rather than economic.
Commenting on my earlier article of 5 May 2021 about the issue of independence for Scotland, one reader, describing himself as a “Proud...
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Lynda Goetz
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‘Troubled Souls’ - Some Thoughts on Suicide
An army veteran is planning a cross-country kayak, from Preston Brook near Liverpool to Putney Bridge, to raise funds for a memorial...
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Dr. Jehad Al-Omari
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I Dreamed of Jerusalem
In my youth and well into my twenties I had one recurring dream and one recurring nightmare which I could not shake off easily.
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Dr. Mark Nicholson
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The Last Ice in Africa - The Ruwenzori or the Mountains of the Moon
“Oh dear, what can I give my grandson, a man who has everything, for his birthday? I know, what about a mountain? Don’t I own a spare...
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Stoker
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The Phoenix of Florida
Welcome to Cornwall, Mr Biden. Well, actually, to Suffolk. Mildenhall, near Ipswich, to be precise.
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Richard Pooley
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Do you understand? Is English becoming dangerously unclear?
I had a couple of days last week where I was grappling with the English language. Not my own version of it.
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