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by Dr Mark Nicholson In February 1938, the Chicago-born British politician, Chips Channon, wrote in his unredacted and unbowdlerised...

The late-lamented Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, whose very moving funeral service took place in St. George’s Chapel

“Yes. Chernobyl was the worst nuclear accident that the world has seen, and in the area affected by the fallout there have been about 4,000

Many years ago I worked for a company majority-owned by Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corp

Central Kenya is on the UK Red list and is in lock-down again, one year to the day since it was first locked down.

It was in the south-western Japanese city of Kumamoto when I first cursed myself for not downloading the app

I am a people person and my favourite hobby, especially when travelling, is to observe people and their behaviour sitting somewhere

by Vincent Guy “Forecasting is tough – especially about the future.” Attributed to Sam Goldwyn, but probably Niels Bohr Alex Salmond,...

The hospital which has just relieved me of half my gut gave us patients a journal to fill in during our stay. This was to record physical

The question posed in the title of this article may strike you as absurd. No, I hope you will answer: Sherlock Holmes was the fictional