Good morning, and welcome to Dorland House, a one-time hotel in west London where former high court judge Baroness Hallett is chairing the independent public inquiry into the Covid-19 pand… Read More

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your… Read More

Read Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey’s speech to Autumn Conference. Thank you friends. I’m afraid I have to start this afternoon with an apology. You might remember – Af… Read More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak is facing open revolt from the top of his… Read More

During the first lockdown in the Spring of 2020, the UK’s 77th Brigade was deployed on social media to counter notional misinformation about coronavirus. This effort rather ties in wit… Read More

The Tories are mistaken if they believe that immigration is still their trump card | Andrew Rawnsley The Tories are mistaken if they believe that immigration is still their trump card | Andr… Read More

Noted TV news editor and anchor Rahul Shivshankar is all set to join Network18 Group as a Consulting Editor. He will join the stellar line-up of TV news anchors, editors and writers at India… Read More

On October 3, 2022, a television programme, Britain on the Brink, aired on Channel 5. Hosted by the controversial presenter Jeremy Vine, it explored various topics, among them the state of t… Read More

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Good Wednesday morning. This is Eleni Courea, writing Playbook for the rest of the week. DRIVING THE DAY SMALL… Read More

More news emerged over the weekend about the state of British banking. Normally, when Parliament is in recess, there is little news to cover. Traditionally, Britons call this period the &lsq… Read More

Yesterday’s post provided an update on Nigel Farage’s bank account closure, the 40-page report on him from Coutts and the attention it attracted in Parliament during Rishi Sunak… Read More

Watched/Read The Mummy's Hand, The War Lord, Bombardier, and Dakota IncidentTHE MUMMY’S HAND (1940) --- Alert to fun-seekers --- Tom Weaver and crew have a new “Script from the C… Read More

On Thursday evening, June 29, 2023, Nigel Farage told his GB News audience that his bank accounts — personal and business — had been mysteriously suspended and would be closed wi… Read More

'I did not lie to the house,' Boris Johnson tells Partygate hearing – video The Guardian Editorial 22 March 2023https://lnkd.in/eeFqtda7 Show this thread BORIS JOHNSON: A PERNICIO… Read More

Those who missed them will find parts 1 and 2 about this bombshell week in British politics of interest. Wednesday’s news: Dorries delays resignation Apparently, Nadine Dorries did not… Read More

The next two posts show why British politics is the world’s best soap opera. There it was Friday evening, June 9, 2023. Millions of Britons had downed tools for the week and were relax… Read More

I am told this column appeared in the Winter 2022 issue of the JCPCP, possibly under the title Sighcology.Henry VI founded Eton to provide free education to 70 poor boys. If you want to read… Read More

[-WATCH UK & US TV LIVE-][-WATCH FOOTBALL LIVE-]Nadine Dorries has been given her own Friday night talk show and she's using the platform to interview her chum Boris Johnson - but will s… Read More

After ending their chaotic, punch-drunk marriage, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard generously treated us to a pair of legal epilogues. First, Depp sued the Sun for calling him a wife beater, on… Read More

Queen Elizabeth II had a full diary of engagements, even into her 90s. Much of this post illustrates how busy she was in December 2019 and February 2020, when she was 93 years old. First, ho… Read More

Internationally acclaimed American tenor Matthew Polenzani has just completed a run of Tosca performances at the Metropolitan Opera and is soon headed to Fort Worth, Texas to reprise his suc… Read More

My lengthy look at The Telegraph‘s March 2023 series The Lockdown Files concludes today and tomorrow. My most recent post examined the decline in the communications of British governme… Read More

Working in customer service is not for the faint of heart. There’s always a chance that customers will be rude, demanding, entitled or just plain strange. But you’ve got to provi… Read More