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Modern housing has finally caught up with the Three Little Pigs; by the wonders of modern technology you can have your new mass-produced...

Deep breath. I’m about to offend what few friends I have left. I have recently made a new entry into my list of conversational pet hates...

Crying and yawning are infectious. We Liberal Democrats in the vast hall at the Bath & West showground in Somerset were doing both at...

“My grandfather was Hungarian”. Not such a loaded statement as, “My father was a toolmaker”, and although I may have said it before...

The late Queen of the United Kingdom – not just England, please – was a mistress of the perceptive remark.  One reliably attributed to...

My father offered me sage advice before my one, and so far only, visit to China. “Don’t tell too many jokes”. This was way back in 1985...

The tragic events in Gaza since the barbaric attacks by Hamas terrorists on October 7th last year have again brought the issue of antisemiti

Kenya, Brazil, Afghanistan, even the United Arab Emirates, are just four countries to have suffered serious flooding over the last few...

One doesn’t like to brag, but as it happens I have met both Mr Farage - Nigel to his mates and voters - and Mr Tice...

Those whose knowledge of British history was mostly drawn from that incomparable history of England 1066 and All That, A Memorable...