IT WAS Christmas Day at the Sunaks’ Their Yorkshire mansion was full of good cheer They were California dreamin’ They’d be Stateside in less than a year. When the PM unwrapped his presents His delight could not be surpassed He got a wallet to keep his Green Card in And Bermuda shorts styled at […]
As we approach the end of the year, we are repeating the top twenty most-read articles of 2023, in reverse order. This is number 7 and it was first published on March 27. ‘MAYDAY! Mayday!’ is something no airline pilot wants to say, and no passenger wants to hear, but this month Virgin Australia, Emirates, […]
Continuing our series of articles by the much-loved TCW writer Nick Booth, who died in September. It was first published on April 9, 2021. You can read Kathy’s introduction here. THIS week on Disappearing Britain we examine the case of Ian Hislop, the cheeky chappie who disappeared from our screens to be replaced by a clone. Comedy […]
THE set Gospel reading for Christmas Day in the Book of Common Prayer makes clear that the conflict between good and evil is intrinsic to the Christmas message. Today’s reading from the first chapter of John’s Gospel, verses 1 to 14, does not name Jesus Christ, God’s anointed King or Messiah as promised in the […]
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If you see one of these strange looking bottles the next time you’re at the beach, it’s best to keep walking. The green bottles are said to contain concoctions of hair, herbs, local plants, nails and even bodily fluids. According to KXAN-TV, the practice of witch bottles goes back hundreds of years and “have been […]
Since the Oct. 7 Hamas jihad massacres in Israel, Muslim clerics in mosques all over the United States have prayed for the victory of the Muslims and the destruction of Israel. But in one mosque in Bayonne, New Jersey, a cleric went even farther than that. The Middle East […]
For centuries, the mysteries surrounding the structures of Ancient Egyptian have baffled researchers. A new study published in the journal Physical Review Fluids and conducted by a team of scientists at New York University posits that the Egyptian Sphinx may have been created through natural means, rather than through manpower alone. While the exact process undertaken […]
Al Gore offered a grim outlook Sunday for world migration patterns, predicting that migrants “crossing international borders in larger numbers” might soon be the result of climate change. “If we don’t take action, there could be as many as one billion climate refugees crossing international borders in the next several decades,” Mr. Gore said on […]
The Supreme Court’s refusal to fast-track a hearing on Donald Trump’s immunity claims has set up a legal battle that could drag on for months, a prominent former federal prosecutor warned Sunday. On Friday, the justices denied special counsel Jack Smith’s bid for a hearing on the former president’s claim that he cannot be prosecuted […]
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