As we approach the end of the year, we are repeating our twenty most-read articles of 2023, in reverse order. This is number 4 and it was first published on April 14. THE World Health Organization (WHO) is proposing the adoption of a ‘Pandemic Treaty’, or ‘Pandemic Accord’ as it is now being called. On […]
A Taylor Swift fan who died at one of the pop singer’s concerts in South America last month succumbed to heat exhaustion, according to a report. The death of a 23-year-old Brazilian named Ana Clara Benevides Machado grabbed headlines following a concert in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 17. The young woman attended the show, […]
Over the Christmas break we are revisiting some vintage children’s TV programmes. AS A very young child, I soon learned the differences between the days of the week. Monday was Picture Book. Tuesday Andy Pandy. And, best of all, Wednesday was Flower Pot Men. All were part of a charming sequence aimed at pre-schoolers and named Watch With Mother. […]
As we approach the end of the year, we are repeating our twenty most-read articles of 2023, in reverse order. This is number 5 and it was first published on January 3. FORMER Wall Street executive Edward Dowd, whom I interviewed for TCW last year, has been dissecting excess mortality statistics recorded since the Covid pandemic began […]
Continuing our series of articles by the much-loved TCW writer Nick Booth, who died in September. It was first published on October 21, 2022. You can read Kathy’s introduction here. SERIAL prankster Liz Truss is facing a lifelong ban from the Big Pharma Stadium (formerly the Cradle of Democracy) after her latest stunt, when she […]
WHEN I wrote in May about the expression ‘standing around like cheese at fourpence’, I promised a future column on the joys of Lancashire cheese. And here it is. So far as I am aware, Lancashire is the only British variety to have three official designations – creamy, tasty and crumbly – although there are more […]
The National Archives and Records Administration agreed last week to settle a lawsuit with visitors who were told to remove or cover up pro-life attire they were wearing or leave the National Archives facility in Washington, D.C. The three visitors — Wendilee Walpole Lassiter, Terrie Kallal and L.R., a minor — were in Washington to […]
Over the Christmas break we are revisiting some vintage children’s TV programmes. PRODUCED and directed by the brilliant Gordon Murray, who would go on to give us the Trumptonshire Trilogy, Captain Pugwash was compulsory teatime viewing on the BBC between 1957 and 1966. It was introduced by a version of the Trumpet Hornpipe, performed by solo accordionist Tom Edmondson […]
Continuing our series of articles by the much-loved TCW writer Nick Booth, who died in September. It was first published on July 19, 2021. You can read Kathy’s introduction here. GOOD morning, you’re watching GB News. This morning, we’re asking the question: Are you sitting at home thinking: where’s the actual news? Where’s the Great […]
The iPad generation has grown up and joined the Navy. Like many parents across the country who negotiated screen time with their children, the Navy is now allowing recruits allotments of screen time in the (once) device-less crucible of Navy boot camp. Within several weeks, recruits in two divisions “will have limited access to their […]
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