The British - and the Americans - are notoriously reluctant to learn foreign languages, generally on the basis that it is unnecessary, given that English...
A comforting conceit shared within the much-maligned mainstream media is that, if everyone is criticising them, then they must be doing something right. This defensive pride...
I’ve just spent 3 weeks in hospital with mobility problems. I could extol the National Health Service - unique as British people like to consider...
Britain’s King Charles will this week deliver the opening address at the COP28 climate action summit in Dubai at a time when his country’s own...
The reputation of the UK as a pioneer of free healthcare for all is at risk from a funding and staffing crisis that is turning...
The Crown Season 6 is in full swing, and how I remember the late summer of 1997 and the crazy heady week of uncharacteristically (for...
As Rishi Sunak’s political allies were dispatched this week to talk up the benefits of the British prime minister’s latest cabinet reshuffle, his enemies in...
