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The introduction of digital divorces in 2022 opened up a floodgate of marriage departures The reason is indicative of how radically the divorce...
Twelve good men (women were excluded from participating until 1921) The Vikings invented jury service and Jeremy Thorpe’s acquittal led to the...
The Britannia Pacificatrix inside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office A pamphlet by former senior diplomats has triggered an identity...
A pig suspended between the arms of Battersea Power Station Remember micro pigs? In 2009 The Guardian ran a non-ironic article titled “which...
Conservationists want to bring wolves back to Britain, whilst farmers want them banished at all costs Farmers and Ursula von der Leyen want them...
No one as yet has made the case for a hybrid bridge that brings together traditionalists and brutalists Is London Bridge a practical result of...
An online campaign this month suggests users sign up via WhatsApp to receive ‘DMs from the PM’ In a little noticed coup, the Conservatives...
An online campaign this month suggests users sign up via WhatsApp to receive ‘DMs from the PM’ In a little noticed coup, the Conservatives...
Rough sleeping in London hit a 10-year high in January Instead of criminalising rough sleeping, the government should expand a policy that’s...
Last year’s successful Right to Roam protest Rebellious ramblers carrying a model boat are taking to the paths of Devon to cheerfully commit a...
Wapping is a stop on the newly named Windrush line, which was yet again largely suspended for the entirety of this weekend New names have been...
Park Hill Estate in Sheffield is a Grade II listed building Historic England have enormous power when choosing to list or not to list a building. To...
Gas lamps are undeniably enchanting London’s 1,300 original gas lamps are under threat from LEDs – but they have a defence force who have just...
A man stands on his tractor as farmers gather, with their tractors, at the Agrotica agricultural fair in Thessaloniki on February 1, 2024, as they...
Division walls run right through the middle of Belfast The scars of the Troubles are visible in the physical barriers that divide Belfast’s...
The International Court of Justice On Friday the International Court of Justice demanded that Israel try to contain death and damage in its military...
The International Court of Justice The ICJ may not have the power to enforce its ruling but the reality is that Israel wants to avoid a charge of...
Jubilee Gardens will cost £680,000 and provide the Square Mile with 15 trees The buzzword ‘green’ nowadays adds kudos to any London planning...
Smashing the patriarchal public toilet system In 1969 March Fong Eu mounted the steps in front of the Californian State Capitol and smashed a...
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS – JANUARY 11: Public hearings in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel began on Thursday at the International Court...
It may look super cool, but the Super Sewer does not resolve mistakes made in London’s original Victorian system Rarely will you hear anyone bring...
WHITSTABLE, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 09: People gather on Tankerton beach to protest against sewage discharges by Southern Water on October 9, 2022 in...
WHITSTABLE, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 09: People gather on Tankerton beach to protest against sewage discharges by Southern Water on October 9, 2022 in...
Housing was a hot topic in 2023 – prices may have lowered a little (though by less than expected) but punishing mortgage rates and the impact of...
As the novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard wrote: “There are few things I find more beautiful than cranes”. Officially, the symbol of Manchester is a bee...
The UK’s border tax proposition would have it apply later than the EU’s and with a different pricing mechanism “The biggest climate law ever in...
CUPERTINO, CA – OCTOBER 27: Emoticons are displayed on the Touch Bar on a new Apple MacBook Pro laptop during a product launch event on October 27,...
CUPERTINO, CA – OCTOBER 27: Emoticons are displayed on the Touch Bar on a new Apple MacBook Pro laptop during a product launch event on October 27,...
Weight loss drugs promise to cure Brits of obesity, revive the NHS and save the economy billions of pounds, but could it be too good to be true, asks...
One of the pandas in question Tian Tian and her partner, Yang Guang are catching a flight home to China, according to Edinburgh Zoo. It’s the end...
CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM – NOVEMBER 19: A line of electricity pylons crosses the Essex countryside on November 19, 2009 near Cambridge, United...
Truman Capote, author of the original true crime novel In Cold Blood Crusaders against true crime have been duly granted the next subject of their...
Sam Altman’s ChatGPT could rid the world of the scourge of digital advertising. Sam Altman is back at OpenAI and the rapid advancement of ChatGPT...
Marc Andreessen is a techno-optimist If the Control Altman Delete and Undo saga demonstrated anything it was the tussle between AI evangelists and...
Marc Andreessen is a techno-optimist If the Control Altman Delete and Undo saga demonstrated anything it was the tussle between AI evangelists and...
The beautiful Piazza Navona, which as far as we understand is not owned by JP Morgan The great Italian piazza. The German platz. The Spanish plaza....
UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt Nothing boils the blood of Britons like inheritance tax, often dubbed the “most hated tax”. The paradox is that only...
Former prime minister Liz Truss during the launch of the Growth Commission budget report at One Great George Street, central London. (Yui Mok/PA Wire)...
A gaggle of British decisionmakers stand around a pothole Forget the Chinese Zodiac – Britain’s automotive association has appointed itself...
A gaggle of British decisionmakers stand around a pothole Forget the Chinese Zodiac – Britain’s automotive association has appointed itself...
The Levelling Up Secretary, Michael Gove (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) “I don’t want to level down, I want to level up,” spelled out Tony...
The steel works operated by Tata Steel Ltd. beyond residential houses in Port Talbot, UK, on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. Europe’s heavy industry is...
PRINCES RISBOROUGH, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 22: China’s President Xi Jinping and Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron drink a pint of beer during a...
Small island states are most urgently affected by the climate crisis You’ll remember the image: Tovalu’s climate minister Simon Kofe rolling up...
BERLIN, GERMANY – NOVEMBER 04: People, including a woman with a red-painted hand and “Gaza” written on her arm, chant slogans during a...
Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44bn. It’s now worth just $19bn It’s always embarrassing to be called out on a lie. That’s the cruel genius...
Is there a scourge of unlicensed pedicabs in London? “This is one of the biggest issues in Westminster,” Nickie Aiken MP told City A.M.,...
The securities minister, Tom Tugendhat, delivered a whole speech dedicated to the threat AI-driven fraud posed to Brits at the AI Safety Summit last...
Battle of the books: Boris Johnson vs Nadine Dorries Nadine Dorries and Boris Johnson both wrote novels, but whose writing is best? To save you the...