Victoria Mary Clarke shared the news of her husband Shane MacGowan's passing at 65 on November 30th. Despite his struggles with health issues, including a recent hospitalisation for an infection, MacGowan, known for the beloved song "Fairytale Of New York," fought hard until the end. Clarke described trying various...
Dame Margaret Eve Hodge, DBE, born on September 8, 1944, has been involved in British politics for a number of decades, representing Barking as a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1994 within the Labour Party. Her political journey began as the Leader of Islington London Borough Council from 1982...
Robert Llewellyn is a Welsh actor, comedian, and writer best known for his role as Kryten in the British TV series "Red Dwarf." Born in 1956, he has a diverse career spanning acting, presenting, and writing. Aside from "Red Dwarf," he's appeared in various TV shows, written books, and...
Shane’s most powerful song was Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six. I recall when the Pogues performed it on Channel 4’s ‘Friday Night Live’; the producer panicked and cut to the adverts before they got to the key verses, which prompted the IBA to ban the song under the same legislation...
Rishi Sunak found the bottom of the barrel and then said, "Keep digging." A few months later, they came back with Esther McVey. They tried to call her role 'Minister without Portfolio for Common Sense'. It opened up another barrel, this time of worms, and last night they all...
(note this review contains spoilers)
There has been a lot of carping by reviewers about alleged historical inaccuracies in Ridley Scott's latest film Napoleon with one writer, Simon Scarrow, claiming it was ‘the worst film’ he had seen in the last few years and that it had left him ‘gasping...
As we wake to news of the death of Henry Kissinger, we must reflect and learn from his life to understand why he was so influential and so controversial. Kissinger was a statesman like no other in many ways. He was born in Fürth, Germany, in 1923; he was...
Thanks to organisations including Hope Not Hate, exposing the racist Tommy is now beyond easy.
Let's get to the heart of 'Tommy Robinson's' antisemitism first:
In an article in 2022 on his Urban Scoop website. Titled ‘Tommy’s Statement: The Jewish Question’ Robinson stated the following:
...“hy is there such an appetite to label...
Officers are appealing for anyone with information to come forward as they investigate a burglary at a farm in the Bridport area.
At around 1.30am on Monday 27 November 2023 access was gained to a farm in the Dottery area and 70 live turkeys were stolen, as well as some...
In Asda tonight, I saw shelves as bare as pre-lockdown. All the things required for village folk to survive if the roads were cut off by ice and snow were gone.
Yes, us village folk might need a few things in case we can’t get our cars to the main...
