It wasn’t the public welcome with rows of camera-clicking spectators that Saga would otherwise have expected for the arrival in Britain of a brand new ship. But as Spirit of Adventure docked at the Essex port of Tilbury last night, she was given a warm greeting by older sister Spirit […]
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I left Australia in 2008. “I’ll be back in a year. 18 months, tops,” I told my parents. If staying an extra decade or so hasn’t led to their forgiveness, 2020 sure hasn’t helped. If you’ve ever seen an episode of Border Security, or tried to carry an apple […]
Tempest Defence Secretary Ben Wallace issued an extraordinary appeal for more countries to join the UK’s Tempest programme to build a new fighter jet as he help launched the online version of the Farnborough airshow. Speaking after the landmark trade show was cancelled because of coronavirus, Mr Wallace urged other countries to […]
There have been plenty of depressing forecasts about the recession that will inevitably hit Britain as a result of the pandemic. But it turns out that we’re already in a recession of a slightly different description. A sex recession. According to sex toy retailer Mystery Vibe, which surveyed 10,000 people, […]
On Thursday, June 23, 2016 when the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union many Greeks, aggrieved at what they perceived as a humiliating defeat after their own referendum just a year earlier, felt a sense of solidarity –albeit a doomed one – with the UK. “You just wait – what […]
While this would seem to put to bed the most gloomy fears that Brexit would forever stunt Britain’s reputation as a place to do business, making sure this success lasts is a delicate balance. For one thing, the prospect of a no-deal Brexit continues to loom large. Founders fear this […]