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The Rasmus - "In The Shadows" (2004) The Finnish rockers had a No3 UK hit with this in the year the Queen Mary 2 - then the largest ocean liner ever built - was launched by Queen Elizabeth II, the granddaughter of Queen Mary of Teck, after which the ship is named; Kodak phases out film-based...

I wonder what security they have in that vault. Nowadays there are probably armed, intelligent and automotive drones flying around in there.

It looks like a living creature. Like a whale or something. It's even got a face. As for friendly - I remember I did have a few beers last night when I posted it - the ship is friendly to Australia, but she will be deadly against any foe she may encounter in her life at sea.

Royal Navy Astute-class submarine HMS Anson arrives in Perth, Western Australia The friendly submarine is there to train Australian naval personnel in how to maintain nuclear submarines. The British and Americans are also sharing their technology with the Australians in order for the Aussies...

An address to the nation by His Majesty King Charles III... "I have learned with the deepest concern the news about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and suspicion of misconduct in public office. "What now follows is the full, fair and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the...

"I'm the Queen's second son. You can't do this to me!" Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor screamed as he was evicted from the Royal Lodge on the order of his brother Deluded Andrew goes into meltdown as the King orders his brother's eviction in the middle of the night In a "battle" now known as "The...

The Royal Navy's new Astute-class nuclear submarine HMS Anson has arrived in the western Australian city of Perth. The visit of the British submarine to Australia is part of the AUKUS defence pact between the three great allies Australia, UK and US. The British and Americans are helping the...

The Russians are selling their gold horde in order to fund their military. They're at war with Ukraine, of course. They're having to sell their gold reserves in order to fund their military in a time of war.

Scooter - "Back in the UK" (1996) Hailing from Hamburg, Germany, the techno band had a Top 20 hit with this in the UK. Lead singer H.P. Baxxter is an avid Anglophile. He loves British television shows and music and has a large collection of vintage British cars. He wears a Union Jack in the...

Radiohead - "Bones" (1995) This song comes from the popular Oxford band's 1995 album "The Bends", although it was never released as a single. It likely gained more listeners when it featured in the closing credits of an episode of the 2012-14 British sitcom "Derek", starring best friends and...

Similar here. Britain's gold reserves were much larger before then Chancellor of the Exchequer and future Prime Minister Gordon Brown sold off a vast chunk of it in the late 1990s.

Sky News is granted rare access to the Bank of England's vast gold reserve. Situated on London's Threadneedle Street, the Bank of England has 400,000 gold bars worth almost £600 billion in total. It's the world's second-largest gold reserve after that of New York City's. The Bank of England...

Rupert Lowe speaks to Tucker Carlson Rupert Lowe, the new big thing in British politics, speaks to Tucker Carlson. Almost unknown until just a few weeks ago, Lowe is starting to make a name for himself in Britain and also in the US. Lowe's new party Restore Britain has only just been...

"Oh my f*cking God!" Restore make Farage's Reform look like loony lefties Restore: "If a country refuses to accept deported citizens, we will threaten them." American YouTuber Asmongold revels in the policies of Rupert Lowe's new right-wing party Restore Britain...

King Charles III: "They [the authorities] have our full and wholehearted support and cooperation."

The King - "The law must take its course." Seems as though the King either heard of the news of his brother's arrest and then made that statement to support the police's action or the King himself ordered Thames Valley Police to arrest his own brother. The King wants to get rid of him. It's...

One of the few things I agree with the Prime Minister on.

Black Sabbath - "Iron Man" (1970) If you like it heavy and dark then there's no better place to go than Black Sabbath The Birmingham band, who invented heavy metal, were formed in 1968 and continued performing until their concert at Birmingham's Villa Park football ground on 5th July 2025...

Jethro Tull - "Living in the Past" (1969) Hailing from the popular seaside resort of Blackpool, Lancashire, the English folk rockers with a flautist as a frontman achieved their biggest hit with this, in the year humans set foot on an alien world for the first time; the Boeing 747 flies for the...

Celtic Woman - "Scarborough Fair" (2007) Hailing from Dublin, Republic of Ireland, the girl band released this in 2007. It is a traditional English folk ballad dating from the late 1800s about Scarborough Fair. Scarborough Fair was where people from around England, Scandinavia, the Baltic and...