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When Britain joined what is now the EU in 1973, at least two of her allies in the Commonwealth - Australia and New Zealand - suffered economically as a result. Both countries have never really forgiven Britain for turning their backs on them. So it's no wonder that many Australians were...

Democracy is hanging by a thread in this country. At the start of this year, if someone had told you that in eight months’ time there would be open calls for the thwarting of the people’s will, and marches demanding the crushing of public opinion, you’d probably have scoffed. ‘This isn’t...

From an American Anglophile: FLAT WHITE Sod the Scots (and Australian reporting of Brexit) Michael Davis 28 June 2016 The Spectator Apparently the Scottish are taking their cues from Sir Oswald Mosley these days. Following the destruction of fascism in World War II, the late British Union...

Archaeologists in Monmouthshire, Wales, believe they have found wood from a logboat dating back to the New Stone Age. The discovery was made on a building site, where work has now been halted. The pieces of wood have been dated to 3210BC and were found in an area that was once thought to...

A group of left-wing numpties at London City Airport this morning and a group of left-wing numpties near Parliament Square on Saturday. On that day, a group of your typical Remainers - London types, middle class - took part in a pro-EU march which they initially said would be "peaceful...

All flights at London City Airport were disrupted after protesters gained access to the runway. The Met Police said it was called to the site at about 05:40 BST after nine protesters erected a tripod and "locked themselves together" on the runway. The Black Lives Matter UK movement...

An asteroid has been named after Freddie Mercury to mark what would have been the singer's 70th birthday. The Queen frontman has had his name attached to Asteroid 17473, which was discovered in 1991 - the year he died. Queen guitarist Brian May told a gathering of 1,250 fans at Montreux Casino...

Prince Charles is urging us to ditch acrylic and buy wool this winter. The Prince of Wales, a keen environmentalist, launched the Campaign for Wool in January 2010 as an initiative to expand the market for British and Commonwealth wool and promote awareness of its environmental benefits. HRH...

Seven of London's most memorable Lord Mayors (not to be confused with Mayor of London), including Thomas Bludworth (or Bloodworth), the Lord Mayor at the time of the Great Fire of London 350 years ago... London’s 7 most memorable lord mayors...

A majority of voters believe Britain is on the right track after June's Brexit vote, according to a new poll. Six in ten of the British public believe the economy will do well over the next year, despite drastic warnings of a recession if Britain left the EU. The survey of 8,000 people...

Barack Obama yesterday said the UK can expect no special favours on a trade deal with America after voting to leave the EU. The President stepped up his controversial cautions about Brexit – and suggested Britain’s relationship with the United States risked ‘unravelling’ in the wake of the...

A giant wooden replica of 17th century London has been set ablaze on the River Thames in a retelling of the Great Fire of London 350 years ago. Crowds gathered on the banks of the Thames to watch the 394-feet long model go up in flames. The inferno in 1666 raged for four days...

A silver stud found buried in a Norfolk village commemorated the quashing of Queen Boudicca's rebellion, an expert said. Researcher Jacqueline Cahill Wilson said the stud, found in Walsingham, may have come from a Roman horse harness. It could have belonged to the troops who were stationed at...

Theresa May has announced that she wants an end to free movement of people into Britain once Britain leaves the EU. However, the question still remains as to how she plans to do it. Thanks to Brexit, we now have the first opportunity in a generation to replace our current mess – to...

An hour-by-hour account of the Great Fire of London, which started 350 years ago today... How French spies burnt London to the ground... at least that's what most Britons thought when the Great Fire started 350 years ago this week. And, as this mesmerising hour-by-hour account reveals, they...

Another piece of scaremongering from the Remainers - that Scots would overwhelmingly want to break away from the UK if the UK as a whole votes for Brexit but Scotland votes to stay in the EU - has been blown to smithereens. In a blow to the Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon...

A majority of the British public are in favour of banning the burka in public, a poll has found, while almost half say the burkini should be prohibited. The findings come as a controversial ban on the burkini in France has stirred debate on the subject of Muslim clothing. According to...

A group of boys from Britain's prestigious Eton College have met Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a visit to the Kremlin. The rare meeting, held in a state room, apparently lasted at least an hour, during which Mr Putin discussed world affairs with the 11 boys. Eton boys given private...

Of all eras, the 17th century seems to have generated more mistruths than most. This was a period that saw the beginnings of the press (newspapers), the first stirrings of scientific discourse and London's great chroniclers such as Pepys, Evelyn and, latterly, Defoe. It was also a time...

A huge Russian telescope in a remote part of the Caucasus detects a mysterious burst of radio signal coming from far away in outer space. It’s traced to a 6.3 billion-year-old star in a constellation 94.4 light years away from Earth, meaning the radio waves have been travelling across...