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Seona Dancing - "Bitter Heart" (1983) In his younger days, before he became an actor and comedian, Ricky Gervais was the frontman of the band Seona Dancing...

Foregone Conclusion - "Paris Nights' (2016) The British comedy rock band fronted by David Brent - in real life British actor and comedian Ricky Gervais - released this in 2016 about the death of Princess Diana...

David Brent - "Lady Gypsy" (2016) David Brent is the boss of the Slough, Berkshire, branch of paper merchants Wernham Hogg as seen in the 2001-03 BBC documentary The Office. Of course, Brent is just a fictional character created by and played by British actor and comedian Ricky Gervais and The...

People going on a run at the Royal Family's Sandringham estate in Norfolk were mightily surprised and delighted today when they found out that one of the spectators cheering them on was none other than His Majesty King Charles III. It is the second year in succession that the the Head of State...

The British arrive in Tokyo to make deals with the Japanese British: "Our partnership with Japan is growing in importance" The British and Japanese meet in the Prime Minister's Residence in Tokyo to discuss closer economic, security and military ties between the two great powers. Japan and...

Britain and Japan agree on closer cooperation in Tokyo meeting British: "Our relationship with the Japanese is the strongest it has been in decades" Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hold a press conference in Tokyo. Britain and Japan desire...

Starmer arrives in Tokyo...

Trump himself has recently done a similar thing with the Chinese. Seems like he doesn't want his allies to do the same.

Slipknot - "Unsainted" (2019) The Iowan heavy metallers reached No4 in the US charts with this...

Slipknot - "Solway Firth" (2019) The Des Moines, Iowa, heavy metallers released this in 2019. The Solway Firth forms part of the border between England and Scotland. There is no reference in the song as to its title, but it may have something to do with the fact that lead singer Corey Taylor...

Erasure - "Chorus" (1991) The London electropoppers, formed after Vince Clarke departed Depeche Mode, had a No3 UK hit with this in the year of the First Gulf War, the year in which Soviet forces stormed Lithuania to try to prevent it from seceding the Soviet Union, the IRA launched a mortar...

The Beatles - "Here Comes the Sun" (1969) It's the middle of a typical cold and dark period of the year, but we know that in a few months the Sun will be back!

ABBA - "Lay All Your Love On Me" (1981) One of the world's most successful artists and the winners of the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, the Swedish band made what was, upon its release in 1981, the biggest-selling song in British history... They are very good...

The song was sung by their drummer Ringo Starr and written as a children's song by bassist Paul McCartney and guitarist John Lennon. It won an Ivor Novella Award for the highest certified sales of any single written by a British songwriter. In later years, Ringo went on to narrate the popular...

British pop singer Robbie Williams is celebrating overtaking The Beatles in having the most UK No1 albums. The former member of 90s Manchester boyband Take That is celebrating his 16th British No1 album after his release of "BRITPOP", overtaking The Beatles' 15 British No1 albums. However...

The Beatles - "Yellow Submarine" (1966) In the year England won the World Cup the most successful band in world history achieved another global No1 hit with this

America warns ally Britain that it's "very dangerous" to do business with China... Britain defends doing business with China after the half-British Anglophile US President Donald Trump warned that it won't be good for Britain to do business with the vast nation of 1.5 billion people. The...

Horrific...

A Field in England - "Baloo My Boy" (2013) In the 2013 British horror movie "A Field in England" a group of men in the English Civil War (1642-1651) escape from a battle between the Parliamentarians and Royalists (although we don't know what side they are on) and encounter mysterious horrors...

The United States in shock as her ally Britain cosies up to China Britain and China become close allies as they meet in Beijing China acknowledges "twists and turns" in her relationship with Britain and says they didn't serve the interests of both countries and says both major economies and...