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    Now even Fawlty Towers is being erased

    So now Basil Fawlty’s gone down the memory hole. The crazed witch-hunt against ‘problematic’ culture has come for the sitcom that is often voted Britain’s best ever... Now even Fawlty Towers is being erased The crazed witch-hunt against ‘offensive’ culture is completely out of control...
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    Towards Britain’s Year Zero

    When a mob toppled a statue of merchant and slave trader Edward Colston in central Bristol on Sunday, the scenes were reminiscent of the collapse of a tyrannical regime... Towards Britain’s Year Zero The toppling of statues is a sign of things to come. ALEXANDER ADAMS 11th June 2020 Spiked...
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    Red Lion: Archaeologists 'find London's earliest theatre'

    London's earliest playhouse may have been discovered at a housing redevelopment in Whitechapel, archaeologists have said. The Red Lion was thought to be the first purpose-built theatre of the Elizabethan...
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    X-ray analysis of chainmail from the Mary Rose

    Analysis by X-ray of three copper-alloy artefacts recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose has offered new insight into their construction and the success of conservation efforts undertaken on them...
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    Toy mouse discovered at Vindolanda Roman fort

    During lockdown, curatorial staff at Vindolanda have been taking a closer look at the vast reserve collection of leather. Whilst sifting through bags of offcuts and scraps, some of which contain hundreds of pieces, they found a piece of leather that had been fashioned into a small animal...
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    Dorset knob-eating contest held online

    Dorset's annual knob-eating competition is to be held online for the first time. The event - in which contestants vie to gobble more of the county's traditional biscuits than their rivals - usually draws huge crowds... Coronavirus: Dorset knob-eating contest held online amid lockdown BBC News...
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    Defiant Brits celebrate and commemorate VE Day in lockdown

    Defiant Brits celebrate and commemorate VE Day in lockdown: Prince Charles leads solemn two-minute tribute, Red Arrows fly over Buckingham Palace and a deserted London as people make the best of a very special bank holiday Defiant Brits across the nation are...
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    Germany has dealt a blow to the EU

    If you ever visit Karlsruhe, you could easily mistake the building housing the Bundesverfassungsgericht (BverfG), the highest German constitutional court, for the refectory block of some dreary new university. Dreary or not, on Tuesday that court took a major decision which trenchantly and...
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    Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds announce birth of son

    Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of a son. A spokeswoman for the PM and his partner said both mother and baby are "doing very well". It is understood Mr Johnson, who has just recovered from coronavirus, was present throughout the birth, at an...
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    Prince Louis' NHS tribute on his second birthday

    Not only is it St George's Day today, but it's also Prince Louis' second birthday. Photographs of the fifth in line to the Throne taken by his mother Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, show him with...
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    The ghouls using Covid-19 to bash Brexit

    Every tragedy is an opportunity in disguise. At least, that’s how those most vehemently opposed to Britain leaving the EU seem to view coronavirus. To them, the global pandemic is just one more opportunity to battle against Brexit... The ghouls using Covid-19 to bash Brexit Their exploitation...
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    Italexit

    Brexit is done. Britain has gone. So here's a thread about Italexit, the next big thing...
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    WWII veteran who raised £16 million for the NHS may be knighted

    He did his bit for his country in the jungles of Burma. Now, 80 years on, he's doing his bit for his country again... TOM'S TRIUMPH I’m a big fan of the Queen… I’d love to meet her, says Captain Tom after knighthood petition passes 800,000 Mike Ridley Jonathan Reilly 16 Apr 2020 The Sun...
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    The British doctor who was forced to play God in Belsen

    On the 75th anniversary of the British liberation of Belsen, here's the story of the horror and depravity that confronted the soldiers...
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    The sick Schadenfreude of the Covid left

    Like vultures, they swoop. The Britain-bashers. The still bruised Remainers. The woke elites for whom Britain is little more than a former Empire, still riddled with racism and drunk on nationalism. All of these ghouls spy in the Covid-19 crisis a chance to put the boot into Britain... The sick...
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    The rise of the centrist conspiracy theorists

    The anti-Boris and anti-Brexit loonies don't believe that Boris was really in hospital... The rise of the centrist conspiracy theorists The ‘Boris wasn’t ill’ crowd are truly unhinged. SPIKED 14th April 2020 Spiked One of the alarming things of recent times has been the mainstreaming of...
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    What Boris Johnson's Greek hero teaches us about epidemics

    As Boris Johnson recovers from Covid-19, he will undoubtedly be thinking of an earlier epidemic, says Oxford classicist Armand D'Angour - the plague that hit Athens in 430 BC, and killed the prime minister's hero, Pericles... Coronavirus: What Boris Johnson's Greek hero teaches us about...
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    Travel back in time 123 years

    How cool is this? A video of normal street life at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem, April 1897. With added sound effects.
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    How did people cope with lockdowns of the past?

    Here, we explore a few of the more notable figures – and how they coped… How did people cope with ‘lockdowns’ of the past? And were they really all so productive? Plenty has been made of the great feats achieved by Isaac Newton and William Shakespeare during historical periods of quarantine...
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    Don't let fear win

    Fear is the insatiable beast that feeds on our worries and uncertainties. Most of us are refusing to feed the monster, but sadly the same cannot be said for other sections of society... Don’t let fear win Why Boris must get well, and why Britain must persevere. BRENDAN O'NEILL EDITOR 7th...