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Just to give you an idea of the mind-boggling history we have here in Britain (or it is mind-boggling to a Canadian or American or Australian): in September 2017 I went on a day trip to York during a week's holiday off work. It's just a couple of hours on a couple of trains from here in Greater...

Princess Charlotte is one higher in the Line of Succession than her younger brother Prince Louis, after Queen Elizabeth II changed the law so that males of any age DO NOT take precedent over females in the Line of Succession. I've corrected it, but could no longer edit it.

The King is believed to be planning on making his granddaughter Princess Charlotte the new Duchess of Edinburgh. After King Charles III acceded to the Throne on 8th September 2022 it was believed he would make his younger brother Prince Edward the Duke of Edinburgh. Instead, the King has...

The King and Queen with pups Beth and Bluebell, who once belonged to Queen Elizabeth II King Charles III and Queen Camilla have decided not to follow the Queen’s habit of remaining in Sandringham in Norfolk after Christmas until February. Instead, they have started 2023 with a romantic break...

Maybe it's half fox and half wallaby. We have wallabies in the wild in Britain.

'We've got a two-legged fox on the lawn' BBC News Wednesday 4th January 2023 A family were stunned to find a fox with just two legs in their garden. Phil and Jane Carter, from Ilkeston in Derbyshire, often get visited by foxes and this one stayed for about 45 minutes. Mr Carter said: "My wife...

Michael McIntyre simplifying English for Americans...

Pele's coffin carried to stadium as Brazil bids farewell to football icon

Beckenbauer was part of that West Germany side that lost to England in the 1966 World Cup Final.

Croatia today becomes the 20th EU Member State to join the euro and the 27th European nation to join the Schengen Area Eurozone: Schengen:

Czechoslovakia: Czechs and Slovaks mark 30 years since Velvet Divorce BBC News Sunday 1st January 2023 Thirty years on since the breakup of Czechoslovakia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic enjoy a harmonious relationship By Rob Cameron BBC News, Hodonin 31 December marked the 30th anniversary...

I remember Father Ted had to kick the formidable Bishop Brennan up the arse as a forfeit for the team he coached losing the Over-75s All-Priest football match. Brennan was in shock all the way from Ireland to Rome where he met he Pope. He only realised he had definitely been kicked up the arse...

Probably just the ramblings of a mad Irishman (St Malachy).

I'd get away if I saw such a thing. I wouldn't want to be in the vicinity of a hungry bear.

BBC's Planet Earth (hosted by David Attenborough): A hungry polar bear takes on a walrus colony...

Some walrus facts: They are highly intelligent; They use their tusks to haul themselves out of the water onto the ice, for fighting, for defence against predators and for keeping blow holes open in the ice; They can perform oral sex on themselves; There are white and pink walruses; They...

Back in the Seventies and Eighties there was Punk and New Wave. It was Vivienne Westwood who brought those two styles, created in Britain, to the mainstream. She was also married to Malcolm McLaren between 1967 and 1980. He was the manager of The Sex Pistols. Vivienne Westwood: Julian Assange...

Nah. His teeth look pretty good to me.