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There was no way the Russians wanted Alaska to be British territory. In the 19th Century Russia was an arch-rival to Britain in a similar way as to how the USSR was an arch-rival to the USA in the 20th Century. The Russians detested the idea of the superpower gaining territory just a few miles...

Pop music sort of went downhill after around 1990.

Tears For Fears - "The Tipping Point" (2021)

Almost-European Champions England showed once again they are probably Europe's best team right now despite that Euro 2020 Final defeat on penalties to Italy by crushing Albania 5-0 to stand on the verge of qualifying for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. All the goals came in the first half, three of...

Actually, it's almost the opposite. It's people celebrating the fact that Catholics didn't burn Protestants.

Surely the only people who will decide such a matter are the Canadian people through a democratic referendum.

Grandad, BBC sitcom "Only Fools and Horses", 1981

Poland has just deployed troops along its (and the EU's) border with Belarus to stop the thousands of Belarusians trying to get into Poland/EU. It's no wonder the EU is angry with its member state. The EU doesn't like its member states controlling their own borders.

Should have stayed British.

Unless you're a tardigrade. They can go 30 years without water. But I don't think anyone here is.

Did NEANDERTHALS once live on Princess Diana's childhood estate? Archaeologists searching for 'lost' medieval village at Althorp stumble across ancient rubbish tip containing artefacts dating back at least 40,000 years Pieces of worked sea shell and antler were found in grounds of Althorp Park...

Archaeologists believe the town was then inhabited by civilians until the end of Roman rule in Britain at the turn of the 4th/5th century. The cat, which was named after the Russell Crowe character Maximus in the film Gladiator, has only a small piece of its tail missing. However...

The room where Roman gladiators waited to die in Britain: Holding cell is discovered in an amphitheatre in Kent where wild animals and fighters were held ahead of their fights 2,000 years ago Archaeologists have found a room at Kent amphitheatre where Roman gladiators waited to meet their...

Cop26 is a gigantic flatulent mess of incoherence and sanctimony: Ex-No10 Special Adviser STEVE HILTON claims our entire establishment has been possessed by an almost spiritual climate cult The world is going to end in 12 years if we don't address climate change,' claimed America's most...

It's been great over the last few days me and Bill teaching the newish Brazilian girl in work all about Guy Fawkes Night. She's been hearing the fireworks going off over the last few weeks and didn't really know the history behind it. And then it's all reached a crescendo tonight. She was very...

That's not quite true. I do have a few of the local prostitutes, too. Don't be so cheeky. Your grammar's not much cop, either. God knows what you were doing at high school English lessons but it wasn't learning English. My reckoning is you were engaged in drawing and writing smutty material in...

Go for it. Not sure if much will change, though, apart from having Trudeau as your Head of State.

Musket balls unearthed in digs at Culloden battlefield BBC News 4 November 2021 Two musket balls were found in the digs at Culloden, with the one on the left showing signs of impact Two lead musket balls - one showing signs of impact - are among finds made in new archaeological digs at...