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Brexiteers, we did it Against all the odds, the British people have struck an extraordinary blow for democracy and freedom. BRENDAN O'NEILL EDITOR 24th December 2020 They really did think they could stop Brexit. They genuinely believed they had the right – conferred on them by their superior...

This was later abandoned and adapted to became the new Naval Hospital, which is now the Naval Maritime Museum. Simon Withers led the research project scanning the grounds. 'When people ask me how I spent lockdown, I say 'well, we found a palace',' he said. 'Ground-penetrating radar sends...

Tiltyard where Henry VIII was thrown from his horse during his final joust in 1536 is discovered by archaeologists on the site of Greenwich Palace Henry VIII was toppled from his steed during a joust at Greenwich Palace He was unconscious for two hours and the 44-year-old king never jousted...

The researchers said that one of the more intriguing parts of the site was an area at the western end of the main enclosure, where a mix of intercutting gullies and pits truncate in an infilled section of the original ditch. These pits and gullies contain so-called feasting deposits — including...

Iron Age village discovered in Essex may have been burnt down by Roman forces in retaliation for the Boudiccan revolt of 61 AD, archaeologists claim Experts excavated the 'important' settlement at Tye Green, near Cressing The ancient village was built on a prominent ridge overlooking the Brain...

It happens in Tonga, Samoa and Kiribati first.

In British Christmas folklore, Father Christmas and his elves live in Lapland, the northernmost region of Finland. For all intents and purposes, Father Christmas is Finnish.

Canada might claim the North Pole but it doesn't claim Lapland, where Santa actually lives.

Breaking news: Britain and the EU agree deal Johnson: "We have taken back control of our laws and our destiny"

The year we gave up on education The school shutdown was a terrible mistake. It must not be made again. JOANNA WILLIAMS COLUMNIST 24th December 2020 Spiked Children have been badly let down in this year of Covid. Before 2020, well-meaning campaigners talked about children’s rights or...

Nurse Who Fainted On Live TV Has Mysteriously Disappeared & No One Knows Where She Is I'm not taking this vaccine

They should hack my dreams. They are weird. I've just dreamt that I'm here at home as a huge Godzilla-like creature approaches.

Ahhh, Little Lever High School. What fun. 1992-1997. They were the days. My history teacher Mr Froom, who was as blind as a bat and who literally had to hold textbooks just an inch from his eyes just to be able to read them. Mr Hutchinson, my geography teacher, who once whacked me across the...

Nice to know that while they are making millions unemployed due to their lockdowns which don't work, they not only keep their jobs but get the masses to pay for their food.

Well in order for that to be possible, that would mean that panpsychism is possible in the world you inhabit as a conscious gun. In your world, artificial objects have consciousness. This would likely imply that particles such as atoms have a very basic consciousness in the world you inhabit...

You may think that's the case, but you could just be a brain in a jar in a lab just imagining all this. For all you know, there may be no such things as guns and trucks and it's just a figment of your imagination.

No, now that I think about it, I reckon he shot at the thieves. That's why he phoned the Old Bill and handed himself in. Had he just shot at their truck, he wouldn't have bothered doing that.

Nah. You can't tell from those lyrics. There is no cultural context.