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Writing on the Anglo-American relationship in the Mail on Sunday today, columnist Peter Hitchens reports on a little known conversation that sheds some light on the ‘special relationship’ between the United States and the United Kingdom. He writes:  Britain and

In response to news that the al Qaeda splinter group, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), had seized control of Mosul and surrounding territories in Northern Iraq, the Times journalist David Aaronovitch summarised the desperate situation as follows: Isis [now] loosely controls a big

Britain’s royals were out in force on the Buckingham Palace balcony on Saturday to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 88th birthday. Some 32 members of the family joined the monarch to watch a military flypast over central London as part of

One of my favourite journalists (also education-impresario, and author) Toby Young has this week been accused of being both an Islamophobe and an anti-Semite. It is of course quite possible to display anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish bigotry. Members of the British

The government is flirting with idea of abolishing Britain’s TV licence fee and instead funding the BBC through council tax, according to the Times. At the moment, each British household must pay £145.50 per year for the right to own

The EU’s energy commissioner has threatened politicians and journalists who campaign against his eco-policies, accusing them of stirring “anti-EU sentiment” and warning them that their opposition to his EU energy-savings directives will “not be taken lightly.” Günther Oettinger, a German

There is evidence that a growing number of voters are spoiling ballot papers if no UKIP candidate stands in their area – lending to the theory that UKIP is both a protest vote and a genuine alternative for British voters.

A barber has appeared in court after allegedly slicing a man’s throat with a razor blade. Lloyd Dobrodumow of Newcastle is accused of assaulting Robert Charles Smith at his barber’s shop after an argument over a discarded beer can. Mr

Residents of a South Yorkshire village have reported being “terrorised” by a large influx of Roma migrants, and have warned that “blood will be spilt” unless police step in. The Express reports that the number of Roma in the village

I’ve been reflecting on the recent tour de force developer conference held by Apple: the WWDC. CEO Tim Cook and his team presented a sweeping overhaul of the software systems that power the iPhone, iPad and Mac computers.  Since Steve

LONDON (AP) — Angelina Jolie can add royal recognition to Hollywood stardom. The Oscar-winning actress has been named an honorary dame — the female version of a knight — by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. Jolie, a United Nations special envoy,

Brazil fought hard when FIFA insisted it overturn its ban on alcohol in stadiums, but the World Cup hosts lost, and with the tournament now under way it’s official: beer is back. After 11 years of stadium sobriety, FIFA and

Astrophysicists are casting doubt on what just recently was deemed a breakthrough in confirming how the universe was born: the observation of gravitational waves that apparently rippled through space right after the Big Bang. If proven to be correctly identified,

The sauna of Manaus’s Amazonia Arena will provide the backdrop for a battle of cautious counter-punching on Saturday when powerhouses England and Italy face off in their World Cup opener. The Amazon rainforest humidity, coupled with the mutual respect between

BELO HORIZONTE Brazil (Reuters) – Football world governing body FIFA said on Friday it had begun disciplinary proceedings against Argentina’s football association due to a players’ protest over the Falkland islands at a World Cup warmup game. At last week’s

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — England tried to get out and about in Manaus on Friday, but the spirited reception from the locals in the Amazonian city made them cut their shopping trip short. The team went to a mall to

Stephen Sutton, the teenage cancer sufferer who raised over £4m for the Teenage Cancer Trust from his death bed, has been awarded a rare posthumous Member of the Order of the British Empire award (MBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours

A huge surge in migrants claiming British citizenship is causing the delays at the passport office that are putting British nationals summer holidays at risk according to the Daily Mail. A record 207,989 foreigners were granted British citizenship last year, up

Here is the Obama administration’s green strategy reduced to one damning equation. 19 million jobs lost plus $4.335 trillion spent = a reduction in global mean temperature of 0.018 degrees C. Yes. Horrifying but true. These are the costs to

Iranian troops have helped the Iraqi government retake the City of Tikrit from the Islamic fundamentalist force – ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIS). The government in Baghdad is said to control 85 percent of Tikrit thanks to