French Government Ignored Notre Dame Fire Warnings And Has Learned Nothing Since, Decries Historian
Top art historian publishes report on fire, says not only could blaze been avoided, but other historic buildings remain vulnerable.

Top art historian publishes report on fire, says not only could blaze been avoided, but other historic buildings remain vulnerable.
Schools closed because they were built with 20th century materials that are catastrophically failing, with potentially fatal consequences.
At dawn, the sun rose behind what is known as the Heel Stone and the first rays shone into the heart of the stone circle.
Medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see woodworking techniques they pioneered 800 years ago are being used again today.
It’s easy to admire the pageantry and millennia of history on show without any resorting to mental gymnastics. Here’s what to watch out for.
A majority of Americans say faith is important to their daily lives, but they worry “too many religious institutions nowadays are watering down or abandoning their traditional beliefs.”
“We are for the Mediterranean diet”: Govt backs law to ban lab-made meat and other synthetic foods in Italy to preserve the nation’s cuisine.
The UK unvieled plans to encourage over a million more women to enter the workforce, as the Tories continue to value labour over motherhood.
(AFP) – Olive oil, fragrant rose and orange blossom: the special “chrism” or holy anointing oil for the coronation of Britain’s King Charles III has been blessed in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, currently under fire from worldwide Anglicanism for moving to bless gay couplings, has claimed Parliament tried to “force same-sex marriage” on the Church of England.
Ireland is to use its annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations to promote “diversity” and drag queens, an official announcement has revealed.
The French government wanted a modernist redesign of Notre-Dame, according to its former culture minister, with President Macron’s wife pitching a new spire resembling male genitalia.
Prince Harry was hurled to the floor by older brother Prince William, Britain’s future king, during an argument over his “rude” wife Meghan, according to a leaked excerpt of his memoir Spare.
December 25th 2022 will see the first Christmas broadcast to the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth by King Charles III, and the first by a monarch other than the late Queen Elizabeth II since 1951.
Sixty Labour members including a Member of Parliament attended a ‘Labour for the Republic’ event where King Charles III was slammed as a “white privileged male”.
LONDON (AP) – King Charles III has been pictured taking up his new state duties in Buckingham Palace for the first time.
The way the United Kingdom has reacted to the death of the Queen suggests a nation more calm and in control than some would have you believe.
Queen Elizabeth II has been laid to rest in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, following the State Funeral at Westminster Abbey.
The Queen’s loyal corgis, Muick and Sandy, welcomed the late monarch to Windsor Castle after a long funeral procession, to be laid to rest at St George’s Chapel.
Support for Scotland leaving the United Kingdom has fallen significantly in the wake of the Queen’s death, with overall support for the monarchy rising in other parts of the British Commonwealth.
The State Funeral for Queen Elizabeth II once again highlights the deep faith of the monarch, who was scrupulous in keeping her political and social beliefs to herself – but did not shy from sharing her belief in Christ.
A man who rushed out of a queue of mourners to attack the Queen’s coffin as it lies in state at Westminster Hall was slammed to the ground and dragged from the premises by police and parliamentary security.
Attention-seeking leftist hecklers were drowned out by patriots as King Charles III was proclaimed in Edinburgh ahead of a service of thanksgiving for his mother’s reign.
The Queen’s deeply-held Christian faith was front and centre at a thanksgiving service for her reign at the High Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland, where her coffin will rest until Tuesday.
King Charles III is being proclaimed in cities across the United Kingdom, including the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, where the late Queen’s coffin is currently resting.
The coffin containing the body of the late Queen Elizabeth II has arrived at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in the Scottish capital, after a long procession from her Balmoral estate in the Highlands.
Australia’s leftist prime minister has said he will not hold a referendum on abolishing the monarchy – in his first term.
The atheist leader of Britain’s leftist Labour Party declined to take an oath swearing allegiance before God to King Charles III.
King Charles III has been formally proclaimed as monarch following a meeting of the ancient Accession Council in St James’s Palace.
“As the Queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, I too now solemnly pledge myself, throughout the remaining time God grants me, to uphold the Constitutional principles at the heart of our nation. And wherever you may live in the United Kingdom, or in the Realms and territories across the world, and whatever may be your background or beliefs, I shall endeavour to serve you with loyalty, respect, and love,” the King pledged.
The Queen spoke of “final partings” and “passing the baton” in what proved to be her final Christmas broadcast to the British people and Commonwealth in 2021.
The late Queen Elizabeth II warned against “unthinking people” seeking to throw away “ageless ideals” in an age of rapid change in her first-ever televised Christmas message in 1957.
The traditional family model is disintegrating in England and Wales, with research suggesting almost half of children now grow up outside traditional two-parent homes.
Former Labour prime minister Anthony Charles Lynton Blair has been formally invested as a member of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, England’s oldest and most prestigious order of knights, despite well over a million people signing a petition asking for the honour to be rescinded.
Queen Elizabeth II greeted thousands gathered on Pall Mall outside Buckingham Palace to wish her well on the 70th year of her reign.
Soldiers participating in the traditional Trooping of the Colour for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee refused to break their gait after protesters rushed into the street, eventually being dragged away by police.
Four days of celebrations honouring Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne will get underway Thursday with a display of British military traditions stretching from the days of horse and cannon to the jet age.
Britain marked Oak Apple Day on May 29th – a once hugely popular holiday celebrating the escape of the future Charles II from Oliver Cromwell and the country’s eventual return to tradition.
A majority of women have remained childless in Britain past their thirtieth birthday for the first time in recorded history.
The United Kingdom will celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne with a military parade, neighbourhood parties and a competition to create a new dessert for the Platinum Jubilee, Buckingham Palace said Monday.