We have the final proof that summer's here. It's not Christmas until we've seen a story about parents complaining about a crap visitor attraction called Santa's Magic Xmasland. And it's not summer until we've seen a story about boys wearing skirts to school as a protest against not being allowed to wear shorts. And this year's story is in, courtesy of Coventry Live: Schoolboys are donning skirts after being 'banned' from wearing shorts amid a heatwave in Coventry. Lesley Thompson said they were protesting against the 'unfair' policy enforced at Foxford Community School in Longford. Temperatures have soared to 27C ...
"As I stood outside the barricaded burial site and watched through a peephole, I felt a sense of joy. The grounds are now full of cabins, small diggers and fencing. There are workers in hard hats, forensic archaeologists and a multitude of others who will keep us up to date on what they find. Hopefully it will be the full number - 796 little bodies waiting for a dignified burial."Catherine Corless refused to give up until she learnt what became of the children who died at the mother and baby home in Tuam, County Galway. Ben Ansell dissects the increasing ...
Ed Davey has commented on the US attacks on Iran: Iran's nuclear ambitions pose a grave threat to regional stability and global security. That threat can only truly be eliminated through robust diplomacy. Following the US strikes, it is essential that we work to deescalate the conflict and achieve that diplomatic solution. Do you think this is the right approach? Should he be more vocal in opposition to Trump's actions? let us know your views in the comments.
Trump MAGA is divided. Its strength in the past that it has been united behind one man—Donald Trump. Whatever he said was taken as gospel. Whatever he did was heroic. But now there is a possibility that he may decide to join forces with Israel and drop a bunker-busting bomb on Iran's underground nuclear enrichment facilities. As a result some of the shine is coming off MAGA's great leader. "This has not been thought through," said Trump's former campaign manager Steve Bannon. He added: "Stopping forever wars is one of the three planks of the MAGA Movement." Tucker Carlsson is ...
All Music explains: British psychedelic band Tintern Abbey were active for only the blink of an eye in the late '60s, leaving behind just one single, "Beeside"/"Vacuum Cleaner," made for Deram in 1967. But on the strength of that sole 45, they qualify as one of the very best (if one of the more obscure) one-shots of the British psychedelic era. The band formed in 1966 and was gone before 1968 came to a close, but accrued a wealth of unreleased recordings that were eventually collected on the 2021 anthology Beeside (The Complete Recordings). Their only single became a collector's ...
When the histories of modern UK liberalism are written – and the tally of inspirations, ideas and motivations are drawn up... then the name of David Boyle (1958-2025) should feature. It was lunch with Cllr Lord Greaves of Pendle, I think, when we agreed that local government and the Liberal Democrats needed an injection of energy. Tony's reply was without hesitation: David Boyle. Cllr Richard Kemp had seen David speak at a conference on mutuality and ecology-led economies and had recently become leader of the Lib Dem Group at the Local Government Association (LGA): he also wanted to mobilise David's ...
With thanks to Shirley Grant and Dundee Memories, the Logie Steamie in the early 1950s.
