Eric Pickles says that all of us have some connection with the Great War – even me.

The grave of my great great uncle, Cpl John E. Bovey, Royal Field Artillery, in the British Cemetery, Brebières, Photo: Stephen Rawles.

For years, I have often felt at a disadvantage. The crazy thing is that this perceived disadvantage was in fact because I was very fortunate. You see, all around me at school and later at college, there were friends who had lost grandfathers, or great grandfathers, or other male relatives to The Great War and […]

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£120k needed to stop Jewish religious silk hangings from leaving the UK

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Ed Vaizey MP, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, has placed a temporary export bar on the seven hangings which lasts until 20 May 2013 but may be extended to 20 August 2013 if a serious intention to raise funds to purchase them at the recommended price of £120,000 […]

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There’s a knock at the door, it’s the Police… what next?

In the last days and weeks Northern Ireland has been hit by many bomb alerts and security alerts, many of which have turned out to be hoaxes. I doubt that many people living in the rest of the United Kingdom have any idea what this is like. Imagine a family with young children, who are […]

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Team GB did it, then Hawes & Curtis, and now Labour…

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Despite all the coverage of the Ulster Covenant this weekend, it seems that at least one British political party wants not to recognise the Irish in the Union Flag. They have fallen into a similar trap as Hawes & Curtis did (though they have rectified this). The Union Flag has two red crosses in it […]

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A missing friend: please read and if you see him, tell the police.

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Worried for the welfare of a friend, Michael tells of his own period of being missing, and urges the public to contact police if they see Michael Hurman in or near Hemel Hempstead or anywhere else for that matter.

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