Bride and groom under fire after deciding which meals to give guests at their reception based on how much money they spent on their presents Wedding guests have slammed ‘greedy’ bride and groom for tiered meal plan The couple asked people how much they would be spending on a wedding gift People giving gifts valued … Read more
‘P is full of Pride’: Blue’s Clues & You promotes inclusive values in alphabet song By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 01:34 GMT, 12 February 2021 | Updated: 01:34 GMT, 12 February 2021 A new clip from Blue’s Clues & You aims toward LGBTQ inclusivity with the message ‘P is full of Pride.’ The YouTube clip, which … Read more
ANDREW PIERCE: What about Europe values now, Hezza? By Andrew Pierce for the Daily Mail Published: 01:53 GMT, 1 February 2021 | Updated: 02:06 GMT, 1 February 2021 As President of the European Movement UK, the former Tory Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine already seems to be campaigning for Britain to re-enter the EU. In … Read more
Theresa May has issued her most strident criticism yet of Boris Johnson, accusing him of abandoning Britain’s ‘position of global moral leadership’. Writing in the Mail to mark Joe Biden‘s inauguration as US President, she suggests her successor has failed to honour British values by threatening to break international law in Brexit trade talks and … Read more
Nearly half of Britons think the BBC no longer represents their values, new research suggests. The survey, by polling organisation YouGov, found that 48 per cent said the BBC does not adequately represent their views, with the figure rising to 51 per cent in the North of England. A further 47 per cent of people … Read more
Every American child of Ivy League parents will have been read a Christmas tale by the short-story writer O. Henry. It tells of poverty-stricken newly-weds Della and Jim, desperate to buy each other Christmas gifts. So Della sells her long tresses of hair and uses the money to buy Jim a chain for his watch. … Read more
House prices leap £4,000 in a MONTH: UK sees fastest annual rise in property values since 2017… despite our coronavirus pandemic woes Average cost of a home was £244,513 in September – £4,060 more than August Annual increase of 4.7 per cent – growing at fastest pace since October 2017 Buoyed by a stamp duty holiday, … Read more
Sipping a pint of beer while talking passionately about politics, Laurence Fox reminds me of someone I can’t quite put my finger on. Every word that comes out of his mouth is the launch-pad for a controversial opinion piece. I pose the actor, best known for his role in the ITV drama series Lewis, a … Read more
Tuesday, June 2, 1953: Coronation Day. With London decked out to celebrate its 27-year-old Queen, there was only one story in town. Or rather, two. Just four days earlier, with perfect timing, two men, hacking through the snow, had made it to the top of the world’s highest mountain. Edmund Hillary was a tall Kiwi … Read more
On Radio Four last Tuesday night, a heavily-promoted programme tackled yet another phrase in the lexicon of today’s grievance culture. It was called ‘Code-Switching’ – a term used by some ethnic minority citizens to explain why they feel oppressed on the basis of how they speak, how they present themselves and how they behave. Code-switching … Read more