Judge brands thug ‘disgusting social menace’ as he jails him for more than two years for urinating on war memorial and spitting at police after he was arrested Mark Smith was labelled a ‘social menace’ as he was jailed for public urination The 58-year-old was seen on CCTV urinating on the cenotaph in Manchester He … Read more
Ministers in lockdown war: Frustration grows in the Cabinet over whether to lift the lockdown in May or wait until summer A timeframe on the UK’s window of lockdown is now being contested Ministers are to decide whether restrictions should be lifted in May or in summer Lockdown could be lifted after the most recent … Read more
HISTORY THE ZOOKEEPERS’ WAR by J.W. Mohnhaupt (S&S £18.99, 272 pp) Here’s a tale from the Cold War that’s little-known but deserves not to be. After World War II, as you know, Berlin was split into two. West Berlin was under the control of the Allies, while East Berlin was under the Soviet yoke, and an … Read more
Some people climb Mount Everest to raise money for charity. Others run a marathon, jump out of a plane, swim the Channel, or do all four. They train for months, make a huge song and dance about it, buy heaps of expensive kit and stretchy Lycra clothing and, invariably, test the patience of their nearest … Read more
Some people climb Mount Everest to raise money for charity. Others run a marathon, jump out of a plane, swim the Channel, or do all four. They train for months, make a huge song and dance about it, buy heaps of expensive kit and stretchy Lycra clothing and, invariably, test the patience of their nearest … Read more
Cold War atomic bomb testing from more than 50 years ago has helped scientists correctly determine the age of whale sharks for the first time. An international team of scientists measured levels of a carbon isotope in shark bone that permeated the oceans during atomic bomb tests in the 1950s and 1960s. The presence of the … Read more
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Just imagine going to war against an enemy of unknown scale — and not knowing the number of armed forces personnel at your disposal. It would make it almost impossible to determine a battle plan. But that is the situation we now find ourselves in as we try to contend with coronavirus. We have no … Read more
Author Maggie Brookes knew her father had been taken prisoner in the Second World War. But it wasn’t until after his death and the discovery of a gut-wrenchingly detailed diary that she understood the extent of the cruelties he endured at the hands of the Nazis Maggie with her father As a child growing up … Read more