“Puritans, eat your heart out”, observed a friend who is well acquainted with how in the 17th century the British monarchy learned a valuable lesson from being briefly overthrown. Published: 7 June 2022 As I watched the main events and cheering crowds of the jubilee...
I’m sorry that other commitments made me miss the Northern Ireland centenary celebrations on Saturday. Published: 31 May 2022 I am so not least because as this paper’s editor Ben Lowry put it — it’s been a “front-rank scandal” that this huge milestone has been given...
Published: 9 March 2021 The 94-year-old Queen Elizabeth went about her normal duties despite her 99-year-old husband’s serious illness and honoured “selfless dedication to duty” at the annual Commonwealth Day service; In a Californian mansion her grandson Harry and...