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Events to mark the 40th anniversary of the Falklands Conflict in Plymouth announced
2022 is the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War. 40 years ago Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Army units were deployed at pace from Devonport and Plymouth as part of British efforts to liberate the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. Plymouth-based units were involved in some of the fiercest fightingContinue Reading
Luke Pollard re-selected as Labour Candidate for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Luke Pollard has been unanimously reselected as the Labour candidate for the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency for the next General Election. He was confirmed at a meeting of the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport Constituency Labour Party General Committee last night [27/01/22], receiving the unanimous support of Labour members, tradeContinue Reading
Right, don’t forget David, ‘this is an Order!’
Noble Order will be difficult to beat a twelve-runner Maiden Stakes over a mile of Kempton polytrack today, how many serious ‘triers’ will attempt a herculean task even though the forecast Charlie Appleby-trained favourite is drawn widest? It’s not such an outlandish question; as a one-time extremely serious racehorse ownerContinue Reading
Haemorrhaging: why some words are so easy to mispronounce (and why that could be a good thing)
In Prime Minister’s Questions on January 19 the SNP leader, Ian Blackford, mispronounced the word haemorrhaging as “hae-ma-ge-ring” instead of “hae-ma-re-ging”. To be fair to Blackford, this is actually a surprisingly common slip of the tongue and his meaning was perfectly clear. But why did those two syllables switch placesContinue Reading
Lack of data on citizenship-stripping goes against the Home Office’s duty of transparency
A group of lawyers found that at least 464 people have had their citizenship removed by the government over the last 15 years. They pieced together the data using freedom of information requests and other publications – a challenge, because the Home Office does not publish the information regularly. Citizenship-strippingContinue Reading
Urgent warning to all Brits who had Omicron in December
IN December more than four million people in England tested positive for Covid as the Omicron variant swept the nation. The NHS has now issued an urgent warning to everyone who had Covid last month to come forward for their booster vaccines. LNP Experts have urged people to come forwardContinue Reading
Bloody Sunday 50 years later: what it means when we commemorate trauma
At its heart, Bloody Sunday was a devastating personal tragedy involving the deaths of 13 men and boys, six of whom were only 17 years old. The victims were taking part in a civil rights protest march against internment. In 30 minutes, 21 soldiers from the British Army’s parachute regimentContinue Reading
Body Vessel Clay at Two Temple Place review: a revelatory show of ceramics by black women
Review at a glance T he annual exhibition at Two Temple Place is intended to highlight collections across the UK. It can be exactly what you expect from this almost hallucinatory neo-Gothic mansion – there was an exhibition of the 19th-century critic John Ruskin a couple of years ago. ButContinue Reading
Australian Open LIVE RESULTS: Medvedev BEATS Tsitsipas reaction, Nadal reaches final, Djokovic return date CONFIRMED
Medvedev praises Tsitsipas There’s no love lost between Medvedev and Tsitsipas but the Russian was full of praise for the Greek ace after dumping him out of the Open. Medvedev said: “Every match against Stefanos is kind of special … it’s great, it was a really tight match, with someContinue Reading
Sanctions: a brief history from Ancient Greece to Vladimir Putin’s Russia
Sanctions: effective weapon or token gesture? Anton Watman via Shutterstock Faced with the imminent possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine and what appears to be a deteriorating diplomatic stand-off, NATO and other western allies are again turning to sanctions in the absense of other viable options. Since the secondContinue Reading