Steve Anglesey
26 June 2023
No, Lee Anderson, Britain didn’t invent “everything that’s good in this world”
The deputy Tory chairman’s first GB News show began with a typically jingoistic fib
Read the full article17 May 2023
Twilight in the temple: Milan’s crumbling giant
Once the envy of Europe, the San Siro stadium shared by AC and Inter Milan is on its last legs – but still capable of stirring the soul.
Read the full article28 April 2023
Richard Sharp’s disgrace is another stain on Boris Johnson’s unflushable legacy
Everything the former prime minister touched, he sullied. The former BBC chairman is more collateral damage
Read the full article16 March 2023
Puppets and perestroika: When Sesame Street went behind the Iron Curtain
When the Muppets went on a mission to Moscow in the 1990s, things didn’t go according to plan
Read the full article29 January 2023
No, the belated sacking of Nadhim Zahawi does not stop Rishi Sunak being weak
What about Raab, Braverman, Sharp and the rest?
Read the full article05 September 2022
The return of the World King
Boris Johnson believes he will be back as Britain's prime minister before the next election. Here’s how it could happen… farcically
Read the full article12 July 2022
The right’s reaction to Boris Johnson’s removal shows something sinister is happening in Britain
Supporters of the outgoing PM share Trump-style claims of a coup organised by the media
Read the full article05 May 2022
A Swiss super-luxury for the super-rich
A company is offering the ultimate symbol of wealth - a 52-metre luxury yacht tethered to a 200-metre helium airship
Read the full article28 April 2022
Anastasia of Dubrovnik faces eviction
The city had always been kind to stray cats. The mayor said they had never gone hungry, but asks if they really need to house them now as well?
Read the full article21 April 2022
The Picasso Museum falls victim to an unlikely art thief
The 72-year-old took what she thought was an unwanted jacket from the Paris museum. Her newly acquired coat was actually a work aimed to recreate the garment worn by Picasso
Read the full article12 April 2022
Of course this shameless liar won’t do the decent thing
The prime minister and Rishi Sunak are being fined for breaking Covid rules… but don’t count on either resigning
Read the full article31 March 2022
Frankfurt bids farewell to its noble steed
The horse, who has been put down after contracting skin cancer, gained fame for her daily strolls while wearing a halter that read, “My name is Jenny. I’ve not escaped, just taking a walk”
Read the full article24 March 2022
You’re barred! Putin receives his marching orders from Dresden landlord
The establishment, where the Russian leader developed a liking for German beer, has now also taken down its shrine to the president
Read the full article17 March 2022
French Prime Minister Jean Castex’s sheepish reception at the fair
From politicians unwelcome reception at the Salon de l’Agriculture trade fair to a woman in Berlin claiming she is in a relationship with a model plane - weird news you may have missed form Europe
Read the full article10 March 2022
Embarrassed Le Pen orders a shredded greet
News from across Europe you might have missed, including reality hitting Italian TV contestants and a surprising find in a mop bucket
Read the full article03 March 2022
Trigger warning: football club owner avoids jail over gun on pitch
News you might have missed from across Europe
Read the full article24 February 2022
“Ghost village” Aceredo makes a comeback after 30 years
It was submerged in 1922 as part of a plan to build a new reservoir. Now, after a historic drought, it returns
Read the full article17 February 2022
Meet Jerry Cooke, the Odessaphile
The photographer escaped Ukraine as a child but returned to take these stunning images
Read the full article17 February 2022
German Captain Birdseye’s court bid left floundering
Plus an expensive doodle, a Swiss overnight stay with a difference and other news across Europe you might have missed
Read the full article10 February 2022
A Swedish city deploys an army of Crows to clean litter from the streets
The ‘Corvid Cleaning’ trial in Södertälje will determine whether the project will be rolled out across the rest of the nation
Read the full article03 February 2022
Turkey celebrates as the demolition of the “world’s most ridiculous building” is ordered
The blue-and-yellow business complex will gradually come down over the next two years. The Mayor of Kahramanmaraş hopes this means the city's reputation will then go up.
Read the full article31 January 2022
Boris Johnson’s Sue Gray gamble has backfired spectacularly
Her Partygate update has ended the prime minister’s bounceback and put his future back in serious doubt
Read the full article27 January 2022
How a 19-year legal battle of a noisy toilet was flushed by Italy’s highest court
According to newspaper Il Giornale, the case symbolises a giant clogging of the country's judicial system.
Read the full article20 January 2022
You’ll never put a meta bit of butter on your knife? Turkish farmer trials VR
A Turkish farmer has claimed that putting virtual reality goggles on his cows causes them to produce more milk
Read the full article19 January 2022
Boris Johnson is 007 in Now, Time To Die
Agent Blond faces imminent doom. But could there be one last chance to escape?
Read the full article13 January 2022
Big Mac’s legal plans in Italy are left in ruins
A legal bid by McDonald’s to build a drive-through in close proximity to some ruins in Rome has been ended by Italy's highest court.
Read the full article13 January 2022
Photographing the decay of that colossal wreck…
Georgian photographer DAVIT TABAGARI produces stunning images of the rusting remains of the once mighty Soviet empire in his hometown Tbilisi.
Read the full article12 January 2022
Jacob Rees-Mogg hits all the wrong notes
In laughing off the struggles musicians are facing with touring in the EU due to Brexit, he only made himself appear more out of touch than ever.
Read the full article06 January 2022
Transgender jibe hits Madame Macron
The president's wife is starting legal proceedings over a conspiracy theory that she is transgender.
Read the full article05 January 2022
Trump finds Brexit’s pastures not quite as green as predicted
STEVE ANGLESEY on the latest sunlit uplands of sovereign Britain.
Read the full article22 December 2021
BadFellas: A Tory gangster story
"As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a Conservative…"
Read the full article18 December 2021
Boris Johnson’s nightmare from the right
The Lib Dems' North Shropshire victory overshadows a new danger for the Conservatives.
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