Tariff threats shaping Canadian military spending
As tariff uncertainty continues, Canada is ramping up military investments. What does this mean for economic growth and military recruitment? Dr. Christian Leuprecht, Royal Military College professor ...
Almost 800 years of pomp and circumstance ensures the quality of Britain's currency
Judges in red robes and white gloves convened Tuesday in the ornate livery hall of London's Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths for an ancient tradition dating back to the 12th century to certify Britain ...
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First hostages released following Israel-Hamas ceasefire
Three hostages held in Gaza were released to their families on Sunday, the Israeli military has said, as the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel came into effect. The New York Times says ...
Chagos deal is most unpatriotic policy of my entire lifetime
COMMENT: Keir Starmer must be shamed into abandoning this insanity. Contact your local MP now and protest, writes Patrick ...
Britain’s conservative second world war
Kit Kowol’s first book, released at the end of 2024, achieves the rare feat of fundamentally revising our understanding of British politics and society during the Second World War.
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In search of George: Maidenhead’s ‘forgotten’ Spanish Civil War veteran
George Norman Rodney Drury Fuller was a young medical student from Maidenhead who volunteered to join the war aged just 18 and who fought in one of its most ferocious battles.
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George Orwell is the most influential post-war British author, and his prescient writing remains part of our language
George Orwell was the most influential British writer since 1945. Many of his neologisms – such as ‘Big Brother’, ‘Thought Police’, ‘Room 101’, ‘Newspeak’, ‘memory hole ...
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The British Raj through George Orwell’s eyes: How colonial India shaped the literary legend
It was in Burma’s oppressive heat, amid the contradictions of colonial rule, that Eric Blair began his metamorphosis into George Orwell — a writer determined to confront power in all its guises. Even ...
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Babcock and Patria join up to compete for the British Army’s medium vehicle requirement
When compared to the German Army’s M270 227mm (12 round) Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS), Euro PULS will offer a step change increase in capability to meet the German Army’s Future Long-Range ...
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Overdue copy of George Orwell’s ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’ returned to library 50 years later – and it ‘smelled downright awful’
A George Orwell book checked out of a library in the United Kingdom 50 years ago was finally returned by a mortified borrower. The hard-cover book of George Orwell’s “Road to Wigan Pier” was ...
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Trump Starts Immigration Crackdown, Enlisting the Military and Testing the Law
The president’s Day 1 actions included directives that fly in the face of legal limits on involving the military in domestic operations and the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.
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US military to send additional 1,500 troops to border
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. military will send 1,500 additional active-duty troops to the border with Mexico, the White House said on Wednesday, just two days after President Donald ...