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Thursday, April 21, 2022

The second (Stanley) instalment of my exchange of Falklands War/1982 letters with Dominic Hilton in Argentina. — For The Critic

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NEWS AT A GLANCE

Monday, March 13, 2017

. Fifty-one per cent of the foreigners in England live in London. — The Nelson Evening Mail, July 28 1906 . International rugby union referee Nigel Owens wears Superman pants while he’s officiating. The Iraqi army is about to defeat Islamic State. There’s no playbook for how to be a guy. In 1947 a United States […]

Filed in Journalism, NEWS AT A GLANCE | Also tagged Alexander Hamilton, America, antiques, Authors CC, BBC, books, Congress, cooking, cricket, Dickens, England, flora, Hong Kong, immigration, insects, Iraq, Islam, Journalism, law, London, men, milk, Nazism, Nelson Evening Mail, Nigel Owens, odds, Portland, rugby, Stalin, Superman, underwear, Victoria Derbyshire, Wagner | Comments (0)