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Quintessential British ‘chap-hop’
Misery and bad news is far too thick on the ground around the world at the moment. Each morning one only has to tune in the radio, turn on the television, or view the first page of The TIMES newspaper...
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Robert Frettlohr. March 28 1924 ~ January 4 2014
Robert Frettlohr was a German paratrooper left for dead at Monte Cassino who saved the reputation of the man who saved him. Robert Frettlohr, who has died aged 89, was a German paratrooper who was...
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Women’s Royal Naval Service Bletchley Park
Reunited at last: Last surviving women who helped crack Adolf Hitler’s top-secret codes using Colossus computer at Bletchley Park during WWII meet again after 70 years.This rare picture, taken at...
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Private Robert Johns KIA aged 16
The runaway boy hero of D-day: At 14, he lied his way into the Army. Just 16-years-old he parachuted into France; the youngest soldier to parachute into Normandy on D-Day. The night sky concealed any...
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Men who were giants of World War One
A sculpture of a British Tommy reflecting upon the horrors of World War One during the first minute after peace was declared is installed for the centenary on Seaham seafront in Country Durham.A...
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Maurice Roe – Obituary
Maurice Roe – Obituary. Maurice Roe was a Special Operations Executive agent who once found himself billeted in a French chateau alongside a German officer. Maurice Roe, who has died aged 96, served...
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And the call was answered, by hundreds…
Heartwarming moment hundreds of mourners turned out to funeral of RAF gunner who died aged 90 with no close family. This is the moment hundreds of mourners turned out to pay their respects to a war...
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Gordon flipping Ramsey!
Cooking with gas! New designed pan heats food 40% faster thanks to its ‘fins’ – and it’s designed by a rocket expert! The energy-efficient finned design was designed by a professor of engineering at...
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In Flashman’s footsteps
Stripped of his Military Cross: The Royal Artillery Major who took credit for others’ bravery becomes first soldier in armed forces history to have medal rescinded. An officer who was awarded one of...
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Brigadier Rupert T. H. Jones MBE The Rifles
CBE son of Falklands hero Paratrooper Colonel ‘H’ Jones says father would be ‘proud’ Brigadier Rupert Jones pays tribute to his father as he is made a Commander of the British Empire for services in...
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A Spent Copper… (allegedly!)
Metropolitan Police Chief Inspector Paul Cahill-MBE is arrested for ‘supplying Class A drugs after being found slumped at wheel.’ The Chief Inspector was arrested in Wandsworth Road, south-west London,...
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Per diem, per noctem “By day & by night”
An RAF Special Forces pilot has been kicked out of the RAF for taking cocaine at a party in Hampshire where he boasted to a female colleague of his drug-fuelled sexual exploits. Squadron Leader Michael...
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Philately; world’s most popular hobby
Ten bridges feature in the collection of first-class stamps, while a special postmark will also be issued later today. Crossings featured on the stamps include Tarr Steps (top left) in Exmoor, Somerset...
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes – tough barsteward
Sir Ranulph Fiennes, 71, becomes oldest Briton ever to complete six-day marathon through the Moroccan desert. At the finish line of the six-day 256km race through the Moroccan desert, Sir Ranulph...
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When manhole covers fight back
The Queen’s Guard being posted on sentry duty slipped on a manhole cover during the popular Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace last week. Unfortunately for him, the entire incident was caught...
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‘For Valour’– BZ Red Devil…
‘I don’t give this one out very often’: HM The Queen presents the Victoria Cross for gallantry to paratrooper Lance Corporal Joshua Leakey – who risked his life three times during intense Taliban...
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Snouts & trotters in the public trough
Expense receipts submitted by Ministers of Parliament will have to be published after a court threw out a bid to keep them private. The Commons expenses watchdog, the Independent Parliamentary...
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Gurkhas: fierce, loyal and brave.
200th anniversary of the Gurkhas: fierce, loyal and brave. Britain must thank them for their service. General Sir Peter Wall pays tribute to the Nepalese soldiers who are a valued and distinguished...
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Old school map reading & navigation
Satellite navigation and digital apps are threatening ‘old fashioned’ map reading skills – and experts want navigation to be taught in schools. The ability to read an Ordnance Survey map was once an...
View ArticlePeter Barnes OG Original Gentleman
“Over the hill… and picking up speed.” That’s how 60-year-old UK expat and Bay Area resident Peter Barnes describes himself. Here he reinforces that statement, proving that age has nothing to do with...
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