A little-known system in which US military personnel are tried through courts martial for alleged crimes committed in Britain is under increasing scrutiny. One person who has gone through that system is academic Sarah Steele. Steele told Guardian investigative correspondent Harry Davies that her case was taken up by the US military justice system, after
‘CContinental people live sexual lives; The British have hot water bottles.” Hungarian journalist George Mikes saw it in How to Be an Alien (1946), one of the finest examples of the tradition of foreigners explaining themselves to Britain. From Voltaire to VS Naipaul, outsiders have often highlighted national peculiarities, exposing contradictions inherent in British life
Keir Starmer has announced he will step down as Prime Minister less than two years after his election victory, sparking a race to decide who will be the next Labor leader. And with MPs nervous about the growing threat from Nigel Farage’s reforms, many are speculating that ‘King of the North’ Andy Burnham could be
At 27, Jordan Conway has already done something that very few actors twice his age can claim. He wrote, starred in, produced and assistant-directed his own show in London’s West End, becoming the youngest person on record to do all four at the same time. The show was Laurel and Chaplin: The Feud, which was
Sign up for the Quick Strike newsletter The latest fishing news, tips and tricks I’m not sure Katharine Lee Bates, who wrote “America the Beautiful,” Never wet a line. But I would like to think so. And as a fisherman who has been fortunate enough to fish from sea to shining sea in this country,
Keir Starmer described Tuesday’s warning shot by a Russian warship at a British yacht sailing across the Channel as ‘extremely worrying and reckless’. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the yacht was on a ‘dangerous course’ and made several attempts to contact it – a claim denied by the retired couple aboard the 40ft long yacht. Nosheen