Durham Miners’ Gala is an annual event that has been held in Durham every year since 1871. It is a celebration of mining in the area and the associated trade unionism. Many people attend the “big...
By Nicole Westmarland, Durham University As he strode confidently into Teesside Crown Court wearing a suit and sunglasses, former England footballer, Paul Gascoigne, smiled at the assembled media to...
Boris Johnson has got a Brexit deal! After weeks of frantic speculation about whether or not we would crash out of Europe on the 31st October without a deal, this has been a somewhat unexpected...
Michael Buerk is a 73-year-old British newsreader who railed against obese people in his latest article for the Radio Times. “The obese will die a decade earlier than the rest of us,” he wrote....
“Where someone takes a picture under a person’s clothing without their permission” – this is the official description of the term “upskirting” given to the public by gov.uk, the British...
In 2014, singer Cliff Richard’s home was searched with a BBC TV crew outside, helicopter and all. The news had been tipped off by South Yorkshire Police that the raid was going to take place and...
It’s looking increasingly likely that Boris Johnson will be the next British Prime Minister. You know the one, a jolly fellow who is a bit of a clown and is game for a laugh? Funny chap, bit...
Ann Widdecombe became a British Member of Parliament in 1987. A Conservative, she was socially at the right of her party, opposing LGBT rights and abortion and even supporting the return of the death...
Britain was technically supposed to have left the EU by now. As it is, due to a series of messy negotiations and failed votes, we’re still very much European (thank the Lord) and, as a result, we...
Throughout history, the people of all governments, whether it be monarchist or democracy, left or right, authoritarian or libertarian, have been subject to a certain degree of scrutiny by the powers...