There are some things the English just do more instinctively and in some ways better than anyone else – palaces, aspiration and bone-dry humour. The Duke Of Edinburgh gold awards presented at St James Palace is the apotheosis of all three. First, St James is, hierarchically speaking, top of the […]

Canada has invited Prime Minister Stephen Harper to let the door hit him on the backside on his way out of Parliament. After years of being Tory blue has the country gone Liberal red in the face? On the surface the recent Canadian election may suggest that we’ve just witnessed […]

Jump on a flight to Malta and you will find yourself transported not just to another country but to an alternate “home on the range” where everyone speaks English (to tourists), looks Sicilian and the skies are not cloudy all day. In fact for most of the year they’re not […]