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Sunday round-up 22 June 2025
The Hampstead Tube opens, the title of "Emperor of India" is omitted from the royal style and titles, and St John Fisher and St Thomas More are…
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 15 June 2025
Magna Carta is agreed, the Battle of Kosovo is fought, birthday cake for Simon Callow, Noddy Holder, Xi Jinping and Ice Cube and we dance to mark St…
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Eliot Wilson
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Trump is itching to flex military might: calling out the National Guard
The President has activated 4,000 National Guard personnel and a US Marine infantry battalion to deal with disorder in Los Angeles, and the state is…
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Eliot Wilson
Sunday round-up 8 June 2025
Millicent Martin, Nancy Sinatra and Bonnie Tyler walk into a birthday party... and marking the Viking raid on Lindisfarne, St Jadwiga's Day and French…
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 1 June 2025
Birthdays for Morgan Freeman, Brian Cox and the "Son of Sam", Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen and Adolf Eichmann is executed
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Eliot Wilson
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Digest: Trump's empty seats, and making our own steel
The President has only filled a minority of senior federal positions after for months in office; and we cannot debate state protection for vital…
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Eliot Wilson
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The King's Speech, Canadian version
Today Charles III opens the Parliament of Canada in person, only the third time the monarchy has ever done so: and the audience is Washington and world…
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 25 May 2025
The anniversary of the Edict of Worms, the resignation of the last Lord Protector and the return to England of Charles II & birthdays for Ian McKellen…
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 18 May 2025
Birthday greetings to Rick Wakeman, Toyah Willcox and a former Black Rod, marking the birth of Norman St John-Stevas and Somaliland's Independence Day
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Eliot Wilson
Defence digest: Gurkhas, veterans, Taiwan
A new Gurkha unit for the British Army, more support for UK veterans and America's Pacific commander warns China is gaining ground in any struggle over…
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Eliot Wilson
Two hats for Marco Rubio—but for how long?
Secretary of State is now acting National Security Advisor amid rumours it could be a long-term solution
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Eliot Wilson
Sunday round-up 4 May 2025
The anniversary of Margaret Thatcher's appointment as Prime Minister in 1979, birthday wishes for George Will and Rory McIlroy, and it's Star Wars Day…
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Eliot Wilson
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