Thank you, Theresa May

For any news junkie with an interest in history and politics, watching Sir Tim Barrow deliver the letter to the EU that would trigger Article 50 and kick-start the Brexit process was required Live viewing. The BBC faithfully followed events in Brussels and Westminster. I sat glued. Then my blood began to boil.

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Carrying Albert Home/Med Albert i Baksätet by Homer Hickam

I haven’t enjoyed fretting over a rooster since Chicken Licken had a bad day.

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Why a 20th Memorial Anniversary Dinner was a Fabulous Idea

The dinner party, held in Agneta’s honour — and more importantly — in her spirit, morphed from an initial hugging orgy among people who hadn’t met for two decades into a complete boozy hoot.

A visit to the World Trade Center Museum

One little girl had won her trip in a competition. Her tattered library card is among the artefacts.

Queen Elizabeth ll – and why I’m happy she has long reigned over us

There will, of course, come a day when we will bury our Queen, and with her a vault of experience and goodwill. I for one, unless she outlives me, will be very sorry to see her go.

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The Invisible Wall by Harry Bernstein

The Jews live on one side, the gentiles on the other.