Divorced, beheaded, survived an IRA attack: Tony Rennell reviews the most compelling history books of 2023

Divorced, beheaded, survived an IRA attack: Tony Rennell reviews the most compelling history books of 2023

HISTORY  Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn And the Marriage that shook Europe by John Guy and Julia Fox (Bloomsbury £30, 624 pp) She was not one of the most beautiful women in the world. A contemporary Venetian diarist described Anne Boleyn as having ‘unusually dark skin, a long neck and a wide mouth’. … Read more

Nigel Farage slams review that found there was no political discrimination in Coutts’ decision to shut his account as a ‘work of fiction’

Nigel Farage slams review that found there was no political discrimination in Coutts’ decision to shut his account as a ‘work of fiction’

By Tom Pyman Published: 08:14 GMT, 16 December 2023 | Updated: 08:14 GMT, 16 December 2023 Nigel Farage has slammed a review that found there was no political discrimination in Coutts’ decision to shut his account as a ‘work of fiction’. The former Ukip and Brexit Party leader, now a television presenter, was dropped in … Read more

Doncaster’s Tory MP Nick Fletcher was vilified by the Left for saying the city was ‘full’ during Commons migration debate this week… So, were locals equally outraged? Take a wild guess

Doncaster’s Tory MP Nick Fletcher was vilified by the Left for saying the city was ‘full’ during Commons migration debate this week… So, were locals equally outraged? Take a wild guess

He has been branded a racist and a Nazi, not to mention a threat to society of such depravity that the accusations cannot be printed in a family newspaper. Were Nick Fletcher to look himself up on whatever they are calling Twitter this week, he would find himself being crucified, albeit by the usual suspects … Read more

QUENTIN LETTS: Next time we see squeaky little new chap Samir Shah he may start spouting BBC blancmange, but he felt refreshingly different as he was interviewed by MPs

QUENTIN LETTS: Next time we see squeaky little new chap Samir Shah he may start spouting BBC blancmange, but he felt refreshingly different as he was interviewed by MPs

By Quentin Letts for the Daily Mail Published: 21:55 GMT, 13 December 2023 | Updated: 23:21 GMT, 13 December 2023 And our next contestant, please: yes, it was time for another BBC chairman confirmation hearing. The last one, Richard Sharp, took a terrible pasting. All that remains of him is a couple of smouldering black … Read more

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Stop squabbling and back the Rwanda Bill

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Stop squabbling and back the Rwanda Bill

In a letter in 1780, John Adams, the second president of the US, warned of the hazards of political polarisation in a democracy. ‘There is nothing I dread so much,’ he wrote, ‘as a division of the republic into two parties, each under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other.’ Adams was … Read more

I’m A Celebrity is embroiled in a misogyny row as furious viewers slam Fred Sirieix for ignoring Danielle Harold and scolding female campmates over washing up

I’m A Celebrity is embroiled in a misogyny row as furious viewers slam Fred Sirieix for ignoring Danielle Harold and scolding female campmates over washing up

By Dolly Busby, Showbiz Reporter In Queensland, Australia Published: 14:00 GMT, 1 December 2023 | Updated: 17:31 GMT, 1 December 2023 It’s been at the centre of Brexit, race and immigration debates between divisive characters such as Nella Rose and Nigel Farage as they argue over issues including cultural appropriation. And as tensions continue to … Read more

TOM UTLEY: If even Michel Barnier is having doubts about the EU, we Brexiteers shouldn’t worry about a new study saying we’re dimmer than Remainers

TOM UTLEY: If even Michel Barnier is having doubts about the EU, we Brexiteers shouldn’t worry about a new study saying we’re dimmer than Remainers

Shortly after the Brexit referendum in 2016, I was sitting outside my favourite pub at a table next to a group of young women who were discussing the result. Suddenly one of them shrieked at the top of her voice: ‘I’ve been literally raped by 17 million old people!’ Thinking this claim highly improbable, I … Read more

Why is Nigel Farage the only person in Britain you can throw ANY insult at? Writes JAN MOIR

Why is Nigel Farage the only person in Britain you can throw ANY insult at? Writes JAN MOIR

What is it about Nigel Farage that makes people feel they can say anything they like about him, or treat him with the disdain usually reserved for toxic waste or tyrants? Nigel believes in Brexit, in controlled immigration and in stopping the small boats delivering illegal migrants to this country. For holding these beliefs, he … Read more

Kay Burley sparks social media row after saying David Cameron had ‘put on weight’ as ex-PM arrived at Downing Street to make his dramatic return to the Cabinet

Kay Burley sparks social media row after saying David Cameron had ‘put on weight’ as ex-PM arrived at Downing Street to make his dramatic return to the Cabinet

David Cameron‘s extraordinary return to politics has sparked debate, but Kay Burley has stirred another discussion after declaring on live TV that the former Prime Minister has put on weight. The Sky News presenter cracked the joke about the new Foreign Secretary piling on the pounds since leaving office over footage of him walking into No 10 … Read more

EU breakthrough for famed Fortnum and Mason hamper as top people’s grocer finds way to resume deliveries to post-Brexit Europe

EU breakthrough for famed Fortnum and Mason hamper as top people’s grocer finds way to resume deliveries to post-Brexit Europe

Fortnum & Mason, the luxury food and drink emporium, has started delivering to customers in the European Union again after a two-year break following Brexit – in a major boost for Britain’s high-end export trade. The department store on London’s Piccadilly will be despatching its iconic hampers and other delicacies to 15 countries on the … Read more