Boris Johnson is labeled an “embarrassing buffoon” in a new political memoir
A new memoir from government insider Sir Alan Duncan is causing waves in the UK, attacking prominent Conservative politicians, including current Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Sir Alan Duncan served as… Read more »
An online petition to stop Brexit crashes government website due to sheer number of supporters.
You know that feeling before an exam, of sheer panic and anxiety in the pit of your stomach? The dread of realising your coursework is due in and it’s nowhere… Read more »
Order, order! Publishers set to clean up in the wake of tidying craze
Ah, January. The holidays are over, and the only thing that remains are those weird chocolate liqueurs no-one wants to eat, and a nagging sense of regret: should I really have eaten… Read more »
Brexit explained, via the medium of Ladybirds for Grown-Ups
*brucked (according to Urban Dictionary) When you intentionally vote “Leave” during Brexit and accidentally fuck yourself. “Hey Bro, did you vote ‘REMAIN ‘?” “Nah mate, I totally brucked myself! Turns out the… Read more »
England’s joy-filled World Cup journey could inspire a new generation of players — and readers
The World Cup—and more specifically the crazy, sweltering, joyous four weeks of breathlessly unpredictable football that have just unfolded in Russia—may have done funny things to the English. First and foremost, it has… Read more »
The UK Parliament has voted How to Stop Brexit its non-fiction book of the year
Well, who would have thought it. As the British prime minister, Theresa May, attempts to plough ahead with a hard Brexit, parliament has voted former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg’s book How to… Read more »
Out today in the UK: English Uprising by Paul Stocker
It’s party time in the UK! But put your streamers and balloons away… we’re talking Party Conferences, with Labour, the Conservatives, and Ukip all holding their gatherings within days of… Read more »
After the devastating Grenfell Tower fire in London, Philip Pullman names a Book of Dust character after a young victim
On 14th June, London experienced one of the most destructive fires in its recent history. Grenfell Tower, a twenty-four-story residential block containing 120 flats, was completely gutted by flames that caused… Read more »
Donald Trump is not welcome in the UK as we try to sort out our own political mess
Awwww, poor Donald Trump. His state visit to the UK has already been postponed once, and now, as he tries to plan a second go around, things aren’t looking good. According… Read more »
Brexit update: it’s about to begin
We have a date. Article 50 – the clause in the the Lisbon Treaty that allows a member state to formally begin the withdrawal process from the European Union — will be triggered… Read more »