French politician and diplomat Charles de Talleyrand once said: "Language is given to man in order to hide his thoughts." It ...

The renaming of the lottery to FDJ United is the latest example of anglicisation across the Channel – but France has only ...

Five standout North East attractions and individuals have been named finalists in the prestigious VisitEngland Awards for Excellence.

Strom Thurmond bragged for years about dehydrating his body to prepare for his speech opposing the Civil Rights Act. He ...

Since inauguration of the new administration in Washington, readers have been treated (if that is the right term) to a spate ...

I believe that England divides into three economic zones: Angleland (the North and the Midlands), Wessexland and Essexland (including London, Hertfordshire, West Kent and much of Surrey).

After President Theodore Roosevelt saw Israel Zangwill’s play, “The Melting Pot” in Washington D.C. in 1908, he wrote the author, “That particular play I shall always count among the very strong and ...