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The poppies are back, October 2026
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The Reverend Mather Byles mused, “Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away or by three thousand tyrants one mile away?”
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I was given this ‘chocolate dinosaur’ and I want to warn you there are people out there trying to pass off chocolate Permian reptiles as chocolate dinosaurs
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Georges Simenon described Maigret as “a large, powerfully built gentleman” who would rather understand a criminal than judge him, and who interrogates best over beer and sandwiches. airmail.news/issues/2026-10-…
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Breaking News: Weil, Gotshal & Manges is planning to wind down in a stunning collapse of one of America’s most prominent white shoe law firms. nyti.ms/4eWXOFG
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Found in my late father's papers. A UK motor fuel ration book, issued but unused for the energy crisis of 1973-4. (Due to miner's strikes & an Arab oil embargo for supporting Israel in the Yom Kipper War, some will recall the associated 3-day week of 1 Jan-7 March 1974)
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Sod the state: Michael Simmons on the race to go private 🔸 Douglas Murray: Will we always have Paris? 🔸 Angus Colwell: The dessertification of London 🔸 Maureen Lipman: Bring back proper smoking 🔸 Nicholas Farrell: How to sleep with 1,000 women spectator.com
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BAE Systems has won a contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration for four Bofors 57Mk3 naval gun systems along with 57mm 3P ammunition, according to the company. Click image for more. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=7…
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King Charles III is 1 of only 3 people who can travel anywhere on Earth legally without a passport. 🇬🇧
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John Healey will cut £2bn from the defence budget despite boasting about filling a funding black hole. Read more from our defence editors 👇 telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
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This afternoon in Nassau, The King held an audience with the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, The Hon. Philip Davis.
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Poland and the UK have signed the Warsaw Defence Plan, an agreement to enhance cooperation on security. The aim, says the British Ministry of Defence, is to “deter Russian threats” notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/…
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Peak Italy !
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From the solemnity of the Requiem Mass to the laughter of All Hallows’ Eve, Christianity offers a way to face death without despair and celebrate life without excess. ✍️ @Hahnlander thecatholicherald.com/articl…
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Carney to Attend Commonwealth Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda theepochtimes.com/world/carn…
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Carry on Camping....Arabian desert style. Now back to dear old Blighty.
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King Charles III is escorted to inspect the guard of honour made up of members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, as he arrives at Lynden Pindling International Airport at the start of the royal visit to The Bahamas in Nassau, Bahamas. More #GettyVideo 🎥 Anthony Devlin 👉 shorturl.at/Pptr8
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Wonderful to see the King lay a wreath at the HMBS Flamingo memorial The HMBS Flamingo was a Bahamian patrol ship which was sunk by Cuban fighter jets in 1980, with the loss of 4 lives
King Charles III interacts with RBDF Commodore Floyd P. Moxey, and lays a wreath in honor of the officers killed during the attack on the Royal Bahamas Defence Force flagship HMBS Flamingo in 1980. He also spoke with the family of the fallen soldiers. Video: Jade Russell/Tribune
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