There have been many different reactions to the news of the planned referendum for Scottish independence, from both sides of the border. There are many Scottish Unionists (even though few vote for the Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party) and fancy there being so many English people who are pro-Scottish independence. Not because they think we can find [...]

Take a look at this map. In the early 1940s, Britain “stood alone” against Nazi Germany. (Hitler had entered into a non-aggression pact with Stalin, which ended when he invaded the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941.)
Many would say that the “New Europe” could not have another Hitler or Napoleon in charge, but why [...]

Last week I wrote to Malawi’s High Commissioner in London in support of his country’s position on homosexuality. Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, the homosexual men who staged an ‘engagement’ ceremony a few months ago, remain in custody awaiting a full trial next week.
It looks like the veiled threats from the West of withdrawing aid [...]

When I was at school, I learned about the great British men and women who changed our country and the world into a better place to live. There was William Wilberforce, who ended black slavery and the prison reformer, Elizabeth Fry. There were the great inventors, many of them Scottish, of course (the list is [...]

I have a book called Heritage of Evidence in the British Museum, which details many items from the Old World which confirm the accuracy and authenticity of the Biblical record.
One which particularly captures my interest is known as the Cyrus Cylinder, a clay barrel-shaped object inscribed in cuneiform. It tells of the wickedness of Nabonidus, [...]