Vive notre ami l’ennemi”, wrote a patriotic French songwriter sarcastically in the 1820s, after peace had returned and ...

before going on to Command HMS Splendid. He was promoted to Captain in 2008, where he spent a year in Defence Intelligence before being dispatched to the Cabinet Office to help stand-up the Office ...

HMS Belfast is run by Imperial War Museums and ... Looks aren't everything, and this splendid Swedish warship is proof. The intricate, impressive vessel sank on her maiden voyage in 1628, getting ...

HMS Belfast is run by Imperial War Museums and all nine of ... Looks aren't everything, and this splendid Swedish warship is proof. The intricate, impressive vessel sank on her maiden voyage in 1628, ...

Read more articles by Will Evans A few days before Christmas I even dragged the present Mrs Evans and our numerous daughters to London to once again visit that famously festive experience, HMS Belfast ...

NOW that John Swinney has apologised to the islanders affected by the delayed ferries ("First Minister apologises ‘unreservedly’ to islanders over Calmac ferry fiasco", The Herald, January 9 ...

T here was a time when, to use the old adage, the sun did not set on the British Empire. It certainly didn’t back in 1920, when this globe-straddling entity reached its territorial apex – a ...

Magnus von Horn has billed his splendid, sombre third feature as a fairy tale for grown-ups. That’s an unlikely pitch for a film loosely inspired by the gruesome deeds of Dagmar Overbye ...

HMS Agamemnon was Lord Nelson’s first major command and his favourite ship, says Bound. “It was the ship on which he first fought the French and it was where he met the love of his life ...

At close: January 27 at 5:29:49 PM GMT+1 ...

In subsequent decades, however, it has established itself as a splendid way to waste a Sunday afternoon. The cast list is veritable who’s who of male matinee idols, including Sean Connery, Michael ...