Somewhere in the deep, dark ocean, a British submarine is always on patrol. Silent, secret, able to stay underwater for months at a time, it carries Trident nuclear missiles that can fly thousand miles to their targets and kill millions of people at once. The captain has the key to a safe to be openedContinueContinue reading “Trident: What the future holds for the UK’s nuclear submarines “
Author Archives: Cole Moreton
Jeffrey Archer: Cancer surgery has made me impotent
He’s survived prison, penury, a very public affair, political scandal and now an illness that’s robbed him of his virility. So what if he sounds like the villain of a potboiler? He’s sold 270 million of them. Source: Jeffrey Archer: Cancer surgery has made me impotent | Daily Mail Online
Looking For A New England … In A Full English
The Full English is the one meal that England does really well, but what does it say about us? I undertook a road trip around the country exploring the meaning of modern Englishness through the medium of breakfast, from silver service to the Full Muslim in Bradford, for the Sunday Times. Very revealing it was, too.
Wrestling Kendo Nagasaki
“He won’t talk to anyone, he never has,” said the manager of British wrestling superstar Kendo Nagasaki when I requested an interview. So I asked if I could get into the ring with him instead. “Are you sure?” The manager was surprised and I was seriously spooked when Kendo turned up in full mask and regalia, with good reason. He took me apart. It still hurts.
A balm for the soul of a Pope in a gilded cage
The Sistine Chapel Choir was about to release its first album and a British man was among its ranks. That meant the rare chance to be inside the chapel during a concert and gaze up at the famous ceiling, reflecting on what life must be like for the man who had become Pope.
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