Rachel Ward 
Pining for the Brecon Beacons
Pommies, in Australia, are famous for what the Aussies call ‘whinging’. Whether this is born of character or homesickness is debatable but, in the past, I have gone out of… Read more
Where there’s a will …
Why haven’t ladies challenged male primogeniture? When the Labour MP Keith Vaz introduced a private member’s bill in January ‘to remove any distinction between the sexes in determining the succession… Read more
Make like a gaucho
I’ve just come back from the holiday of my life. At 50 and a spoilt brat I’ve had a few of ’em, so that’s saying something. And since seclusion and… Read more
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- Britain can now afford to send a man into space. Pity we can’t afford a proper navy Fraser Nelson
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