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Hegenheim is a village in the Alsace region of France, just outside Basel in Switzerland. Germany used to claim Alsace as its own, so when t...

It’s brilliant to see that a meeting in Berlin today brought together the leaders of the major European economies, to take action over our e...

So a French nuclear submarine collides with a British one in the middle of the Atlantic. Ah well, the seas are so crowded these days. Diffic...

‘The English are no good at foreign languages’. That isn’t the kind of news likely to shock anyone. In fact, it isn’t news at all. But when ...

It’s one scourge after another in England at the moment. Last week, as I reported, it was the snow. The other night, the elements made a val...

Exciting times with the snow in England this week. I know my Canadian friends will say ‘snow? You call that snow? You need to come over to C...

It’s good to be quiet. Away from all the briefers and advisers and assistants who want to brief me, drain me, tell me what to do. Now there’...