EXCLUSIVE: Leaked docs show Home Office Islamic Network say they aim to recruit Muslim staff and 'influence policymakers' to support 'Muslim needs'.

The Islamic Network has recruited 700 Home Office staff so far. Only muslims can become 'full members'.

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Saltburn war memorial. Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire. First and Second World Wars. #LestWeForget

Maronite Cardinal Bechara al-Rai will officiate at the funeral of Pascal Sleiman, the Lebanese Christian politician who was murdered this week, on Friday, April 12, at Saint George's Church in Jbeil, according to L’Orient Today. We Christians around the world should raise our…

This is what the ancient Romans saw when they first made landfall in Britain

Today in 1782: Battle at Les Saintes (known to the French as Bataille de la Dominique). The British fleet under Admiral George Rodney defeats the French fleet under Comte de Grasse off Dominica, West Indies, & prevents a planned French and Spanish invasion of Jamaica • 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇪🇸🇯🇲

The Two Crowns by Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee (1900) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Just two future Kings leaving Villa Park.

Today in 1689: William III and Mary II were crowned together at Westminster Abbey. They ruled jointly from 1689 until Mary’s death in 1694.

A short history lesson on William of Orange and the Glorious Revolution of 1688 from Queen Elizabeth II • 🇬🇧

My political life since 1947 has been learning that there was a pre-imperial Britain and therefore would be a post-imperial Britain and that the self-respect and the greatness of Britain didn’t depend on having those great possessions and stretches of the map.

- Enoch Powell 🇬🇧

On the 11th of April 1994, Oasis’ debut single ‘Supersonic’ was released, and nothing was quite the same again…

Keep an ear out for something very special from the vaults coming soon…

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'Words are the means by which we express ourselves, and to a great extent, our culture is judged.'

Conservative activist Mary Whitehouse discusses the introduction of swearing and bad language into British society, primarily through the influence of television and media (1973).

Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, died three years ago today.

Here, the late Duke of Edinburgh discusses how what an individual does in their spare time, along with their interests, is often more significant and important than what they do in their regular, paid employment.

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Celebrating 22 years of the debut album

Edward Bawden [1903–1989]

Life in an English Village [1949] 

The Village Vicar [1/16]

The Britain that John was born into in 1912 is a universe away from the Britain he is currently living in.

Asking Jacob Rees-Mogg which social class he belongs to

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Hereford, Durham, York and Lincoln are four beautiful English cities that don’t really get much attention. The lack of focus on England’s cities other than London (sometimes Birmingham and Manchester) is criminal.

I can’t believe 2 of my prime years were stolen for nothing

Just discovered another cool Old English word: 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢 ‘wood-walker’, one who walks through the woods. (IPA: [ˈwɑldˌɣɛn.dʒɑ])

It was also used to describe bandits, who would hide in the woods and ambush people.

Fun fact! Since a lot of last names are based on the place someone lived, some still contain 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘩: Ashley = Æscleah ‘ash-clearing’, Stanley = Stanleah ‘stone-clearing’, Oakley = Acleah ‘oak-clearing’. Some of these later became first names too.