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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2025 returns 10th July for a packed weekend of Motorsport action and crazy innovation

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2025 returns 10th July for a packed weekend of Motorsport action and crazy innovation

I’ve been coming to the Goodwood Festival of Speed since the early '90s, when it was still forming into the phenomenon it has become today. What started as a charming celebration of motorsport history in the grounds of the Duke of Richmond’s...

Technology for a better world - Godwood Festival of Speed this weekend!

Technology for a better world - Godwood Festival of Speed this weekend!

I’ve been coming to the Goodwood Festival of Speed since the early '90s, when it was still forming into the phenomenon it has become today. What started as a charming celebration of motorsport history in the grounds of the Duke of Richmond’s...

Competitors from all over the world compete for Lochearnhead Shears title

Competitors from all over the world compete for Lochearnhead Shears title

No stranger to the shears, he has now notched up four Lochearnhead wins to date. Scottish team hopeful Willie Craig claimed second with the best board scores, Jimmy Wright of Doune third with the best time, and Highland Show blade finalist Archie...

Why The RAF No Longer Flies The Legendary Harrier II Fighter Jet

Why The RAF No Longer Flies The Legendary Harrier II Fighter Jet

In 2010, the U.K. government pulled the plug on the Harrier II not because it failed in combat — far from it, as it had some incredible capabilities – but because of cold economics. The Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) hit at a time...

A Conflict in the Pacific Could Prompt a Fight Over the Strait of Malacca

A Conflict in the Pacific Could Prompt a Fight Over the Strait of Malacca

[By Adam Leong Kok Wey] The strategic relevance of maritime choke points has remained a constant throughout military history. Their control has often defined the outcomes of major conflicts, shaped geopolitical balances, and influenced global...

Readers’ views: ‘Square root of zero letters of support for longer pedestrianisation’

Readers’ views: ‘Square root of zero letters of support for longer pedestrianisation’

Please tell us benefits of pedestrianisation I have lost count of the number of letters to this newspaper from Newbury residents who object to the recent extension of pedestrianisation of the town centre. It certainly goes into double figures, and...

New declaration on independence, same old problem

New declaration on independence, same old problem

The latest one to catch my attention is The International Commission for European Citizens or ICEC (gotta have an acronym). It was established in 2011 and has been very busy indeed proving something is being done by issuing lots of declarations...

New road works and closures, licenses, and planning applications in your area

New road works and closures, licenses, and planning applications in your area

Councils across the Liverpool City Region have issued a list of public notices in the past seven days. These are important documents which act as a public record of key decisions in the city region and keep citizens across the local authority...

Admiral Sir Derek Reffell, naval commander and governor of Gibraltar

Admiral Sir Derek Reffell, naval commander and governor of Gibraltar

One fine weekend in June 1975 the carrier HMS Hermes, under the command of Derek Reffell, sailed into Quebec harbour on a courtesy visit. Among the ship’s company was the Prince of Wales, now the King, serving as a Wessex helicopter pilot with the...

Minerals, memory & mutual respect: Modi’s Argentina visit and the deepening of civilisational diplomacy

Minerals, memory & mutual respect: Modi’s Argentina visit and the deepening of civilisational diplomacy

PM Modi near the statue of José de San Martin in Buenos Aires. Image Credits: Prime Minister’s Office IndiaPrime Minister Narendra Modi recently concluded his official visit to Argentina—a country geographically distant from India, yet...

Oxford broadcaster and writer who threw 'excellent parties' has died

Oxford broadcaster and writer who threw 'excellent parties' has died

Mary Russell, known to some as Mary Rodger, was born in Dublin in 1936 before attending a convent school in Athlone and took an arts degree at University College Dublin. In the late 1950s she moved to London, teaching in primary schools in the...

Celebrating Conor O Brien on the centenary of his pioneering circumnavigation

Celebrating Conor O Brien on the centenary of his pioneering circumnavigation

Celebrating 100 years since legendary yachtsman Conor O Brien returned from circumnavigating the globe aboard his yacht Saoirse. This June marks the centenary of legendary Irish yachtsman Conor O Brien returning from a history-making...

How the SS Great Britain overcame the tyranny of distance

Transport revolutions have been a key element of globalisation – none more so than the arrival of the steamship. As Baldwin (2018) puts it, steam “unleashed spectacular transportation capabilities that made it economical to consume things that...

Appointing first RAF non-pilot to Chief of the Defence Staff post is not without controversy

Appointing first RAF non-pilot to Chief of the Defence Staff post is not without controversy

Air Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton has been announced as the next Chief of the Defence Staff, taking over from Admiral Sir Tony Radakin in September. This will make ACM Knighton the most senior serving officer in the British Armed Forces and...

From Gallipoli to the Strait of Malacca: Why maritime choke points still decide the fate of nations

From Gallipoli to the Strait of Malacca: Why maritime choke points still decide the fate of nations

The strategic relevance of maritime choke points has remained a constant throughout military history. Their control has often defined the outcomes of major conflicts, shaped geopolitical balances, and influenced global economic flows. Exemplifying...

Murder mystery play which will have audiences gripped takes to the stage tonight

Murder mystery play which will have audiences gripped takes to the stage tonight

'The Proof of the Poison' by Falkland L. Cary and Philip Weathers will be acted out by the talented members of St Vincent’s Dramatics Society. And audiences can be sure of a well-plotted whodunnit. But what’s it about? The play starts with the...

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025

Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

Timeless Yarns Dominate Fall 2026 Collections, as Spinners Brace for Ongoing Challenging Year

Timeless Yarns Dominate Fall 2026 Collections, as Spinners Brace for Ongoing Challenging Year

MILAN — The fashion industry is grappling with the economic headwinds and geopolitical turmoil denting consumer confidence and the supply chain is feeling the pinch of slower demand, with little to no visibility even on short-term prospects....

In defence of Kemi

In defence of Kemi

This article is taken from the July 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £25. The job of Prime Minister requires three qualities: competence, charisma and character. It...

Highs and lows: surveying at different altitudes

Highs and lows: surveying at different altitudes

The term ‘digital twin’ has gained significant popularity in recent years, becoming a buzzword in various industries, particularly in the context of emerging technologies and innovations. Hypes come and go, but every hydrographer has come to the...

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