We can only get country back if we leave the EU

IS IT any wonder that there is such growing disillusionment with the political classes in this country when they appear to treat the rest of us with little more than a mixture of arrogance and contempt? Source: Daily...

99 years old and STILL trapping dogs and voles...

AS you will probably recall, we left Beachcomber on Friday engrossed in a conversation with a vole and a Venus flytrap, both of which had featured in reports in the science journal Nature. Source: Daily Express :: Comment...

PICTURED: Photographer risks life for breathtaking images of New York City subway tracks

THE DARING teenager explores the concrete jungle in the dead of the night to capture incredible photographs Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1Vz4u...

Act your shoe size and have some fun, says Royal Caribbean International report

A new report from cruise line Royal Caribbean International reveals British adults feel life isn’t playful enough. Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1Vz4u...

Winters in Europe to private jet sky-cruises, Hapag-Lloyd celebrates 125 years of pleasure

THIS year marks the 125th anniversary of Hapag-Lloyd cruises, with its first itinerary a two-month pleasure cruise around the Mediterranean for passengers from Germany, Britain and America onboard the German company's...

Cross Bencher: Tory MP Philip Davies lambasts 'ridiculous' political correctness

TORY MP Philip Davies has described the debate over whether a Brighton lingerie shop’s window display is sexist as one of the most ridiculous examples of political correctness he has ever heard. Source: Daily Express...

Don't crush the education dreams of our young

HOW disheartening to see that there are still vast tracts of the country where children have no chance of attending our best universities. Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed http://ift.tt/1Sk5p...

Jeremy Corbyn won't back Britain, says MARCO GIANNANGELI

IF THERE was any right-minded person still clinging to the delusion that Jeremy Corbyn and his Gollum-like sidekick John McDonnell actually stand up for Britain, they surely came to their senses last week. Source: Daily...

From the archives: the open society and its enemies revisited

In 1988 the Economist invited the philosopher Karl Popper to write an article on democracy. It appeared in the issue of April 23rd that year and made the case for a two-party system. As America’s presidential race begins,...

The week in verse: Sweeper Compartment

AN Ipswich commuter with a £6,000 season ticket often travels home at rush hour in a broom closet... Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed http://ift.tt/1Q2go...

Mesmerising Melbourne: One of the coolest places around

One of the most liveable cities in the world, Melbourne is a cultural melting pot and a creative hub. Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1m60r...

Lantern Festival, ballet and walk among snowdrops: The best things to do this week

LIGHT up your life at a lantern festival for Chinese New Year, take the kids to the ballet, have a walk in the countryside and enjoy a wartime romance. Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1m60q...

Me time…The best pampering spas in the UK

SPOIL yourself at the pick of pampering spa locations in the UK. Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1m60r...

Top 10 'snowdrop spotting' days out with the National Trust

ROLL out the white carpet, it's snowdrop time. Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1PGIN...

Ten Valentine's Day travel treats NOT to miss out on

SPEND a weekend in a castle, get treated like a rock star in Cornwall or spend a night in the room where Queen Elizabeth loved to stay. Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1m4iO...

Where to go skiing: Top 10 trips to the slopes in peak season February

THERE'S still chance to see the snow this February and even some half-term deals still around if you want to take the kids with you. Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1m48P...

Top things for non-skiers to do on a ski holiday

CAN'T ski, won't ski? Snowy getaways can be fun even if you don't ski or snowboard. Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1VwPA...

A novel escape in Crete

WE follow the road which weaves and bounces through rural hilltop villages, passing miniature churches the size of dolls’ houses, quaint, whitewashed cottages and myriad olive trees. Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed...

India without Gandhi

On January 30th 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in Delhi, by a Hindu extremist opposed to his conciliatory policy towards Muslims and his peace overtures to Pakistan. We reproduce below an article from 1948,...

Northern Lights, geothermal spas and lava fields: Discover Iceland

IN HER search for the elusive Northern Lights, our writer heads to Iceland – and finds lots more besides in its charming capital, Reykjavik. Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1PFYO...

Views of Muslim leader have no place in Britain

FOR 33 years Muhammad Afzal has been a Birmingham councillor. As the Muslim population of our second city grows rapidly through childbirth, let alone immigration, his popularity at the ballot box inevitably grows too. Source:...

David Cameron’s patience over EU will not be rewarded

DAVID Cameron, currently in Brussels, says he is “prepared to be patient” over his renegotiations on Britain’s EU membership. Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed http://ift.tt/1Vw9n...

Negative interest rates arrive in Japan

HARUHIKO KURODA, the governor of the Bank of Japan, surprised his audience at the World Economic Forum’s recent gathering in Davos, Switzerland, when he called upon China to impose tighter capital controls to stabilise...

Incredible moment lightning struck the Sydney Centrepoint Tower TWICE

Sydney has been hit by some terrifying storms Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/23xUm...

Celebrity traveller Adam Rothenberg says he’d like to revisit The Czech Republic

ADAM Rothenberg plays Captain Homer Jackson in BBC1 and Amazon Prime’s Victorian detective drama Ripper Street. He has worked as an actor in American film and theatre for more than 15 years. Adam, 40, lives in New York. Source:...

COMMENT: Internet trolls mustn't stop Muslim women from speaking out on the Burka

THE Twitter response to Saira Khan's TV comments about the cultural problem regarding the Burka and Niqab was as depressing as it was predictable. Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed http://ift.tt/1WRNo...

REVEALED: What you NEED to know about the Zika virus before travelling

FROM which countries are most affected to spotting the first signs of the virus, here’s everything you need to know Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1SNWR...

You’ll NEVER guess why this man got his ‘private jet’ flight for the price of an economy

THIS man ended up flying solo on a plane Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/20xp5...

The reason for Trump’s Fox News tantrum

IN THE run-up to the last Republican primary debate before the start of the presidential voting contest in Iowa, Donald Trump once more dominated the news cycle. It wasn’t another of his provocative statements about Mexican...

The Trump-sized elephant not in the room

“HAMLET” without the prince—or perhaps, more aptly, a circus without its elephant, or a pantomime without its villain: without Donald Trump, the other Republican candidates essayed the odd internecine spat in their latest...

Britain cannot be expected to pay for Italy’s failures

IF I were one for conspiracy theories, I would be starting to wonder whether EU leaders are engaged in a secret plot to persuade Britain to vote “out” in the forthcoming referendum. Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed...

DAVID ROBSON investigates the lotto ticket that didn't get laundered

DEAR David and Carol Martin, the nice couple who won £33million in the national lottery, I send good wishes though I have absolutely nothing in common with them. Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed http://ift.tt/1Q...

All burglaries are serious for the victims of crime

New research reveals that only one in 10 burglaries is solved. The simple fact is that the police seem not to care. Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed http://ift.tt/1nqYQ...

Trouble in the basement

A smuggler cove EVEN without the Terai plain’s winter fogs that cling to the flat borderlands between Nepal and India, the villages on either side of the frontier look much the same: dusty lanes lined with houses made of...

A confession to make

LOVE, as Ali MacGraw once sobbed, means never having to say you’re sorry. Working in China is the opposite: you have to say sorry quite often. A handwritten sheet of paper, ideally smudged by contrite teardrops, used to...

Grossly Deceptive Plans

ON JANUARY 19th China declared that its gross domestic product had grown by 6.9% in 2015, accounting for inflation—the slowest rate in a quarter of a century. It was neatly within the government’s target of “around 7%”,...

Deep in the woods

IT WORRIES the volunteer patroller at one of the entrances to Aokigahara forest that the white car with the Osaka number plates has now been there, empty, for five days. This forest of moss-clad trees covers 30 square kilometres...