eyewitness

Eyewitness to the true heroism of Zulu: Major John Chard’s memoir reveals reality of Rorke’s drift

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Even after 141 years and two World Wars, it remains one of the most celebrated actions in British military history. Thanks in no small part to the 1964 classic film, Zulu — starring Stanley Baker and a young, plummy-toned Michael Caine — the Battle of Rorke’s Drift has become a byword for standing firm in … Read more

Eyewitness to the true heroism of Zulu: Major John Chard’s memoir reveals reality of Rorke’s drift

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Even after 141 years and two World Wars, it remains one of the most celebrated actions in British military history. Thanks in no small part to the 1964 classic film, Zulu — starring Stanley Baker and a young, plummy-toned Michael Caine — the Battle of Rorke’s Drift has become a byword for standing firm in … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: Eyewitness to a bout of Boris Johnson baloney 

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Among the most affecting passages in investigative journalist Tom Bower’s new biography of Boris Johnson was the story of how Boris’s one-time mistress, Petronella Wyatt, miscarried their baby in November 2004. The future Prime Minister, we read, sat with Wyatt in the hospital and grieved with her. Yet what will, perhaps, have raised a few … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: Eyewitness to a bout of Boris Johnson baloney 

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Among the most affecting passages in investigative journalist Tom Bower’s new biography of Boris Johnson was the story of how Boris’s one-time mistress, Petronella Wyatt, miscarried their baby in November 2004. The future Prime Minister, we read, sat with Wyatt in the hospital and grieved with her. Yet what will, perhaps, have raised a few … Read more

Security guard and eyewitness tells how Reading terror suspect attacked him a year earlier

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A stunned eyewitness to the Reading terror attack was assaulted by suspect Khairi Saadallah in a bottle attack a year earlier. Sainsbury’s security guard Sydney McDonald, 65, was the victim in the court case that put Saadallah behind bars until just 16 days ago. Mr McDonald was on the scene in Forbury Gardens on Saturday when … Read more