RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: D-Day is cancelled… everybody back on the landing craft! 

They won’t be fighting them on the beaches next month to mark the anniversary of D-Day. A planned re-enactment in Devon has been cancelled — on the orders of elf’n’safety. It was scheduled to take place on Saunton Sands and the dunes at Braunton Burrows, where 10,000 troops trained for Operation Overlord in 1944. But … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: D-Day is cancelled… everybody back on the landing craft! 

They won’t be fighting them on the beaches next month to mark the anniversary of D-Day. A planned re-enactment in Devon has been cancelled — on the orders of elf’n’safety. It was scheduled to take place on Saunton Sands and the dunes at Braunton Burrows, where 10,000 troops trained for Operation Overlord in 1944. But … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Oi Angie, pass the Duchy from the left-hand side…

Breaking news: Woman you’ve never heard of is reshuffled out of a job you didn’t know she had, then promoted into another job you didn’t realise existed. That appears to be the sum of the story obsessing the Boys In The Bubble yesterday in the wake of last week’s elections. Aside from the tiresome Wee … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Oi Angie, pass the Duchy from the left-hand side…

Breaking news: Woman you’ve never heard of is reshuffled out of a job you didn’t know she had, then promoted into another job you didn’t realise existed. That appears to be the sum of the story obsessing the Boys In The Bubble yesterday in the wake of last week’s elections. Aside from the tiresome Wee … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Here’s to Fleet Street’s finest (and that includes you) 

Reading the supplements celebrating 125 glorious years of the Daily Mail has been like watching my life flash before me. Not that I’ve been around for 125 years, although sometimes it feels like it. The lovingly recreated highlights of this newspaper’s, and our nation’s, history have transported me on a sentimental journey. For instance, I … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Here’s to Fleet Street’s finest (and that includes you) 

Reading the supplements celebrating 125 glorious years of the Daily Mail has been like watching my life flash before me. Not that I’ve been around for 125 years, although sometimes it feels like it. The lovingly recreated highlights of this newspaper’s, and our nation’s, history have transported me on a sentimental journey. For instance, I … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Nicking burglars? Not in the line of duty, Guv!

The least surprising story yesterday was the news that almost one million burglaries have gone unsolved in the past five years. My immediate reaction was: Is that all? It’s long been an open secret that the police don’t bother investigating break-ins. Some forces admit they will only send a copper if the intruder is still … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Nicking burglars? Not in the line of duty, Guv!

The least surprising story yesterday was the news that almost one million burglaries have gone unsolved in the past five years. My immediate reaction was: Is that all? It’s long been an open secret that the police don’t bother investigating break-ins. Some forces admit they will only send a copper if the intruder is still … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Makes you proud to be English (Yes, really!) 

Fingers on buzzers. Here is your starter for ten. What’s the significance of today, Friday, April 23? No conferring. I’m going to have to hurry you. Anybody? Sorry, time’s up. The answer is: St George’s Day. You could be forgiven for not knowing. Surveys regularly show that fewer than half the English can name the … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Makes you proud to be English (Yes, really!) 

Fingers on buzzers. Here is your starter for ten. What’s the significance of today, Friday, April 23? No conferring. I’m going to have to hurry you. Anybody? Sorry, time’s up. The answer is: St George’s Day. You could be forgiven for not knowing. Surveys regularly show that fewer than half the English can name the … Read more