A new future for the Chagos is approaching. On April 1st a British government spokesman said that Britain was finalising a ...

The sale of an island just off the coast of Bacoli, near Naples, has pit the quest for a rich investor against a more communal alternative. Punta Pennata, a sliver of land about 20 miles from ...

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My mistake — encouraged by the offbeat bona fides of the British performers Tom Basden and Tim Key — was expecting “The Ballad of Wallis Island” to provide one. Bereft of chuckles or even ...

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I knew I’d have to include James Griffiths’ “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” a twee-sounding British comedy about a folk musician named Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) who plays a gig on a remote ...

This comment is being written ahead of the normal Friday deadline for printing the Sunday Island due to the forthcoming... Thursday 10th April, 2025 President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s letter to US ...

There are two active volcanoes in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park: Mauna Loa and Kilauea. Kilauea is the real "must-see" of the two volcanoes. A 4,000-foot-tall mountain, Kilauea has been active ...

When folk musician Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) arrives on the remote, sea-swept Wallis Island, he believes he’s coming to play an intimate gig for a few fans. In reality, the concert is for one man: ...