News about Bertrand Russell

Why do Lefties have a problem with our national flag? It's a serious question. There are few nations in the world of which radicals should be prouder. Which country, down the centuries, did as much to enrich working people and give them a share in government? Where, in the sweep of history, would you rather have been poor, or female, or from a religious minority? What makes the latest bout of national angst about the Union flag interesting is the location. Some locals in the Norfolk village of Claxton are reportedly upset at plans to fly the world's most famous banner outside their village hall on special occasions.

Labour-run Camden Council added the digital tag on the famed writer's monument (left) in Bloomsbury, central London , which outlines Woolf's 'imperialist attitudes'. The measure is part of a scheme drawn up in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests to address the connections between local statues and 'racism, slavery... [and] imperialism'. When scanned, the QR code brings up a lengthy explanation of Woolf's 'unacceptable views'. But the move has outraged the author's great-niece, Emma Woolf (right), who wrote on X: 'You couldn't make it up. The wokerati of Camden Council have decided that this statue of my great-aunt Virginia Woolf in Bloomsbury needs a QR code to explain her ''offensive' attitudes.'

Suzy Lamplugh was discovered with false plates on victim Shirley Banks' orange mini, which was discovered in the garage at the block of flats belonging to killer John Cannan (top right), and may have proved that he murdered Suzy Lamplugh. Suzy was officially declared dead by a coroner this week, seven years after the tragic 25-year-old vanished without a trace after attempting to find a 'Mr Kipper' at a Fulham property in July 1986.