::::::Yo, Blair! We shouldn't care about newspapers or convention: that's the territory of bullshitters. Of course lungwidg changes all the time (especially that "of" Shakespeare), but principles of definition don't change. Britain is an island in Europe. Ireland is an island in Europe. The term British Isles was invented to cover both islands so that a Scottish king could define for his new found subjects what the feck he was up to. All politics - nothing to do with geography, geology, birds or walking paths. Homosexual conduct remains sweatily constant, no matter what tag you choose to describe it by. Ugh, you English!