‘I do not think the Russian general staff is so naive as to think this is a definite long term alliance. There will naturally be mutual wariness’. (Alexander Gabuev, chair of the Rusia in the […]
Stephen Hawking died in the early hours of this morning at his home in Cambridge, aged 76. His work on what happens when stars collapse into themselves made him the most famous scientist in the […]
Irrespective of whether you are a monarchist or not, the Queen’s New Years (and Birthday) Honours list makes for interesting reading. Honours have been awarded since at least 1890 and published in the London Gazette […]
The formerly safe Republican seat of Alabama has been lost to Democrat Doug Jones in a high-octane twist in this Senate race. As the night progressed it seemed that the self-styled cowboy, Republican Roy Moore, […]
The Centenary of The Russian Revolution: What have we learned? The Economist wrote that Russian Premier, Vladimir Putin, “like a tsar, has buttressed his power through repression and military conflict”. Putin has suppressed political opposition […]
Although the official results won’t be in until October 31st the provisional final count gives Sebastian Kurz’s People’s Party (ÖVP) the win in the Austrian election that has been closely watched by the rest of […]
In the burrows of the Nightmare Where Justice naked is; Time watches from the shadow And coughs when you would kiss. WH Auden, ‘As I walked out one Evening’ As I was driving […]
‘I’m not a spokesperson for the L.G.B.T. community. I don’t want to be branded as a gay minister, just as my colleagues don’t want to be primarily defined as being straight. All I want is […]
This weekend was the annual Glastonbury music festival and there were some unlikely performers. Jeremy Corbyn was a surprise star of the show on Saturday when he introduced the US rap duo ‘Run the Jewels’. […]
In the image above, a resident and a cat are evacuated from the Taplow Tower residential block as a precautionary measure following concerns over the type of cladding used on the outside of the building on […]
