The Dutch will go orange-crazy this coming Monday. Canals in Amsterdam will overflow with boats crammed with orange-clad merrymakers. Music will fill streets festooned with orange…
Read more(REVIEW) Jan Jekielek’s “Killed to Order: China’s Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America’s Biggest Adversary” is difficult to read. Not because it is…
Read moreFreedom – of speech or of worship, from want or from fear – was both celebrated and contested on various fronts this week, reminding us that the…
Read moreEver since Constantine in the fourth century, nations and empires have been tempted to define themselves as ‘Christian’. But can a nation or an empire be…
Read moreThe Recipe for Tomorrow We can feed a growing and warming planet without magic bullets or radical upheaval. How to Feed the World: A Factful Guide….
Read moreThis month marks twenty-five years since the first Weekly Word was sent out in February 2001. When this column began, Europe stood at the dawn of a new…
Read moreThe slogan ‘Never again’ evolved after World War Two rooted in the vow to prevent the recurrence of the Holocaust’s horrors. It has been broadened over time…
Read moreNumbers are attractive. They look precise. They fit neatly on dashboards. They let us say, “We are on track” or “We are off track” with confidence….
Read more“Europe is being transformed beyond recognition, hollowed out culturally and overrun by hordes of Muslim migrants in an irreversible process of civilisational decline”. So prominent voices…
Read moreInnovation is one of the most overused words in corporate life. Every company claims to be innovative. Many have labs, incubators, hackathons and glossy slide decks….
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