Summary: a photographic essay on the heat of the day.

Summary: what weeds teach us about the human condition I don’t read as much poetry as I used to, but I loved this book. As its title suggests it takes its starting point from things we may often ov…

Summary: “… in this great future we can’t forget our past, so dry your tears I say…” Perhaps not quite as arresting as his Shortest History of Germany, but James Hawes Shortest History of Ireland i…

Summary: Alvor, Portugal

Summary: “… in this great future we can’t forget our past, so dry your tears I say…” Perhaps not quite as arresting as his Shortest History of Germany, but James Hawes Shortest History of Ireland i…

Summary: images of Bologna, Modena and Florence Piazza XX Settembre Palazzo Strozzi, Florence Uffizi, Florence Bologna Ponte Vecchio from Uffizi Bologna Modena Covered market, Modena

Summary: photographs inspired by the art of Mark Rothko Craigville beach, Cape Cod Bologna pavement, Romagna Ferrari Spring sky Boudoir

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Summary: an evolving list Ambrose Bierce defined politics in his Devil’s Dictionary as “The conduct of public affairs for private advantage”. As Trump, Netanyahu and Putin continue to use thi…

Summary: an evolving list Terrorism: violence committed by the enemy against civilians. Self-defence: violence committed by ourselves against civilians. Tragic mistake: violence committed by oursel…

For many, if they think of him as anything other than an excuse for a party, St Patrick, a Fifth Century priest, may seem a remote figure. But his life still has some powerful contemporary resonanc…

Summary: The myth that violence solves problems persists despite history often proving the opposite. At the end of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, George shoots his friend Lennie. Lennie, a …

Summary: Theatre in a theatre of brutal war. Glorious Exploits is something of a literary first cousin to Michael Hughes’ superb Country, a retelling of the Iliad transposed to the mountains of Sou…

Summary: “In a country where they turn back time/ You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre/ Contemplating a crime” Tranquil Books, Hanoi Lunar new year’s best, Hoan Kiem lake…

Summary: “In a country where they turn back time/ You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre/ Contemplating a crime” Tranquil Books, Hanoi Lunar new year’s best, Hoan Kiem lake…

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Summary: some flowers from Kew

Summary: some flowers from Kew

The US president called the incidents that included an escalator and teleprompter mishap

Summary: One of these suspects is not like the others … As aficionados of Rumpole will know, a “cut-throat” trial is one in which co-defendants turn on each other. That is the heart of this novel a…

Summary: The UK government’s shenanigans around Palestine Action undermines fundamental principles of rule of law In 2010, Tom Bingham — former Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice, and La…

A judge in a wig and gown appears to use a gavel to beat a protester who is lying on the ground holding a blood-splattered placard.

Summary: The UK government’s shenanigans around Palestine Action undermines fundamental principles of rule of law In 2010, Tom Bingham — former Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice, and La…

Summary: The UK government’s shenanigans around Palestine Action undermines fundamental principles of rule of law In 2010, Tom Bingham — former Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice, and La…

Summary: citizens keeping the conscience of their country

The ban on covering the party's annual gathering came despite Badenoch's repeated commitment to "fight" for free speech and a free press

Health secretary criticises Tory policing record after Father Ted co-creator arrested over posts on transgender issues

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Summary: images obtained at great personal risk while eating chips in Folkestone

Summary: First in a series of guest blogs on the war in Sudan, by “Elphaba” I have been writing family bulletins for myself and anyone ready to read them since the start of the war in S…

Summary: First in a series of guest blogs on the war in Sudan, by “Elphaba” I have been writing family bulletins for myself and anyone ready to read them since the start of the war in S…