Overseas aid
Why is China sending aid money to Surrey?
When I first hear that my well-heeled Surrey neighbourhood is receiving aid from China, I assume it must be a…
I nourish my dream of a fat pill
As good conversation should, the talk meandered from the serious to the playful. One of the serious topics was overseas…
Give them shelter
The tale is now familiar: shouts are heard from inside a freight container and police are called. A cargo of…
General paralysis
America has let Egypt’s old military oligarchs take hold again. Must it carry on paying for them, too?
