UN
What do Munroe Bergdorf and Andrew Tate have in common?
For inadequate men scared by self-willed women, by the start of the 21st century, things were getting dangerously out of hand. The old right-wing ‘Kinder, Küche,…
Can Israelis trust the UN?
You probably think you’ve heard every story there is to hear about people getting fired over their tweets. Well, here’s…
Would Japan defend Taiwan from a Chinese attack?
In a parliamentary debate in early June about Covid, Japan’s prime minister Yoshihide Suga said that Australia, New Zealand and…
What’s the truth about the UN’s ‘code red’ climate warning?
Predictably enough, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report has been greeted with hyperbole about fire, flood and tempest. It is…
The woman who wrote Afghanistan’s electoral laws lives on a houseboat in Bristol
By the age of eight Vaira Vike-Freiberga had learnt that life was both ‘very strange and very unfair’. Her baby…
The UN’s extinction warning doesn’t add up
Anyone watching the BBC’s News at Ten on Monday would have been surprised to learn that economic growth poses a…
High life
After the heat in Greece, the Alps are cool and green and very comfortable. My sensei Richard Amos is over…
Less than Marvellous
Captain America: Civil War is the 897th instalment — or something like it — in the Marvel comic franchise. This…
Cooler heads
The age of climate realism is upon us
The Australian example
For many years, Australia has been turning away boats filled with migrants. From a remove, this looks cold–hearted — a…
Diary
I have escaped this rather depressing election campaign by retreating to my home in la France profonde — to be…
The actor-commentariat
I’ve never been terribly keen on actors. I prefer hairdressers and accountants. And teachers and builders and lawyers. I may…
