The codger misspeaks again – or does he?
“Well, my dear, we didn’t know where to look. The old codger was getting away with it again,…
Sweden and Finland bid farewell to neutrality
It’s easy to imagine Vladimir Putin coming into the shop marked ‘Sweden,’ breaking some fine china accidentally on…
Bad timing in Northern Ireland
Four months ago Jonathan Powell warned that the ‘Good Friday’ agreement of 1998 that ended thirty years of…
China paying the price of dictator’s claim of infallibility
Even the Pope claims to be infallible only on matters of faith and doctrine. On the chance of…
Climate change hits southern Africa
Tropical Storm Ana in January, Tropical Cyclone Batsirai in February, then Dumako, Emnati and Gombe in quick succession:…
Britain has plenty of shame to go around
It’s generally bad form to quote another journalist, but Stewart Lee’s day job is stand-up comedian, so we…
The French election is about to get interesting
French President Emmanuel Macron won the first round of the presidential election on Sunday, but he’s still in…
A tale of two truces
Two weeks ago, the three biggest wars in the world were in Ukraine, Ethiopia and Yemen. Now truces…
Hungarians look ready to be fooled again
Russian President Vladimir Putin may not be able to save himself, but he may already have saved another…
Ukraine providing lessons for Taiwan, lessons for China
Almost a month in, China is still being extremely coy about its attitude towards the Russian invasion of…