Dr. Jehad Al-Omari6 minThe Palestinians Love Life … and all Creatures, Great and SmallTwo months ago, my 8-year-old niece, who is living with us, looked up from her iPad and told me that she had received 2,000 views on a...
Richard Pooley6 minSave the Planet’s Wildlife… Fly Long-Haul “Not again! What’s the fascination with African wildlife? You can see it all in Attenborough’s documentaries.” Such was the reaction...
Jean-Luc Barbannneau10 minLost in the Labyrinth of LanguageThis little story starts with me waiting nervously in the anteroom of a Magistrates Court in Brighton in 1975, not because of any crime,
Denis Lyons9 minFrom Russia With RoublesKate Simpson, a rising star at MI6 and thrilled to be back in London after her Moscow posting, studies James Oliphant, the improbably...
Vincent Guy6 minA Diet a Day This line from ‘Beyond the Fringe’, the satirical show of 1960, makes fun of the idea that carrots might be useful for improving...