Stoker6 minIs Putin Biden's saviour?Traditionally, war or other disasters help incumbent politicians and create severe risks for their opposition. The opposition politician...
Lynda Goetz5 minWill Putin’s war make Westerners realise what they really should be fighting for?The events of the last few weeks in Ukraine have brought home to many in the West the realities of what we now call the geopolitical...
Richard Pooley7 minIs Latvia next?What do I know of Ukraine? Little, even now. I have never been there and have only been to Russia three times...
Dr. Jehad Al-Omari7 minA Taste of HeavenA couple of weeks ago, Jordanian children resumed their schooling following a prolonged forced shutdown due to Covid-19...
Stoker6 minWoke Ices - Bad for Your Corporate Health?Many years ago – many, many years ago it seems now – in that sunlit world where Ronald Reagan was President and Margaret Thatcher was ..
Vincent Guy5 minWhat is truth? Part 1: Science and Statistics What is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Francis Bacon, 1601.Bacon’s line suggests that...
Lynda Goetz4 minThe Art of WritingIn the last issue, Richard asked if he should continue to edit and publish Only-Connect. The (limited) response was in favour...
Lynda Goetz6 minStress and Anxiety - Modern Problems or part of the Human Condition?It is almost certainly true to say that for the majority of the population in the developed world, living conditions...
Dr. Mark Nicholson6 minA Bird in the Bush is Worth Two in the Hand“θάλαττα, θάλαττα!!“(Thalassa, Thalassa!), cried my driver as we crested the Shimba Hills in south-east Kenya. Except he didn’t, because ...
Kalliopi Venieri3 minMeeting Rudolf Nureyev, Part 2Once Rudi’s freedom was officially established, the Cuevas company invited him to dance with us in Sleeping Beauty, our new production...