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Henry Ford said “History is bunk”. Hold on while I correct that: “History is more or less bunk.” (Chicago Tribune, 25 May 1916).

Until very recently, the name Volodymyr Zelensky was probably unknown to most people outside Eastern Europe. How that has changed.

As my life is now in France, married to a French wife, I embarked on applying for French citizenship in late 2020, whilst still...

Traditionally, war or other disasters help incumbent politicians and create severe risks for their opposition. The opposition politician...

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...

What do I know of Ukraine? Little, even now. I have never been there and have only been to Russia three times...

A couple of weeks ago, Jordanian children resumed their schooling following a prolonged forced shutdown due to Covid-19...

Many years ago – many, many years ago it seems now – in that sunlit world where Ronald Reagan was President and Margaret Thatcher was ..

What is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Francis Bacon, 1601.Bacon’s line suggests that...

In the last issue, Richard asked if he should continue to edit and publish Only-Connect. The (limited) response was in favour...