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Antipodean Insanity
“Australia’s borders are currently closed”, it says very clearly on the Australian Government website...
Lynda Goetz
5 min read


AOC – A Gift for US Republicans?
If US President Joe Biden is aiming for the sympathy vote to get him re-elected in 2024, his strategy is going well...
Stoker
6 min read


Life Lesson: Do it now; it’s later than you think
everal articles ago, in The Perfect Pitch, I wrote that “Less is more” was my second favourite aphorism. A few readers have asked me...
Richard Pooley
5 min read


A Covid Day in Athens
Oh dear, I find I’ve left the charger for my Macbook in Scotland. Have tried researching the procedures for my home trip on Kalliopi's...
Vincent Guy
5 min read


Family roots: do they still matter to the British?
When I was very young, I took up photography as a serious hobby. For a while I then spent most of my pocket money on buying film
Dr. Jehad Al-Omari
6 min read


Western animal sentimentalism is causing the destruction of African wildlife
In the last issue of Only Connect, I wondered whether the campaign in the West to ban trophy hunting might result in precisely the opposite
Richard Pooley
7 min read


Kings of the Jungle
We don’t know who came up with the phrase King of the Jungle, but we imagine it must have been someone living in India
Denis Sengeny, Harrison Nabaala, Naitereu Soit & Mark Nicholson
6 min read


A Letter from Germany. Elections in Germany: Confusion Mounts!
Rudi’s definitely worried! Election posters everywhere remind German citizens that nationwide elections are due
Peter-Jeorg Alexander
6 min read


‘Me-Time’ – Epitome of Our Selfish Era?
As a retired person, I clearly have a very reasonable amount of ‘me-time’, probably far more than I need, or even than is good for me.
Lynda Goetz
5 min read


What divides Russia and China? “One of the most formidable rivers on Earth”
“Travel broadens the mind” you must have been told many times. But does it? In the twenty first century, does it? It can certainly be fasci
Stoker
6 min read
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