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Beyond the tipping point: the Runaway Greenhouse Effect
When did you last think about Venus? Not in blue jeans, not Williams, not the debrachiated de Milo. No, I mean the planet.
Dr. Mark Nicholson
1 min read
The Qatar Connection- The Taliban and Political Islam
The Taliban leadership has returned from exile in Qatar; Qatar and Turkey have offered to run Kabul airport for the Taliban
Neil Tidmarsh
5 min read
Look West…
The United States constitution must surely be the most elaborate and intelligent ever devised to underpin the functioning of a democracy.
Stoker
6 min read
Is Animal Sentimentalism Causing the Destruction of African Wildlife?
What was your reaction on seeing this photo? Revulsion? Pity? Anger? Envy? Did you mutter “Bastards!”
Richard Pooley
6 min read
Boris Johnson and the UK pit closures
On 5 August UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson once again provoked controversy. While visiting Scotland he said that Margaret Thatcher...
Michael Carberry
7 min read
The facts do NOT speak for themselves. We need a Data Singer.
You are, I’m sure, a better world citizen than me. As soon as you saw, on 9 August, the words “It is a code red for humanity”
Richard Pooley
6 min read
The Second-Best Exotic Lunatic Line
By Mark Nicholson I took a train to Mombasa last week on the Chinese standard gauge railway (SGR, 1.435m) partly out of curiosity and...
Dr. Mark Nicholson
6 min read
“May You Live in Interesting Times”
I have to confess that for me and my family, following a fairly busy series of lock-downs, this summer and certainly this last month...
Lynda Goetz
5 min read
A lesson for life – Thank you, Dr P.
By Vincent Guy Photo by Roger Mayne I can’t say I learned a lot at Oxford University, but I did get a lesson for life from Dr Zbigniew...
Vincent Guy
2 min read
South Africa - into the frying pan and into the fire
On July 11, I sent our two youngest girls back to school. At least I thought I did. Their journey as usual starts at 0100am
Dr. Mark Nicholson
6 min read
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