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‘Troubled Souls’ - Some Thoughts on Suicide
An army veteran is planning a cross-country kayak, from Preston Brook near Liverpool to Putney Bridge, to raise funds for a memorial...
Lynda Goetz
6 min read
I Dreamed of Jerusalem
In my youth and well into my twenties I had one recurring dream and one recurring nightmare which I could not shake off easily.
Dr. Jehad Al-Omari
7 min read
The Last Ice in Africa - The Ruwenzori or the Mountains of the Moon
“Oh dear, what can I give my grandson, a man who has everything, for his birthday? I know, what about a mountain? Don’t I own a spare...
Dr. Mark Nicholson
6 min read
The Phoenix of Florida
Welcome to Cornwall, Mr Biden. Well, actually, to Suffolk. Mildenhall, near Ipswich, to be precise.
Stoker
6 min read
Do you understand? Is English becoming dangerously unclear?
I had a couple of days last week where I was grappling with the English language. Not my own version of it.
Richard Pooley
6 min read
Enough!
After eleven days, a fragile peace has broken out in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people in Gaza.
Stoker
7 min read
Water, water everywhere
‘Nor any drop to drink’. Yes, I know Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner was talking about the southern oceans and yes, I know the water
Dr. Mark Nicholson
1 min read
Letter from Germany: Anti-Semitism is on the Rise
Rudi is devastated. These demonstrations are outrageous. “Shit Jew! Child murderers!“ The crowd applauds and jeers
Peter-Jeorg Alexander
5 min read
“Japanese bodies are different”. Why exceptionalism can be fatal.
What’s gone wrong in Japan? I wrote four articles* between June last year and January this year comparing the Japanese management
Richard Pooley
7 min read
The Gnome Liberation Front
In September 1998 eleven garden gnomes were found hanging by their necks under a bridge at Briey in eastern France.
Pierre Dujardin
4 min read
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