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As we say in Arabic, these days are pregnant with events which invoke many memories to those who follow history like I do. Three events in

by Stoker For seventy years the United States has dominated international affairs. Not by having an empire but by being both policeman...

For many years I used to run cross-cultural skills courses for businesspeople engaged in doing business across borders.

Thirty-six years ago this month (1977…yes, I can subtract, so be patient) I was driving south from Addis Ababa to my house in the Ethiopian

Without wishing to join the legions of armchair epidemiologists, I do have a perspective on how matters have been handled in the Antipodes

Every Sunday morning for many years now, I walk through the tea-fields next to my home in Kenya

I must admit that my favourite subject after History is Food. It is an obsession.

Joe Biden has had a month in office now and his to-do list is very impressive. How much will get done is another matter.

Oldies like me may scoff at the notion that anyone needs to be taught how to chat but we were not brought up with a sleek oblong of metal

What do I have in common with the Jews? I don't even have anything in common with myself. - Franz Kafka