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It’s been a long haul, but Spain at last has a confirmed government again. That matters to me particularly because we now live in Spain, l...

The price of not being prepared for war can be an end to peace Syrian Kurds flee the fighting as Turkey invades Oh, say can you see, By...

If I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall be In that rich e...

Birds of a feather flock together, they say. Or to put it the way the French do, tell me who you hang out with, and I’ll tell you who you ar...

It’s ironic that generosity and opening up to others can sometimes be as beneficial to the nation offering the gifts as to those receiving t...

1861 was a lousy year for the United States. It started with southern States tumbling over each other to get out of the Union. Then in Apr...

Given the choice of explaining events in terms of conspiracy or cock-up, I’m always far more inclined to go for the latter. This is becaus...

It’s Brussels this time. At least another 31 deaths and over 200 injured. Harrowing, dismal events, and the latest in a series of them. ...

Some enthusiasm may be in order, as the world adopts the Paris Agreement on global warming. It won’t go far enough, or be binding enough, bu...

It’s fascinating to watch all the noise that’s been generated over whether or not Britain should take part in air strikes against ISIS in Sy...

What a joy it is to see a people, saddled with a centralising, increasingly autocratic ruler, turn out and vote to stop him gathering still ...

One hundred years ago today, on Wednesday 15 July 1914, Martin the Mancunian railwayman might have taken some encouragement from a piece ...