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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...

He seemed bright, alert and attentive, the young man in front of me. Part of my mind was less concerned with my reason for being in the su...

Great economic news. At last. It seems that salaries are soaring in Britain. Well, OK, not everyone’s salaries. In fact, I might have t...

An old friend of mine was an intensive care specialist at a prestigious hospital. He told me of a case he once had to deal with, of a wealth...

The Labour Party’s travails continue. The French call it the ‘parti travailliste’ which seems particularly apt these days. Though the Labour...

As a young man in my first job, I suffered from the same problem as many my age: I found getting up in the mornings a terrible pain. I inv...

On 29 November, the lower house of the Dutch Parliament voted for a partial ban on the burka, the full-face covering veil worn by a minority...