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A request for direct help

Words come so easy

Ladies and gentlemen, kindly be upstanding for the National Bullshit

Holding business and government to account?

Culture, ethics and morality

An idea can’t be patented, but it can get you thrown in jail

Moore live, less die

We who criticise atrocity tread a very thin line between denouncing it and encouraging it

My wife’s gone to the West Indies

Performing Under Pressure

Forgiveness

Three million wrecks

Never again, Enola Gay

The poor are morally superior

How can we be sure?

The Bible says if someone comes to kill you, you must kill them first

What the Marcinelle mining disaster can teach us about today’s Los Angeles

Peak revenue

Where do NATO countries get their matériel?

Zero-balancing

7 Seconds

Growing up in Ithaca

I know nothing

High, high, high soci, high society

Why should Mr Trump obey the law?

The NATO contribution to starting the Russo-Ukrainian War

Airheads

Welcome to MacArthur Park

Thanks be to God that Pope Francis is dead

Kick off your Sunday shoes

Helicopter down in the Hudson

Never would so much be owed by so many to so few

“Pressure, threats and blackmail are not the right ways to deal with China”

A London Symphony

The primacy of politics

It’s over

Sigh no more, DEI

Civilisation

Oh, Canada

Sticks and stones

I should care

Justice: a reason, or an excuse?

On three categories of friends

Spin, little girl, spin

If they do it, we’ll thank them

The jury’s back in after considering Trump’s accusations against Zelenskyy

Marc: the megastar who died in a Mini

Don’t tell us what we’ll feel

So, what do you think about THAT?

Where we come from

The presumption of innocence

An inspector calls

You can’t say “bomb” on an airplane

Hobson’s choice

Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Sutherland

Grimm reflections

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

Israel’s security, Palestine’s patience

Chaff to the wind - Paille au vent

The relevance of railway heroes today

Fight the rentier economy with a rentier economy?

Part of the Union

Appoint kings and presidents ad nutum

How to ...

Wasn’t the moon landing great television?

“You’ll be dead, but you’ll be okay”: is death by firing squad a good thing?

A personal insight into Germany

The relevance of Bowie’s “Heroes” today

A “tussendoortje” about boycotts

Why should we repay colonial debts?

Keep calm and carry on

Angelenos have paid a heavy toll with the recent fires

Everlasting Love (from The Everlasting Love Affair) by Love Affair but not by Love Affair

America first, foretold in a Russian’s fifth

Varnish and veneer: applied with care

Well, doctor, what have we got - a republic or a monarchy?

What did the railways ever do for us?

The tail wagging the dog

Ukraine: the final showdown for sovereignty?

The dawn of an era

Penguins confirm: what doesn’t fly doesn’t crash either