From the Archive

From the Archive ~ In the Wake of Houla

June 2023, Assad has gone, Syria is shakily being rebuilt, but even as I write war between Israel and Iran rages. America has reportedly removed Iran’s nuclear capability, and Israel is behaving in Gaza in a manner I never thought I’d see. It is for this reason that this former dispatch now becomes archival rather than being deleted.

From the Archive ~ In the Wake of Houla

From the Archive ~ Ah! I zee...

From the 2012 Archive, this does not reflect my view in 2025. The United Kingdom is complex. I am intensely proud of all four Nations, and understand fully the desire by many in each country to desire full independence. What is more, I stand with all.

My start point is the superb series UNION by Professor David Olusoga BBC

From the Archive ~ Ah! I zee...

Ukraine Dispatch 17 | Uncompromising, Direct, Blunt and Very Correct!

I am proud to have witnessed, in real time, one of the most important addresses in this 21st-century to date, and made by the 46th president of the United States of America, President Joseph Biden.

Ukraine Dispatch 17 | Uncompromising, Direct, Blunt and Very Correct!