An old mate of mine – old being the operative word here – has taken to complaining that whatever ‘beauty capital’ he once had is sadly depleted.In an…
At the end of January 2024, a Lebanese-born Australian scholar by the name of Ghassan Hage was summarily sacked from his role at the Max Planck…
Events in the Middle East continue to dominate the headlines as far away as Britain.This week, the visit of the Rev. Dr Munther Isaac, Lutheran…
It may be a little early to determine what will swing the election in America. If a week is a long time in politics, ten months feels like an…
Something is changing in the world’s perception of events in Gaza.In the course of the past three months, in response to Hamas attacks on 7 October,…
No one could claim that the vexed issue of illegal immigration is a joke. Having said that, the idea that sending a few hundred of the thousands of…
If Israel's war on Gaza proves one thing, then it is Albert Einstein’s famous definition of madness. The people currently in power have repeated the…
It’s difficult to say whether the world needed a new film about Napoleon. For anyone who has had the pleasure of watching Abel Gance’s silent biopic…
Britain’s political pundits were well aware that Monday might be a momentous day, following on the heels of the country’s lost Armistice weekend,…
When the great Japanese artist Hokusai, reached the age of 60, many of his greatest works were ahead of him. In Japan, that turning point in a person…