The world may be changing rapidly, mostly for the worse, yet in London’s Somerset House, built with all the stolid permanence of the Neoclassical…

It’s hard to believe that as long ago as January, an Irish barrister representing South Africa appeared at the ICJ to accuse Israel of genocide…

In Britain, the news that the Princess of Wales has been diagnosed with cancer has come as a huge shock.Ever since her hospitalisation for abdominal…

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…