The Making of an Arab Icon
On 11th May, a momentous event took place in Palestine on the outskirts of the Jenin Camp. I refer to the cold-blooded killing of a...
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Richard Pooley
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“Burn My Love Letters!”
Jane, my recently-widowed 95-year old mother-in-law didn’t say exactly “Burn my love letters!”. But close enough...
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Dr. Mark Nicholson
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On the Politics of Language
George Bernard Shaw once wrote that England and the USA were “two countries divided by a common tongue”. But what happens when one...
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Eric Boa
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Visa Woes and Wars
From 1970 to 1971 I was a volunteer teacher in Botswana, eager to visit other countries. At the end of the first term I headed off with...
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Lynda Goetz
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The Death of Customer Service
“Your custom is important to us” the disembodied voice tells you as you’re left hanging on the phone indefinitely...
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Michael Carberry
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The Falklands War – the benefits of hindsight.
In my article in Only Connect on 20 April 2022, The Falklands War – Victory or Catastrophe, I concluded that, taking an objective look...
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Stoker
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Once upon a Time … there was a great Western film score composer
The first thing you really must do – if it’s still possible – is to book a seat for yourself and your partner or best friend at your...
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Vincent Guy
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How I started and stopped being a theatre director: Part 1
1963. There I am, 19 years old, convinced, on the strength of one school Shakespeare, that I would be welcomed as god’s gift to...
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Cady Hekmat
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Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law in Arab Culture – Switching Seats
The mother of one of my friends once told us about the tragedy of dealing with her mother-in-law, who struggled with Alzheimer's...
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Richard Pooley
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A Bull’s Nose Ring – French Politics in 2022
Not long after my wife and I came to live in the village of Vayrac in south-west France in 2013 we set up an English-French group...
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