The Falklands War – Victory or Catastrophe?
This month marks the fortieth anniversary of the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina on 2 April...
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Vincent Guy
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With his satchel, and shining morning face*
Among my vivid memories of schooldays are some cutting comments from my teachers. They seemed harsh at the time. Reflecting on them now...
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mark nicholson
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Rhinos or Roses: changing land use in dryland East Africa
Our two youngest were here in Kenya from South Africa for the Easter holidays. We came back from up-country...
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Richard Pooley
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The Value of Standing and Staring - a Japanese Life Lesson
At the end of his article on the French presidential election in the last issue David Lee quoted the well-known opening couplet of a poem...
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Dr. Mark Nicholson
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The Rocks Remain - The Wild West of Kenya, and how I almost started a war
If I had painted the above, I think it would be a considerable improvement on a Mondriaan, but I didn’t.
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Vincent Guy
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What is truth? Part 2: History
Henry Ford said “History is bunk”. Hold on while I correct that: “History is more or less bunk.” (Chicago Tribune, 25 May 1916).
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Michael Carberry
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The statesman and the clown
Until very recently, the name Volodymyr Zelensky was probably unknown to most people outside Eastern Europe. How that has changed.
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David Lee
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Macron again? A soon-to-be French citizen’s take on the French presidential election
As my life is now in France, married to a French wife, I embarked on applying for French citizenship in late 2020, whilst still...
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Stoker
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Is Putin Biden's saviour?
Traditionally, war or other disasters help incumbent politicians and create severe risks for their opposition. The opposition politician...
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Lynda Goetz
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Will Putin’s war make Westerners realise what they really should be fighting for?
The events of the last few weeks in Ukraine have brought home to many in the West the realities of what we now call the geopolitical...
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