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If Joe Biden resembles a man hunkered in a basement, Donald Trump looks like a man who is enjoying his Florida retirement...

“The Creator, if he exists, has a special preference for beetles.” The quote above is often misquoted, as is the attribution...

It’s not often – to say the least – that the Arab world has cause to celebrate the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Literature...

“They’re only in it for themselves.” This is one of the most common opinions about politicians I hear on the doorstep...

What an extraordinary franchise the James Bond films have become. Number 25 - No Time To Die - has just come out, and wherever you are...

“Australia’s borders are currently closed”, it says very clearly on the Australian Government website...

If US President Joe Biden is aiming for the sympathy vote to get him re-elected in 2024, his strategy is going well...

everal articles ago, in The Perfect Pitch, I wrote that “Less is more” was my second favourite aphorism. A few readers have asked me...

Oh dear, I find I’ve left the charger for my Macbook in Scotland. Have tried researching the procedures for my home trip on Kalliopi's...

When I was very young, I took up photography as a serious hobby. For a while I then spent most of my pocket money on buying film