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In the last issue of Only Connect, I wondered whether the campaign in the West to ban trophy hunting might result in precisely the opposite

We don’t know who came up with the phrase King of the Jungle, but we imagine it must have been someone living in India

Rudi’s definitely worried! Election posters everywhere remind German citizens that nationwide elections are due

As a retired person, I clearly have a very reasonable amount of ‘me-time’, probably far more than I need, or even than is good for me.

“Travel broadens the mind” you must have been told many times. But does it? In the twenty first century, does it? It can certainly be fasci

When did you last think about Venus? Not in blue jeans, not Williams, not the debrachiated de Milo. No, I mean the planet.

The Taliban leadership has returned from exile in Qatar; Qatar and Turkey have offered to run Kabul airport for the Taliban

The United States constitution must surely be the most elaborate and intelligent ever devised to underpin the functioning of a democracy.

What was your reaction on seeing this photo? Revulsion? Pity? Anger? Envy? Did you mutter “Bastards!”

On 5 August UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson once again provoked controversy. While visiting Scotland he said that Margaret Thatcher...