These three short novels by Sylvia Townsend Warner, written in the 1920s and ‘30s, show the author to be one of the most underappreciated of 20th century British writers of fiction. Sean Sheehan The stories have very different settings and characters and are testimony to the imaginative range […]
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Trouble down below
I woke up in hospital, on a Monday afternoon, and behold! – a catheter was protruding from my nether regions. Steve Latham I’d gone in for an investigation, to see whether I had bladder cancer; the result was gratifyingly negative. But I had not expected to leave with […]
Macri denies support for social repression in Bolivia
Former Argentinian president Mauricio Macri broke his silence, two days after the scandal regarding his backing of social repression in Bolivia in 2019, he refuted the facts and claimed to be politically persecuted. Already in the international spotlight following the Bolivian government’s complaint against his support with military weapons […]
In Colombia the regime is producing fear
On the occasion of the pandemic, the ensuing lockdowns and the ‘mea culpa’ that many made for the indelible mark that we have been leaving on the planet, the idea-dream spread that when the pandemic was over, human beings would be better. Germán Ayala Osorio* In the Colombian […]
Cecile Allegra (II): Rape them all
When you rape the men, you eliminate the political class. What is happening in Libya is probably one of the worst Crimes against Humanity since WW2. Activists based in Tunis collect witness accounts from survivors of torture, and make a risky journey into Libya, accompanied by Celine Bardet an international lawyer, who worked on mass rape in Bosnia.