Fables tend to convey a moral, often anodyne, sometimes downright objectionable. Enlightened writers have seen that children need fables with a ring of social truth, not sanctimonious ones that avoid confronting unpleasant realities. Sean Sheehan The libertarian William Godwin (1756-1836) took to writing under an assumed name because of […]
In Focus
In Focus
Cuban doctors nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
British academic, Helen Yaffe, has nominated Cuba’s Henry Reeve International Medical Contingent to receive the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for their contribution to tackling COVID-19 in 39 countries around the world. “Having researched the development of Cuba’s public healthcare system and its ‘medical internationalism’, I appeal to the Nobel […]
Those sanctioning remittances to Cuba seek re-election
Another move by US president Donald Trump’s administration, meant to harm the Cuban people, came into effect a few days ago, when a company dealing with sending remittances to the island was sanctioned. The State Department announced a week ago that American International Services (AIS) was added to the […]
The incompletion of melancholy
I write about ‘my depression’. But why so possessive? Because, every person’s depression is unique to them. Steve Latham To appropriate Tolstoy’s observation about families (“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.’), we are happy in the same way; we are […]
Ordinary heroism
Maria Fouillette, daughter of a butcher in a French town close to the border with Switzerland, was the mother of two children. Her husband Roger became leader of an anti-Nazi resistance group until he was arrested in 1943. Sean Sheehan Roger was brought, shackled and bruised, to his […]
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