Two of these books urge young readers to be outside their homes, discovering and enjoying the natural world around them. The other two celebrate self-esteem and black history. Sean Sheehan “I ate Sunshine for breakfast” (7-14 year-olds) justifies its glorious title by bringing botany alive. Informative text and […]
In Focus
In Focus
Return the gold to Venezuela
On July 2nd 2020 British Judge Nigel Teare, with regard to a Central Bank of Venezuela litigation for 31 tons of gold entrusted to the Bank of England to be returned to the Venezuelan state, issued a verdict in favour of ‘interim president” Juan Guaidó. Francisco Dominguez* The […]
Coronavirus: women at the highest level of vulnerability
Despite the fact that the vast pay and labour-related inequalities that exist between men and women were not caused by Covid-19, the pandemic has exacerbated this gap to further women’s disadvantage. Ivette Fernández Women are currently facing a serious threat to their livelihood, an increase in domestic labour, […]
Groundhog days
Trump rose to power in 2016 on waves of racism and nationalism that have always flowed in the American psyche. As the next election looms, he seeks to ride the same currents and, once again, the Democrats are beached on the sand with a figurehead who may not be able […]
A Covid scorecard?
When I was a boy, we played the game ‘Tiplatch’. This involved kids knocking on the door of someone’s house, and then running away from the irate owner, without getting caught. Steve Latham However, I often seemed to be the one captured and slapped. Nevertheless, under many different […]
















