Four years ago, on a Friday in June, as President, Donald Trump abrogated Obama’s presidential directive on normalising the ties with the island and signed a memorandum abolishing most of the progress made in the relations with Cuba. Such actions established a turning point for both nations. Karina Marrón […]
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The big fat
On a recent day off, we cycled to a local reservoir, which has been redeveloped, as a leisure spot for stressed-out Londoners; a successful example of industrial re-purposing for a post-modern age. Steve Latham A brilliant sunny day, we sat at a small rickety table with tiny chairs, […]
On the trail of tranquility
Seeking to ‘glimpse the gentle law that guides the human race’ is a lofty if probably unattainable aspiration but the Austrian writer Adalbert Stifter (1805-1868), in the preface to the stories that make up his “Motley stones”, imputes such a desire to all of us. Sean Sheehan The […]
NATO seeks to reassert its hegemonic status
Founded in 1949, under the pretext of containing the danger of the Soviet Union, barely four years after the victory of the anti-fascist alliance in World War II, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is adding new ingredients in order to present itself as relevant. The organisation is now […]
Liberal pluralism: a revival of Roman emperor worship?
Hopefully noxii (doomed convicts, people noxious to society) are no longer being thrown to the lions as a means of both social control and entertainment. Nigel Pocock But, alas, both are still with us… The tabloids provide the entertainment, while the ideas with subtlety convey the Emperor’s ideals – […]
















