The first thing that strikes even the most casual visitor (to Antigua) who has any awareness, is the huge disparity between the nouveau riches with their ostentatious and garish houses, surrounded by security measures, and the shacks (often colourfully decorated) of the poor, much like beach huts in the United […]
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Covid’s civilisational crisis
Two years ago, our kids bought my wife the board-game, “Pandemic”, for Christmas. We played it several times. But now, it appears all-too-real. Steve Latham It seems only recently that scientists were debating whether to label our era as the ‘Anthropocene’, in recognition of the devastation our species […]
Decluttering words
Decluttering can make a lot of sense – the average US household is said to contain some 300,000 items – but it has become a new orthodoxy and in doing so has ironically added to the junk in our lives. Sean Sheehan Life becomes tidier when you’re not […]
Fiona Churcher: Who was she?
After a long and very painful battle with cancer, Fiona passed away at 2.15 am on Saturday May 16, with her sister Sheila and niece Eleni holding her hand. Fiona was born in Edgware in North London, to an English father and a Scottish mother, and was an extraordinary person […]
The great disconnect
Warren Buffet, the US investment guru, has apparently withdrawn all his investments in airlines. In addition, Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic is removing all its flights from Gatwick Airport. Steve Latham What does this portend for the future of air-travel? While it may be good for climate change, in […]
















