I have often thought that the title Great Britain spoke of the pomposity and hubris which stems from our small island mentality and the ancient legacy of the British Empire which prevails in English nostalgia. Peter Cook* We have been taught a valuable lesson by Brexit, that no […]
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What a difference a week makes
I arrived at the Palestine Museum of Natural History / Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability, housed in the buildings and grounds of an old convent, on Sunday 1st October, after a slightly more complicated and wearing journey than expected, due to a broken-down plane at Luton Airport. Johnnie Byrne […]
Inequality as a cause of hunger and famine
More than 42 million inhabitants of Latin America and the Caribbean suffer from hunger. This is around 6.5% of their population, totalling 662 million. Persistent inequalities deepen food insecurity for the population who are in a situation of poverty. Sergio Ferrari Today hunger is greater than during pre-Covid […]
The world we live in
Jacqueline Rose began “The plague” with the first UK pandemic lockdown (March 2020) and she finished it with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine two years later. Written, as she puts it, ‘in the heat and chill of its moment’, it is remarkably eloquent and reflective, distinguished by a precision of thought […]
Food insecurity and malnutrition in Latin America
In the Latin America and the Caribbean region, healthy eating costs more than anywhere else on the planet. Sergio Ferrari Between 2020 and 2021, the cost of eating a healthy diet in the region increased by 5.3 per cent due to food inflation driven by the pandemic […]
















