13 April 2017 Revolution Fading Icons: The Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Councilmen of the Corporation of the City of London by J.R.Thomas All around the world populism is sweeping the established politics aside, the old order and ancient ways give place to the new. We perhaps saw it first in the Middle East and North… Continue reading Issue 100: 2017 04 13:Revolution (J.R.Thomas)
Tag: Arab Spring
Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Once there was a King… (Neil Tidmarsh)
26 May 2016 “Once There Was A King…” Scheherazade lives. by Neil Tidmarsh “Once there was a King…” So begins the traditional storyteller, wearing a fez and brandishing an ancient sword, in any café in any town in the Middle East since the beginning of time. (It’s a custom that survives even in today’s war-torn Damascus,… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Once there was a King… (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 20: 2015 09 17: A cruel and ugly truth
17 September 2015 A cruel and ugly truth by Neil Tidmarsh One of the most interesting things I read this week was a letter to the Guardian from Leslie Brent, Emeritus Professor, University of London. As one of the Kindertransport children of 1938-39, he is urging a more generous response to the current refugee crisis.… Continue reading Issue 20: 2015 09 17: A cruel and ugly truth
