26 January 2017 Congratulations, Mr President! At last, the good guy is in and the bad guy is out. By Neil Tidmarsh So the new president was finally sworn in this week. We were beginning to wonder if it would ever actually happen. After all, when the right candidate won the election last year, we… Continue reading Issue 89:2017 01 26:Congratulations Mr President!(Neil Tidmarsh)
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Issue 88:2017 01 19: Not on the Map (Neil Tidmarsh)
19 January 2017 Not On The Map Some countries just don’t exist. by Neil Tidmarsh Never mind dodgy dossiers and fake news – the most audacious recent attempt to blur imagination and reality came at a press conference given in New York by Poland’s foreign minister Witold Waszcsykowski this week. He was reporting on his… Continue reading Issue 88:2017 01 19: Not on the Map (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 86:2017 01 05:Look at That (Neil Tidmarsh)
05 January 2017 Look At That! On the horizon, there, straight ahead… by Neil Tidmarsh Hello there! Welcome! Yes, come in, sit down, make yourself at home! You’re looking great, I must say. So young, so fresh. So unlike your predecessor, who’s just hobbled off the premises, poor old thing, so ancient, so battered. I… Continue reading Issue 86:2017 01 05:Look at That (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Misdirection (Neil Tidmarsh)
22 December 2016 Misdirection Lieutenant San’s remote Christmas. by Neil Tidmarsh Christmas Eve. The dark sky was full of stars – and drones. Hundreds of thousands of drones – big ones and small ones, fast ones and slow ones – all delivering a deluge of last-minute Christmas gifts. The night air rang with their humming… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Misdirection (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Book Review “The Light of Day” by Eric Ambler (Neil Tidmarsh)
22 December 2016 The Light Of Day by Eric Ambler Reviewed by Neil Tidmarsh Tired of trekking through the bleak landscape of Scandi’s Crimeland, with its flat and colourless prose, its grim narratives and its sudden, random peaks of over-the-top violence? Depressed by yet another girl-in-a-thriller who’s consumed with self-loathing and self-pity because she’s overweight/… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Book Review “The Light of Day” by Eric Ambler (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Season’s Greetings (Neil Tidmarsh)
22 December 2016 Season’s Greetings A global look at this year’s festive spirit. by Neil Tidmarsh OK, it’s the festive season, so I think we all deserve a break from heavy comment and penetrating analysis of the world’s news this week, don’t we? So – instead of the usual focus on serious subjects such as… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Season’s Greetings (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue84:2016 12 15:“Made it, Ma! Top of the World!” Part II (Neil Tidmarsh)
15 December 2016 “Made it, Ma! Top of the World!” Part II What do Lagarde, Cahuzac, Strauss-Kahn and Rato all have in common? by Neil Tidmarsh What do the following four people have in common: Christine Lagarde, Jérôme Cahuzac, Dominique Straus-Kahn and Rodrigo Rato? Yes, they have all been finance ministers. Christine Lagarde became a… Continue reading Issue84:2016 12 15:“Made it, Ma! Top of the World!” Part II (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue83:2016 12 08:Eurexit(Neil Tidmarsh)
08 December 2016 Eurexit Change and renewal? Non, merci. Stagnation and decline? Si, per favore. by Neil Tidmarsh Goodbye Hollande, goodbye Renzi; and goodbye to Europe’s prosperity and global influence? Both leaders came to grief by proposing change and reform which their citizens roundly rejected; but without those changes and reforms, the possibility of Eurexit… Continue reading Issue83:2016 12 08:Eurexit(Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue81:2016 11 24:Readies under the bed (Neil Tidmarsh)
24 November 2016 Readies Under The Bed Narendra Modi takes note. by Neil Tidmarsh If you’re puzzled by the prime minister of India’s decision to scrap his country’s two highest denomination bank notes, and by the fortnight of social and economic chaos it’s unleashed, consider these recent news stories from around the world. This week,… Continue reading Issue81:2016 11 24:Readies under the bed (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 79:2016 11 10:Give us a ‘T’, give us an ‘R’…(Neil Tidmarsh)
10 November 2016 Give us a ‘T’, give us an ‘R’… The forty-fifth president of the United States. by Neil Tidmarsh The first thing that caught my eye when I went to Chicago a few years ago was a big, shiny, brand-new skyscraper. And the first thing I noticed about that was the word which… Continue reading Issue 79:2016 11 10:Give us a ‘T’, give us an ‘R’…(Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 78:2016 11 03:The International Criminal Court (Neil Tidmarsh)
03 November 2016 The International Criminal Court Or the International Caucasian Court? by Neil Tidmarsh “An International Caucasian Court for the persecution and humiliation of people of colour, especially Africans.” So Gambia’s Information Minister, Sheriff Bojang, described the International Criminal Court this week when announcing his country’s withdrawal from the ICC’s jurisdiction. Gambia is the… Continue reading Issue 78:2016 11 03:The International Criminal Court (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 77: 2016 10 27:All at Sea (Neil Tidmarsh)
27 October 2016 All At Sea For those in peril… by Neil Tidmarsh This week, twenty-six merchant seamen were released after nearly five years in captivity. Their ship, Nahan 3, was seized near the Seychelles in 2012 by Somali pirates wielding Kalashnikovs and grappling hooks (note that the Seychelles are getting on for 1000 miles… Continue reading Issue 77: 2016 10 27:All at Sea (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue76:2016 10 20:A tale of two cities (Neil Tidmarsh)
20 October 2016 A Tale Of Two Cities The battle for Aleppo and the battle for Mosul; significant differences. By Neil Tidmarsh In Syria, the Russian-backed regime is fighting to drive rebels from the city of Aleppo. In Iraq, the US-backed regime is fighting to drive Isis from the city of Mosul. Compare and contrast…… Continue reading Issue76:2016 10 20:A tale of two cities (Neil Tidmarsh)
