14 December 2017 Lens on the Week UK GRENFELL TOWER: Today’s memorial service for those who died in the tragedy of Grenfell Tower brings focus to some of the pressures to which the disaster has given rise. Two are worth noting. The first is that as part of a campaign to appoint a panel representing… Continue reading Issue 133:2017 12 14:Lens on the Week
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Issue 126: 2017 10 26: Xanadu in Canada and Saudi Arabia (Neil Tidmarsh)
26 October 2017 Xanadu in Canada and Saudi Arabia Stately pleasure domes decreed by Google and Prince Mohammed. By Neil Tidmarsh Last week President Sisi of Egypt donned the mantle of Coleridge’s Kubla Khan and announced plans to build his country a new capital city – “a miracle of rare device” no doubt – in… Continue reading Issue 126: 2017 10 26: Xanadu in Canada and Saudi Arabia (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 53:2016 05 24: Week in Brief International
12 May 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe AUSTRIA: Chancellor Werner Fayman resigned, and will step down as leader of the Social Democrats, after defeat by the far-right Freedom Party in the first round of presidential elections. FRANCE: Following the detection of bird flu in the foie gras producing region of south west France, farms… Continue reading Issue 53:2016 05 24: Week in Brief International
