As if to emphasise the points made in the preceding Post, today on the BBC lunchtime news, the former British Ambassador to Syria, a very distinguished diplomat, added his voice to the the chorus of criticism building up about the government’s refusal to see the need to open a dialogue with Assad to combat ISIL. […]
Practically all Europeans, and certainly the US, are coming round to the grim understanding that a significant reconfiguration of alliances will be required in the Middle East if ISIL is to be checked. In the UK two public figures known for sticking doggedly to a favoured cause whatever the cost, Sir Richard Dannatt and Sir […]
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A month or so ago, nobody had heard of the Islamic State. Now it is the dominant force of the middle east and all policy, military and political, across the region of Iraq and Syria is reactive to its advance. On the one hand this new grouping is a game changer, but on another it is damaging to […]
Ideal holiday reading, two light romantic thrillers in one volume of over four hundred pages will keep you guessing from start to finish. Written in different styles to suit the mood of each story, you will meet the shy and retiring female artist in A Gift of Treason and an extrovert private eye in Stanislaw’s Crossing. Available now in Paperback or Kindle from […]
This is a day of joy and disappointment. It is a day of video clips and political comment. It is a day of statistics. Above all it is a day to remember; indeed no student will ever forget it. For teachers this is an annual event when they gather in the harvest of their dedication […]
Ideal holiday reading, two light romantic thrillers in one volume of over four hundred pages will keep you guessing from start to finish. Written in different styles to suit the mood of each story, you will meet the shy and retiring female artist in A Gift of Treason and an extrovert private eye in Stanislaw’s Crossing. Available now in Paperback or Kindle from […]
There is no doubt that religious wars, or wars between factions of one religion, generate a sickening level of atrocities and genocide. Christianity is not immune from these horrors as history sadly records. There is no doubt either that many Islamic State fighters have indulged in horrific brutalities, graphically described by those fortunate enough to make […]
Ideal holiday reading, two light romantic thrillers in one volume of over four hundred pages will keep you guessing from start to finish. Written in different styles to suit the mood of each story, you will meet the shy and retiring female artist in A Gift of Treason and an extrovert private eye in Stanislaw’s Crossing. Available now in Paperback or […]
Americans must ask themselves three questions. Why was it necessary to shoot an unarmed man in the course of apprehending him for a minor robbery? Why was it necessary to shoot him six times? And what would they be saying if all this was happening, not in their own country, but Putin’s Russia? In the rest of the […]