Throughout 2003 I sat in an air-conditioned room in Westminster, London at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry into the killings of thirteen civilians and wounding of thirteen others on 30 January
The pottery barn rule of interventionism (if you break it, you own it) has won some new adherents recently. Even many opposed to the liberation of Iraq agree that those
Thom Gunn (1929-2004)
The late Graham Chapman used to tell a (probably) true story about visiting the writer J.B. Priestley during his student days. With a group of fellow
On 14 March 2004, the Spanish people gave al-Qaida its first success at the ballot-box. It is indeed strange that a country which stood so proudly and firmly against giving
Saddam Hussein has been in the custody of United States forces for three months, yet the nature and timing of any trial is far from clear. His case may at
The terms of the Hutton Inquiry set up by the British government in July 2003 in the aftermath of the death of a distinguished biological weapons scientist and inspector were
In her article on openDemocracy, Lost in Translation: the narrowing of the American mind, Kay Dilday gives sufficient examples of the proof, if proof were needed, that Americans do not
The Good Friday agreement Northern Irelands road map to peace sprang out of the savvy political friendship of Tony Blair and Bill Clinton. It seemed in the period of
Patriotism is a dirty word to many an embarrassment or a joke. The joke consists of caricature. The embarrassment is more interesting. It is a reflection of the feeling that
The London march against war of 15 February was impressive but confused, and desperately naïve. It filled the roads with good intentions and we all know where they lead.
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