Several French government statements in August suggested that France might become involved militarily in Niger in order to restore constitutional order. On July 26, a…
Several French government statements in August suggested that France might become involved militarily in Niger in order to restore constitutional order. On July 26, a…
This is an interview of Radix co-founder Joe by Derek Bates, about his life and career and about his book, The New Political Capitalism. “We…
The day the First World War broke out, 4 August 1914, the future poet Edward Thomas was waiting for his wife and children to arrive on…
As we approach the time for another election, the temptation is to try to turn the so-called housing ‘crisis’ into a partisan issue. Each party…
Blimey! Wonders will never cease! The Daily Telegraph – of all places – has set aside their normal knee jerk reaction against anything that smacks…
Faced with the growing number of anti-French demonstrations in French-speaking Africa – in the Central African Republic, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal and now Niger –…
“The night of three by-elections gave just enough of a split decision for all sides to claim victory,” wrote Jonathan Freedland in the Guardian on…
Ten years ago exactly, in the summer of 2013 – when I was househunting in Sussex and had just published my book about the coming…
I was just talking to a friend about her travails with car insurers Aviva. Apparently, they told her – when she finally got through to…
“Rather than collecting taxes from the wealthy,” wrote the New York Times editorial board in a July 7 opinion piece, “the government is paying the…
When people meet, almost the first question is ‘What do you do? The answer establishes status and assists in deciding if there are common interests….
I remember a conversation which I had some time ago, which may actually just have been with myself, about the alliance that made up the…