Election manifesto pledges are at best promises, not necessarily meant to be kept, and yet readily broken when the situation demands. The prevailing…
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This year’s summer holidays have seen the cancellation, or postponement, of many planned foreign vacations, forcing British holidaymakers to take their much-awaited holidays…
While a variety of conspiracy theorists, an assortment of Republican politicians in America, and many others across the world, including unaffiliated members of…
Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 has helped protect many people against Covid-19 as well as prevent the spread of infection to others. It has also…
The British long-haul road transport crisis: Short-term fixes and long-term considerations
For once, Britain’s road freight operators, along with the suppliers, sellers and users of road-transported goods (agriculture, construction, hospitality, and retail sectors), the…
America’s “longest war” opened on 7 October 2001 with an air campaign, as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, and finally ended, in just…
Gun Control Laws in England: A Reappraisal in the Aftermath of the Plymouth Shooting Incident
The maritime city of Plymouth, on the southern coast of the Southwestern Peninsula of England, made the national news headlines for all the…
“Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis”, the report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), was launched…
Geronimo, a six-year-old alpaca, first arrived on these shores from New Zealand four years ago, back in August 2017. His importer, Helen Macdonald,…
While we continue to learn about the behaviour of the new coronavirus and its newer variants, the Covid-19 pandemic is also teaching us…