On 23 July 2022, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the WHO, overruled the majority verdict of the Emergency Monkeypox Committee, an…
Mr. Boris Johnson’s resignation as Prime Minister of the UK on 7 July 2022 set the scene for a leadership contest within the…
On 15 July 2022, a Level 4 alert, colour-coded red, was issued by the Met Office’s National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS) for…
COVID-19 may no longer dominate the news headlines as it has over the past two years but it hasn’t gone under the radar…
The Resignation of Mr. Boris Johnson: A Reappraisal of the Role of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In the days leading up to Mr Johnson’s resignation speech of 7 July 2022, from which he left out the word “resign”, he…
Deborah James departed this world on 28 June 2022, surrounded by her loved ones. Her life, as a 35-year-old deputy head teacher and…
The 23 June 2016 EU membership referendum in the UK was followed by the emergence of two large tribal groupings of British people:…
Political leaders from all 54 member states of the Commonwealth of Nations gathered in Rwanda’s capital city of Kigali in late June 2022…
Archie Battersbee: The Tragedy of a Young Boy Caught Up in a Legal Dispute Over Brain Death
On 7 April 2022, at home in Southend-on-Sea, twelve-year-old Archie Battersbee was found by his mother, Hollie Dance, in distressing circumstances, unresponsive and…
Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, held a press conference on 14 June 2022 at Bute House, her official residence at Charlotte Square…