The Sixth of January 2021 will be remembered by the world for a long time to come, but for all the wrong reasons.…
The United Kingdom, or at least the Great Britain part of it, finally regained its sovereignty on January 1 2021 to much acclaim,…
Appropriately enough, on Christmas Eve 2020, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, filling in for a presumably "shielding" Santa, proudly announced a much-promised and…
On 20 September 2020, a new strain of Covid-19 was isolated from a sample provided by a person in Kent. This sample was…
On 12 December 2020, Lord Patten, a so-called "Tory grandee" and former chairman of the Conservative Party, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme:…
Never before, in the history of vaccinology, have so many scientists in so many countries spent so much time developing a vaccine against…
The UK government's Spending Review 2020 (SR20) was formally announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, on 25 November 2020, although…
I have a new addition to my kitchen, in the form of a little black box. It has an endearing habit of lighting…
The Kingdom of Thailand is unique among the nations of South Asia. Throughout its long history, Thailand has escaped occupation by the European…
Over the years, many novelists have created fictional American presidents, but no writer of fiction has yet conjured up anyone quite resembling Donald…