It is an ordinary Sunday afternoon in London. The sun is shining and the roar of the A40 deafens me as I grapple with the ever-present summer problem of noise and “fresh” air in my flat. I am trying to write at my desk when, suddenly, a deafening roar grabs my attention overhead. There, hanging [...]
Detention Without Trial: The 42 day treachery
Gordon Brown, like Tony Blair before him, cried that the Terror facing us must not be underestimated. It was the same battle cry which led us into the Iraq war: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid.
Fear is a fundamental tool in the hands of dictatorships. Without it, there is [...]
“The Games have always brought people together in peace to respect universal moral principles. The upcoming Games will feature athletes from all over the world and help promote the Olympic spirit.”
(Official Website of the Olympic Games)
Londoners have woken up today in the throes of a blizzard, white frosting coating their city. Temperatures in Lhasa are [...]
Buenos Aires: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
27th March 2008
After the riot, spectacle and melodrama of Iguazu, we returned to Buenos Aires to see that riots, spectacles and melodrama were hitting the big smoke in our absence. First off, the tail end of a tornado had swept through the city the day before we returned, [...]
