The CPB recently published a short pamphlet with brief essays or ‘provocations’ on a sample of cultural activities, which is available to download below. Here, Jim Aitken... Continue reading
Mark Perryman argues that Dad’s Army was the most popular front of them all U-Boat Captain Your name will go on the list! Vot is it? Mainwaring Don’t tell... Continue reading
Tim Martin, the public face of Wetherspoons, was given a knighthood in the NewYear Honours list. Officially this was for his services to the hospitality industry. Reports... Continue reading
Dennis Broe gives us a brief tour of Vienna: its history, museums and galleries. Above image: the restored Wien Museum, site of a city grappling with its... Continue reading
Brett Gregory interviews Dr. Matthew Alford, Lecturer in Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath (UK) BG: Hi, this is the UK Desk for... Continue reading
A simple four-part television series, Mr. Bates vs The Post Office, has prompted the head of that agency to give back her title as a CBE (Commander... Continue reading
On Wednesday, 30 October 1929, the following article was published in the German Frankfurter Zeitung, translated into German by M. Schillskaya from a Soviet newspaper. The original... Continue reading
In the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, city and church leaders cancelled all Christmas festivities this year to mourn the more than... Continue reading
The so-called ‘Biden Neocons’ are part of the Uniparty of Democrats and Republicans who have minor quibbles but one major agreement. That is their unequivocal support for... Continue reading
In each new outbreak of conflict in the world, there are different sets of structures of feeling at work, that is to say ways of thinking about... Continue reading