The Trump Story

When you consider all that has happened it’s hard to believe that we’re only 10 weeks into Trump 2.0. Upon inauguration he immediately signed a host of executive orders; to name a few, rioters who stormed the Capitol on the 6th of January were pardoned, there was an attempt to end birthright citizenship, and a…

A Weekend in the Shadow of Russia

At midday on February 26th 2022, a Toyota Prius drove away from Trakai, Lithuania’s former capital. The Ukraine flag attached to its roof was trapped in the back left window, failing to catch the wind. Then the car began to slow. Still in the middle of the road the back left door opened and shut…

Korea lays British failures bare

Covid-19 came to the attention of the world on the 31st December, 2019. The Wuhan authorities reported a cluster of infections of a novel coronavirus that originated in a wet market. Since then it has spread across the globe, infecting 11,563,004 people and killing 536,843. Yet, this is by no means evenly spread throughout the…

Why the West needs some Asian Values

Since December 31st, Covid-19 has wreaked havoc across the world. What began as an unknown disease in a Wuhan wet market has now become a global pandemic. Within three months it has put over a quarter of the world in lockdown and infected 199 territories. It has claimed the lives of over 24,000 people and…