Russian president Vladimir Putin’s increasingly explicit imperial ambitions to reconstitute a Russian empire from the ashes of the Soviet Union has raised considerable fears among former members. The only former USSR state that has fully endorsed and supported the Russian campaign against Ukraine is Belarus, where President Alexander Lukashenko remainsContinue Reading
Review at a glance S o, comic lightning does strike twice. By roughly transposing Sheridan’s The Rivals to an RAF squadron stationed at a Sussex country house during the Battle of Britain, Richard Bean and Oliver Chris create something every bit as uproarious and ribald as Bean’s One Man, TwoContinue Reading
Reuters/Alamy A BBC investigation has found evidence supporting very serious allegations against members of the SAS while they were operating in Afghanistan in 2010-11. This includes the allegation that one unit alone may have unlawfully killed 54 people over the course of six months. The BBC found a series ofContinue Reading
wavebreakmedia / Shutterstock Gossip gets a bad rap – from tabloids full of salacious celebrity gossip, to the badly-behaved teens of television programmes like Gossip Girl. But while it might get dismissed or reported as unsubstantiated rumour, gossip is a key part of politics and the way the world works.Continue Reading
Whiteness is a modern, colonial invention. It was devised in the 17th century and used to provide the logic for genocide and slavery. The first recorded mention of “white people”, historians concur, is in English playwright Thomas Middleton’s 1613 play, The Triumphs of Truth. Ever since the 17th century, peopleContinue Reading
ARSENAL are set to continue their summer of spending by bringing in two new midfielders from Premier League rivals. Boss Mikel Arteta has already splashed out £83million on four players as he looks to get over last season’s top four disappointment. 3 Oleksandr Zinchenko worked with Mikel Arteta at ManContinue Reading
Rapid tests are no longer free in the UK for most people. Photoroyalty/Shutterstock You’ve got a sore throat and feel like you might be coming down with something. A year ago, you would likely have taken a rapid test from your stash, and tested for COVID. But what about now?Continue Reading
Review at a glance T his Second World War-set adventure features a key character and many of the motifs from Lionel Jeffries’ beloved take on the E Nesbit classic. As kids movie sequels go, it’s sweet, smart and involving. I was weeping within the first five minutes. In 1905, theContinue Reading
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Following an excruciating few days when many of his colleagues left his cabinet over yet another scandal, Boris Johnson finally resigned on July 7 as leader of the Conservative party. As the UK is a parliamentary democracy, he continues as caretaker prime minister while the contest that will produce hisContinue Reading
