As the rock n’ roll lifestyle goes, munching on a crunchy salad Nicoise an hour before heading on stage doesn’t do for too many bands. I’m at the City Café, meeting the boys as they grab a bite prior to their performance at Cab...
Mon 09 Mar 2009 by Dan Moss | Read more »
The election of Barack Obama as US president could threaten British universities' intake of foreign students, education experts claim. Leading analysts have said that as the negative perceptions of America diminish and US visa restrictions are relaxed...
Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Marthe Lamp Sandvik | Read more »
Something new is happening in American politics. It all began when a Republican senator, George Allan called a man of Indian American descent a macaca monkey. The comment was made in a rally speech during Allan’s 2006 senate bid and the recipie...
Mon 27 Oct 2008 by Helen Walker | Read more »
A disaster is unfolding in the tribal areas of Pakistan. Every few days, unmanned American drones fly overhead, dropping bombs in an increasingly frantic search for results in the fight against al-Qaeda. But all too often the bombs miss their mark. As ...
Fri 19 Sep 2008 by Imran Khan | Read more »
An investigation by the BBC has found that academic qualifications sold on the internet by a fake university are being used by thousands worldwide, including almost 150 in Britain. St Regis University, allegedly based in Liberia, was shut down in 2005 ...
Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Nick Eardley | Read more »
On 2 September 1945, in the calm waters of Tokyo Bay, General Yoshijiro Umezu signed the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Imperial Army General Headquarters, and insodoing officially brought to a close the Second World War. From Hirosh...
Mon 19 Nov 2007 by George Grant | Read more »
Something odd is happening in the War on Terror. Although there have been apparent successes, the overall picture is by no means rosy. In the United States the media has turned on the architects of the war, President Bush and Vice-President Cheney, wit...
Mon 05 Nov 2007 by Phillip Knightley | Read more »
You can barely move these days for images of a malignant and terrifying Russia, whether it be the forlorn face of Alexander Litvinenko dying a lonely death from polonium poisoning in a London hospital, Vladimir Putin in full spy garb adorning the cover...
Mon 05 Nov 2007 by Dr Luke March | Read more »
