World

This week marks the first anniversary of the passing of the philosopher Roger Scruton. It is tempting to suggest that he went home at about the right time, for he…

“A light unto the nations” is a phrase that originated from the Prophet Isaiah, which describes the universal destiny of the people of Israel as the spiritual and moral trailblazers…

Britain is once again a free, independent, sovereign nation. Our Parliament, the oldest in the world (apart from the Tynwald, Isle of Man), once again has control over the laws it…

The beginning of 2021 is shaping up to look just as bad, if not worse, than the early autumn of 2020. This should be of little surprise given the relaxation…

In recent years, it has become somewhat of a truism in certain conservative circles that Donald Trump is someone to be embraced and Joe Biden feared. But as Trump’s time…

Boris Johnson entered Number 10 after his resounding electoral victory with several important promises to keep. Promises from the 2016 referendum and from the 2019 general election campaign. It was…

There have been many political slogans over the years, but few have proved more potent than ‘take back control’. In a globalised world, with power increasingly siphoned away from ordinary…

Since the 1980s, Brazil has been fighting a dangerous epidemic called dengue fever, a disease caused by a virus and transmitted by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito. Every year Brazilian authorities make great efforts…

If 2020 has taught us anything concrete, it is to expect the unexpected. We must be vigilant and prepared for the tumultuous times in which we live.  You would not…

As has no doubt been drilled into all of our minds by this time, thanks to endless round robin emails and articles in the press, 2020 has been a year…