Britain is becoming a less charitable nation… Charities losing money and hope
Fewer Britons than ever are donating to charities, according to recent studies, while government support is failing to keep pace...
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Award-winning Gaza documentary to screen in Leeds
Image Credit: Yousef Al-Helou A documentary featuring footage filmed in Gaza in the summer of 2023 will be screened at...
Why is the Strait of Hormuz important?
Much of the world’s fuel travels through a waterway 20 miles wide at its narrowest point: The Strait of Hormuz....
Lunchtime Liturgy: The case for Lebanese Bites over Bakery 164
Bakery 164 is iconic. I use that as a neutral term – a factual observation. I make this clear, as...
A neglected land
(Written December 2025) I stood facing the United Nations Buffer Zone in Nicosia, watching the cats pass through the designated...
The world’s forgotten wars: Myanmar
With the war in Ukraine, Iran, Lebanon and Gaza, alongside US military operations in Venezuela and new cartel crackdowns in...
On studying abroad, the French, and the undervalued art of complaining
Whenever asked if I'm enjoying studying abroad, I never miss the opportunity to respond that you’re really not supposed to...
Timothée Chalamet – The case for excusing hubris in Hollywood
Since the Oscars, I’ve been in fierce discussion with a couple of my house mates over our opinions on the...
Welcome to the age of Killer Robots
Stanley Kubrick's cult classic 2001: A Space Odyssey prophetically warned of autonomous robots through the unsettling computer system HAL 9000....
What if Yuri Gagarin had never gone to space?
12 April marks 65 years since Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, became the first human to voyage into outer space. His...