A Tale of Two Cities: Rome and the Vatican
An extract from City of Echoes: A New History of Rome, its Popes, and its People by Jessica Wärnberg.
Power and Glory
How It Started… How It's Going. Alexander Larman writes his way into a trilogy about the Windsor family.
A Bold New Future for the Arts in the UK
“Our highly-trained cormorant chorus represents the very best of Brexit Britain.”
The Parable of Poyais, Part III
Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX and Elizabeth Holmes' Theranos are but modern-day reincarnations of Cazique MacGregor’s Poyais.
The Parable of Poyais, Part II
For credulous investors, Poyais was an exotic land of unparalleled opportunity.
The Parable of Poyais, Part I
Was the remarkable territory of Poyais—full of unbounded commercial and civic promise—all it was made up to be? Or was it simply too good to be true?
Prisoners of God
The modern-day conflict of Arab and Jew looks depressingly similar to the old modern-day conflict of Arab and Jew.
The Chairman Will Take Wine
Full transcript of four speeches made by the hastily-appointed Toastmaster at the Annual Oxford and Cambridge Universities Dinner at the Residence of the British Ambassador to Argentina, on Thursday October 5th 2023.
Insanetiago
On the fiftieth anniversary of the military coup in Chile, Dominic Hilton remembers an ill-fated city break he took to Santiago a few weeks before the start of the global pandemic.
History-Making: The Trump Way
America has travelled to yet another new, if truly sad frontier, says former White House Correspondent, David Smith.
Mr Speaker
As the Speaker of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly jets off to be a speaker at the Speakers' conference in the Caribbean, ASH Smyth speaks to the Speaker about Speakership. And speaking.
Lance Armstrong’s Crucifiers Get Dropped
Ever raised close to half a billion dollars for cancer sufferers? No? Then quit your moralising about Lance Armstrong, says Mitchell Belacone.
The Royal Deafness
In their deafness, the Royal Family missed a precious opportunity with Meghan Markle, says David Smith.
Leo Messi: The Nation’s Playmaker
Lionel Messi, like Diego Maradona before him, touches the raw, national nerve of failure and transforms it into the triumph that Argentina so desperately seeks.
Aragalaya Blues
State of the Nation: unfulfilled promises and un-fuel-filled petrol pumps in Sri Lanka.
Home Thoughts from Abroad
From a distance, David Smith sees something rotten in the state of Britain.
12,000 Miles from Chernobyl
From Buenos Aires, Dominic Hilton on escaping the threat of nuclear annihilation.
Why We Should Be Grateful For The Commonwealth
On Commonwealth Day, a hungover ASH Smyth on the kindness of strangers.