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British Jewish leaders condemn Netanyahu’s latest Gaza offensive
Theodor Herzl was one of the architects of Zionism and author of The Jewish State which had an enormous impact on upper class British politicians, men like Arthur Balfour,… Read more >
Confused white farmers in cash-strapped Zimbabwe hang on between a rock and a hard place
White farmers like to believe they have a future on Zimbabwe. But memories bordering on nightmares are never far away when they look back and remember what Robert Mugabe… Read more >
The voice of a long-silenced whistle-blower is heard again as historians mark the 165th anniversary of the birth of Emily Hobhouse
The suffering experienced in the camps left a lasting legacy of bitterness amongst the Boers. Between 18,000 and 28,000 Boers died, 80% of them children. The British did not bother… Read more >
Geoffrey Nyarota (1951-2025) – Death of a Zimbabwean media giant who inspired a generation of journalists
Geoffrey Nyarota at the time he took on ruling party big wigs and exposed massive corruption at the heart of the new Zimbabwe Zimbabweans mourn the death of Geoffrey… Read more >
South Africa defies Trump and pays the high price of principles that Nelson Mandela promised to uphold forever
Nelson Mandela with Yasser Arafat in Palestine in November 1999. The South African leader said he would never ever betray or let down the Palestinians. The Republic of South… Read more >
Mysterious North Sea oil tanker collision – Yet another threat to Europe’s endangered wildlife
Bempton Cliffs in East Yorkshire, close to where the disastrous oil tankers collided on Monday 10 March 2025 (picture: Trevor Grundy) Environment experts say that an oil tanker… Read more >
New Zealand fires its top man in London to stop Donald Trump blowing a fuse in Washington
Phil Goff – New Zealand High Commissioner to the United Kingdom until he asked about Trump’s knowledge of history It’s Commonwealth Day (March 10, 2025) Representatives from the 54… Read more >
Fifty years down the line and still a deafening silence about the assassination of Herbert Chitepo
Herbert Chitepo. A stamp of approval from a government that dares not answer a vital question – Who killed him and why? Who killed Herbert Chitepo in March… Read more >
History repeats itself: First as a Nazi salute and then as “an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm”
Elon Musk making one of his “awkward gestures” at a rally of Trump supporters in Washington In the 1930s, giving the Hitler Salute was a way of demonstrating one’s… Read more >
General Synod 2025: Some Church of England bishops would be forced to stand down were they subjected to scrutiny by a truly independent board of child sex abuse examiners
Outspoken and courageous, Dame Jasvinder Sanghera. She has raised a subject that will cause hearts in the Church’s out of touch hierarchy to miss a beat or two The… Read more >