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Greece launches website to help keep alive a love of its beauty, culture and people.
Greece launches website to help keep alive a love of its beauty, culture and people. (Picture: Trevor Grundy). By Trevor Grundy Greece gave the world the word democracy…. Read more >
Seventy years on and Camus’s The Plague still has the power to make us change our lives
Seventy years on and Camus’s The Plague still has the power disturb and change our ways By Trevor Grundy Books should be reviewed when they’re relevant, not just… Read more >
New Labour Party leader has a Jewish wife and calls himself a Zionist
New Labour Party leader has a Jewish wife and calls himself a Zionist By Trevor Grundy Sir Keith Starmer has been elected the new leader of Britain’s main opposition… Read more >
Boris Johnson’s handling of the Coronavirus crisis a “national scandal” says editor of The Lancet
A “national scandal” The editor of the prestigious medical journal The Lancet has hit out at Boris Johnson’s government over the way it has handled the corronavirus epidemic and condemning… Read more >
Gareth Jones lives again in a ground-breaking film about genocide in the Ukraine
The Polish director of “Mr Jones – 1933, The Holodomor” says that this is a film that tells the most important story you will ever watch. But some Russia-watchers argue… Read more >
Commonwealth watchers fear a race row could damage a multi-racial/cultural ‘club’ of billions
At a time when Britain is looking for friends outside the EU, leading Commonwealth countries have suspended contributions to the scandal-hit Commonwealth Secretariat, the body that shapes and guides the… Read more >
Hungary 1945-2020: Shoes along the River Danube
By Trevor Grundy February 11, 2020 Jews in Hungary are this week remembering the “liberation” of Budapest after a 50-day siege by the Red Army 75 years… Read more >
Boris Johnson rejects call for a second Independence referendum in Scotland
By Trevor Grundy The UK Government today (January 14, 2020) turned down a request made by Scotland’s first Minister, Nicola Sturgeon for a second referendum that could lead to… Read more >
Denis Norman 1931-2019: The Odd (White) Man In Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe
Picture shows: John Laurie, President of the CFU with June and Denis Norman in Harare (Picture: Alexander Joe) By TREVOR GRUNDY Family and friends gathered at All Saints Church at… Read more >
Guy Arnold, leading British anti-apartheid activist, dies at the age of 87
By TREVOR GRUNDY The British explorer, writer, scholar and anti-apartheid campaigner Guy Arnold died in London on Saturday January 4. He was 87. Arnold was a prolific author and journalist… Read more >