It was reassuring to read this week that the scientific journal Nature has published a final consensus among scientists that animal life was originally formed...
Had my father been alive over the past few weeks he would have been shouting at the television screen, as he did whenever a news...
The Online Safety Bill is pending in the UK Parliament. It represents a continuation of the epic battle between governments and technology companies over the...
The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland is the world’s only “rotating lift”. It raises and lowers boats and barges, and it connects three Scottish canals. It is...
Like a rolling stone, US President Joe Biden’s whistlestop tour of Belfast and various stop offs throughout the Republic of Ireland gathered no moss. Washington winced...
In the aftermath of the Second World War, Europe had to deal with a massive psychological upheaval to make sense of the new world order. The...
Referendums. Favoured by despots and autocrats as a populist tool to manipulate their citizens into reflex reactions for their own nefarious purposes, or a splendid...
