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In a little over a week’s time, Norwegians head to the polls to elect a new parliament in Norway. That Sep. 13 vote isn’t about whether the Conservatives led by Prime Minister Erna Solberg can earn a third term — but by how much will her party lose.Unless there’s a dramatic c...
In four weeks’ time, Germans will be casting their ballots in a federal election that will eventually end up choosing a new chancellor. For many of Germany’s 60 million voters, it will be the first time when they will see someone other than Angela Merkel leading Europe’s strongest ...
I once spent two weeks on a Russian icebreaker ship in the Arctic. And during that voyage up the West Coast of Greenland, I watched in awe as towering icebergs calved from glaciers in thunderous and angry protest and fell into the Davis Strait. The glaciers were retreating over time, the icebergs me...
It seems as if German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been on the world stage for so long that the adage of familiarity breeding contempt might be apt. Hardly so for Germans, who view her retirement from politics with some trepidation.The events of these past weeks have hardly inspired them with confid...
I have perfected the commando roll. I only deploy it sparingly and it has never been scored by those who judge gymnastics — but I am convinced it is worthy of full 10s.I used it at Dubai Marina once when I stumbled on a piece of rebar steel that was left poking out of the footpath. Over I went...
Some 18 months into this coronavirus pandemic where we have all been so limited in where we can go, it seems eerily bizarre indeed to write this next sentence. I drove across Spain last week.Yes. I did. And it reminded me of what life was like in 2020BC — Before Covid. And what it will be like...
I have ridden a horse a couple of times but never at speed. A slight canter is fine, the prospect of full gallop terrifies me. And for someone to suggest that I train as a jockey would bring unbridled fear.Matt Hancock trained as a jockey, I kid you not. As the Member of Parliament for West Suffolk ...
Do you know what you were doing or where you were five years ago this week? Half a decade ago I was in London, reporting on the anger and jubilation that had divided the United Kingdom after 52 per cent of Britons voted in favour of Brexit and to leave the European Union.That referendum day and the ...
In regular intervals along the M5 motorway as Somerset gave way to Devon and that eased into Cornwall last week, portable electronic signs warned motorists that road closures were in effect in the St. Ives area — all because of security measures for the Group of Seven summit there. There shoul...
There’s a beauty and charm to Cornwall that’s beguiling. Rooted at the very southwest of the United Kingdom, its rugged coastline pointing forever west towards a setting sun, and small coves and fishing villages make it Britain’s favourite summer getaway spot — so much so tha...
I like having cash in my pocket — quite often not as much as I’d like — but there’s something about the rustle of banknotes and jingle of coins that’s comforting. It’s tangible. It’s real. It has value. And I know where it came from, how it was earned and ho...
Timing is everything in politics. And timing was perfect for Prime Minister Boris Johnson in recent weeks, just as voters in in the United Kingdom were heading to the polls to elect regional parliaments in Edinburgh and Cardiff, and a string of councils up and down England.But the outcomes in all th...
Divorce is never easy. It’s gut wrenching, life changing, emotionally painful and fiscally draining — no more so than if there are billions of dollars in assets and reserves to be divvied up. And when you’re the fourth richest man in the world, founded a tech company that touches m...
Last Monday, I had a haircut. Normally, the trimming of my thinning locks are not the substance of editorial commentary, but this is an exception. It was my first professional barbering in almost six months. Yes, there had been some amateur butchering of my braids over these past months, but Monday&...
Morecambe Cricket Club sits at the end of a quiet street of semi-detached houses, its neatly-trimmed playing and practice fields tucked away in a wedge bordered by a railway line.It’s about a kilometre away from the Mazuma Stadium, the home of Morecambe FC who sit in the last promotion playoff...
On Sunday, voters in the German states of Rhineland Palatinate and Baden-Wurttemberg head to the polls to elect new regional governments — a politically tense time in normal circumstances. But now, at the beginning of the end of this coronavirus pandemic, everything is far from normal.Germans,...
The importance of history now is so often overlooked in the pursuit of instant gratification and social media prominence, our era where fleeting likes and shares count as currency rather than weight and depth in matters of current affairs. That is our pity. But history is important.This week, four d...
Poll after poll seems to suggest that Scottish independence is so close — but there’s a bitter row simmering in the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) that threatens to turn that dream into a nightmare and tarnish the reputation of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. With an election due on Ma...
I have always been fascinated by accents and, specifically, how people who in the same country can differ so much in the musicality and inflection of their voices. Accents bring a texture of colour and add detail to people as soon as they open their mouth.As a young reporters starting out in the new...
This past year has been difficult for everyone. Who could possibly have imagined as 2019 rolled into 2020 that the following 12 months would be so horribly traumatic — a full-on assault on society, life, liberty, economics, travel, entertainment, sports. This pandemic has been the challenge of...
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