Natural events such as volcanic eruptions can test faultlines in society – as well as those in the Earth’s crust from which they arise.
Martin Askew, who was arrested at the London protests against the Israeli invasion of Gaza, was found guilty on two counts of violent disorder on Tuesday. He will be sentenced on 28 May.
If elections are the hallmark of a successful democracy, Britain isn’t doing too badly.
The Tories want us to join them in governing the country.
The media went into overdrive over the party leaders’ first televised debate. There were many inanities, including Liberal MP Chris Huhne being asked if the debate was shallow, responding with "Yes it’s shallow but less shallow than what went before." And ex-Labour MP Oona King offering, "The problem with television is that it's very televisual".
The cuts to universities recently announced by the Brown government are another step in the ongoing process of marketisation of higher education.
I woke on Sunday to the news of Eugene Terreblanche’s death—it made my bank holiday weekend.
Details of chancellor Alistair Darling’s budget amount to a restatement of war on the working class.
It is sometimes said that politicians think in terms of weeks, statesmen in terms of decades and the pope in terms of centuries.
A high-profile court case in the United States, involving British-based oil multinational BP, has hardly been reported here. Yet it tells us so much about how giant companies and the law operate.
I travelled to Palestine over the weekend. At Tel Aviv airport I was one of thousands of happy tourists arriving for Easter. Like them, I was waived through customs without much hassle – an easy entry into the country.
