ADVERTISEMENT A national charity set up to tackle male suicide has said the backing of two top British sports stars could be “invaluable” in encouraging more men to share their mental health issues. If U Care Share If U Care Share was founded in 2011 by County Durham mum ShirleyContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT The Tory government that was in power in 1905 was very much like the one we have now, a century and one and a half decades on. Headed by a chinless old Etonian, Arthur Balfour, it was beset by independence problems in the British Isles – then Ireland, nowContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT by Albrecht Rothacher, The LoopMay 19, 2022 We don’t know exactly what fellow dictators Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin discussed during the opening of the Beijing Winter Games in February 2022. But it was very likely to have focused on the perceived weakness of the West, and the USAContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Defra published its latest report on mass crustacean die-off in Tees Bay on 31 May. It is a curious and self-serving document that raises more questions than it answers. Some of those questions bear not simply on the causes of that catastrophe but on Defra’s integrity as guardian ofContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT This modern take on the classic children’s book by Frances Hodgson Burnett sees city girl Lennox staying at her uncle’s estate in rural Northumberland. Initially lonely and despondent with her situation, she eventually befriends her ill cousin Cooper and neighbour Dylan and the three end up going on aContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT On my way to meet Jon and Alex I’m given a flyer in the street. On one side it says “We’re F***ed” and on the backside it gives details of an upcoming talk. The flyer comes from a group called “Just Stop Oil”, whose website describes them as a,Continue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT by Albrecht Rothacher, The LoopJune 13, 2022 The Ukraine conflict has highlighted how dependent Europe is on the protective shield of NATO and the USA. Less widely commented on is the extent to which it has exposed Russia’s dependence on China. This dependence was developing long before the invasionContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Yesterday was a deeply depressing day. For me, at least, it was more depressing even than the day at the end of January 2020 when the UK left the EU. The UK has stuck two fingers up to Ireland, to the EU and to the rest of the world,Continue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Behind the glitz and gilt of the Jubilee, normal life (‘normal’ as defined by Johnson’s henchmen and women) goes on as normal – and nowhere more so than in the area of refugee policy. Behind the bunting on Buckingham Palace and the morning suits and fascinators at St Paul’s, theContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT A relieved dog owner has praised firefighters who rescued her distressed cocker spaniel when it became trapped under the roots of a fallen tree. On Saturday afternoon, Fiona Reid was enjoying a leisurely stroll with her eight year old daughter, Freya, and their spirited cocker spaniel, Baxter in CleadonContinue Reading
