No psychogeographic rambling with John Rogers this month: rather, a visit to a single church to hear about the plans for its restoration. But then St Anne's, Limehouse - the Cathedral of the East End - is one of the Nicholas Hawksmoor churches that inspired the London writings of Iain Sinclair and the Peter Ackroyd. The latter's Hawksmoor remains a terrifying novel. I once went to a comedy performance in the crypt of another Hawksmoor church - St George's, Bloomsbury. Sitting there, I couldn't help being aware of the tremendous weight of stone above our heads, but Hawksmoor obviously knew ...
YouGov reports: While Reform UK and Nigel Farage are increasingly popular, they remain unpopular overall. Despite their rise in the voting intention polls, our favourability polling shows 60% of Britons have a negative view of Nigel Farage, with 56% saying the same of his party. A YouGov study last year asking the public to rank parties in order of preference found that Reform UK were by far the most likely to be ranked at or close to the bottom. This calls into question Reform UK's vulnerability to the same sort of tactical voting machine that geared into action last year ...
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Lech Wałęsa likens White House treatment of Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a Soviet-era interrogation
The former Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Wałęsa has written to Donald Trump, condemning the US president's treatment of Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukraine.His letter, reports Notes from Poland, was co-signed by 38 other former political prisoners of Poland's communist regime: "We watched your conversation with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine with horror and distaste," wrote the group, referring to Trump's meeting with Zelensky in the White House on Friday, at which the pair were expected to sign an agreement but which instead turned into an angry confrontation. "We were also horrified by the fact that the atmosphere ...
Heidi Siegmund Cuda and Dmitrii Kovegin discuss where the anti-Putin resistance in Russia goes from here: "Putin killed Navalny. There is no other way to look at it. Putin along with Russian intelligence kills anyone who opposes him and the regime and who is influential. Anna Politkovskaya, Nemtsov etc. I believe Navalny went back to Russia knowing he would be imprisoned and likely die because he was courageous and believed in his purpose." J. Mckenzie Alexander asks if Popper's 'Open Society' can survive the information age: "In the book I question if, in looking for likes or retweets, we're actually ...
It's only been a little over a month since Donald Trump's return to power and already the world feels a lot less safe; our future a lot less secure. His governing style is bluster, bullying, bribery and blackmail. Sidelining Congress in favour of executive fiat, dismantling the US federal structures that threatens the reversal of 80 years of US foreign policy and world order. Even our right-wing media are rattled. On Wednesday, the Telegraph editorial (while stating the bleeding obvious) read - Sir Keir Starmer will need to tread carefully today as he sets out to gain Washington's support in ...
When you're meeting with a client, it's important to prepare. Whether you're meeting virtually or in person. For the first time or the hundredth. Preparation in this, as in many things, is the key to success. For every meeting, you need to know who you're meeting and why you're meeting them. If you're meeting with a new prospect or client, you'll need to know a bit about them and their organisation. And if they work in an industry you're not familiar with, you'll need to know a bit about that, too. Having a demonstrable degree of understanding of the client ...
A party press release brings the news: The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring forward emergency legislation in Parliament to begin the seizure of frozen Russian assets and support Ukraine. It comes as Keir Starmer hosts a meeting of European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London to discuss defence cooperation and support for Ukraine. Approximately $300 billion of Russian assets have been frozen across the G7 and the EU, with at least £25 billion being held in the UK alone. Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey warned a failure to act now to seize these assets ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 3 MARCH 2025 Seafield Road, Dundee - closed from its westmost end (in cul-de-sac) extending for a distance of no more than 20 metres in an easterly direction to facilitate a site access for a new housing development until November 2025. Blinshall Street (Douglas Street to 50 metres south) - closed until August 2025 for construction works. Douglas Street (Blinshall Street to Brown Street) - temporary traffic lights until August 2025 for construction works. Brown Street (south of Douglas Street) - closed until ...
