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Is international diplomacy working?

Posted on February 23, 2012     Leave a Comment

Hello all. I’m writing this instead of revising for my mocks, planning university applications and generally doing things I need to do. But, you know, if I don’t blog for a while I get really cranky. Really cranky. Anyway, what do I have to say today… Firstly, a word or several on Syria. Along with […]

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Happy New Year! 2011 in review

Posted on December 31, 2011     Leave a Comment

It’s been quite the year. Let me take you back in time and show you how the world changed – mostly for the better. January and February saw most of Europe glued to its television screens as people in the Arab world joined together in open rebellion against the despots who have ruled the Magreb […]

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The worrying lack of news – apart from that of the World

Posted on July 19, 2011     Leave a Comment

The headlines are still dominated by the phone-hacking saga, which is now dragging on a tad. This author welcomed the resignation of the News of the World’s former Editor and CEO of News International, Rebekah Brooks, but is now getting bored. Well, I was, until the Met’s chief commissioner resigned on Sunday. I did not […]

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The News of the World leaves everyone with a nasty headache

Posted on July 13, 2011     Leave a Comment

The best selling British newspaper ever made a swift exit from new stands last week, when News Corp – the company owned by Rupert Murdoch, the media tycoon – decided to pull the plug amid a furore over the now infamous phone hacking scandal. If this sudden end to the 168-year-old publication was meant to […]

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