Nestlé and Azerbaijan
Interesting article here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7382415.stm on the BBC website about Nestlé getting into hot water in Azerbaijan. Apparently they gave away […]
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The Decline and Fall of the Pax Americana
The Pax Americana is the term used to describe the peace supposed to be established in the world by the […]
Norwegian mountains / British history
Just back from Norway and had their love of nature and especially their beloved mountains impressed on me once more. […]
Should we boycott the Beijing Olympic Games?
The Olympic Games are again to be used for political aims. The recent unrest in Tibet, but also in the […]
President Nicolas Sarkozy’s State Visit to England
As a Frenchman working and living in England, I was particularly interested in the recent visit of my President and […]
Tim Berners-Lee
Interesting article in the Telegraph this morning about Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the modest creator of the web: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/03/30/sv_timbernerslee.xml He seems […]
McDonald’s
First of all, thank you to all the people commenting on our brand new blog. Much easier to write when […]
The Crooked Timber of Humanity
Re-reading (amongst other things) Isaiah Berlin’s wonderful collection of essays, The Crooked Timber of Humanity. The title is based on […]
Fair Play
Saw an article in last week’s press about a new study showing that the British really do have a sense […]
Barack Obama
It is understandable why cross-culturalists around the world are showing greater-than-usual interest in the lead-up to the US Presidential elections. […]