Why are poor people so much nicer than rich people?
It’s a broad generalisation – but the author can only go off his extensive experiences bouncing between the developing and developed worlds
No coffee, please, but Ethiopia can burn
Ethiopia, the home of coffee, falls apart under the world’s muddled gaze while Portugal implements arbitrary Covid-19 restrictions on caffeine consumption
Thank goodness for stereotypes
While living in a world of constant confusion, at least we can have some idea about how a person might behave depending on which country they are from
Catholicism at its most bonkers—and prescient
The strange and startling events at Fatima continue to intrigue and haunt as the Catholic Church wrestles against the liberalising world order
Are men losing the chance to love other men?
The modern trend to write off male camaraderie as “bromance” is doing great harm to young men
The moral injuries in store for NHS workers
Research is revealing invisible injuries beyond the traditional diagnosis of PTSD, with important applications for healthcare staff caught up in battling Covid-19
Ethiopia teeters as UK government is preoccupied by Covid-19
Developing countries that the UK assists are being sidelined as the UK government’s attention is seized by Covid-19 and domestic troubles
Are we trapped in our own version of The Truman Show?
The longer the pandemic and the platitudes go on, the more something doesn’t feel quite right
A salute to our oldest ally
There’s far more to Portugal than its reputation as one of Europe’s economic basket cases
We have dispensed with independent thought
Are we just going to continue outsourcing every foundational fibre of our being?