The Conservative Party used to be famed for its pragmatic retention of power, Paul Mason writes. It’s lost that muscle memory. Paul Mason* Meltdown’ was the word Britain’s newspapers reached for as Boris Johnson’s administration fell apart at the end of last week. As a metaphor, it’s accurate. In a literal nuclear …
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Kate Pickett ponders how social scientists can bring structural inequalities to light when media focus on individual lives. Kate Pickett* Epidemiologists and public-health researchers tend to work at scale. Although, as with doctors, our work is aimed at uncovering the causes of disease and death, our focus is a population …
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Egypt Independent Russia’s Foreign Ministry rejected a British claim on Sunday that “Russia was seeking to replace Ukraine’s government with a pro-Moscow administration”. London said that “former Ukrainian lawmaker, Yevheniy Murayev, was being considered as a potential candidate”. “The disinformation spread by the British Foreign Office is more evident that …
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Boris Johnson ignores the old truth that blaming scapegoats is one way to run a campaign, but no way to run a country. While this lasts, the flame of rational, outward-looking patriotism must be kept alight by Britain’s civil society. Peter Kellner* Dear Europe, don’t give up on us. The …
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Paul Mason finds the democratic world in the very disarray the authoritarian in the Kremlin has sought. Paul Mason* Do you want to go to war with Russia over Ukraine? You wouldn’t have to go yourself, but you would have to approve sending tens of thousands of young Europeans and …
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Young working-class people may have an aversion to being categorised on the social ladder. But that doesn’t make the ladder go away. Kate Pickett* Ladders are a potent symbol of the structure of our societies. Our social discourse about status, rank and success is full of ladder images and metaphors. …
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Eslam Omar – Ahram Online Egyptian actor, Amir al-Masry, won the ‘Best Actor’ award for playing in Scottish film, Limbo. The award was offered by the Scottish branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA Scotland) on Saturday. The 31-year-old actor was born in Cairo and raised …
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Ahram Online British Crown Prince Charles visited the Greek Campus in Tahrir square on Friday where he reviewed digital green ecological projects created by young Egyptian entrepreneurs, and social projects to protect women from violence and harassment. Accompanied by Egyptian Minister of Environment, Yasmine Fouad, the Prince participated in the …
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Ahram Online “The man who died in the botched bomb attack in the English city of Liverpool on Sunday had planned the blast for at least seven months”, the United Kingdom’s police force said on Wednesday. “Iraqi-born Emad al-Swealmeen, 32, rented a property in the city in April and had …
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Egypt Independent The United Kingdom’s heir to the throne Charles the Prince of Wales arrived in Cairo accompanied by his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. They were received by Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled al-Enany at the Cairo International airport Thursday morning. It is the second official visit to …
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