Verbal jousting on British and Irish Lions tours is as much a part of the deal as the rugby itself – and the mind games started anew in recent days. Wallaby coach Joe Schmidt (a Kiwi) on one side and Lions general manager of performance David Nucifora (an Australian) on the other. The psychological bunfights...
Opposition to a bill which would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales is growing among MPs, the BBC has found. The Assisted Dying Bill was supported by 330 MPs last year, passing its first major vote in the House of Commons with a majority of 55 MPs from a wide range of political parties....
In recent years in Paris, language as a phenomenon has dominated modern theoretical systems and the social sciences and has entered the political discussions of the lesbian and women’s liberation movements. This is because it relates to an important political field where what is at play is power, or more than that, a network of...
Translator’s Preface Will Tsuji Jun ever get out of the mental hospital? Will he ever get a job and stop being an intelligensia tramp? Will he ever finally reach enlightenment? Unfortunately, we all know the answers to these questions. After the war was lost, the dogs of the state took over Japan and forced poor...
BBC Parisian women smile in May 1945 after Germany’s capitulation was signed the previous day “Celebration? What celebration? It feels more like a funeral” – the damning words of a former senior Nato figure to describe this week’s ceremonies marking Victory in Europe Day. The top-level diplomat who spent years at the transatlantic defence alliance...
Fake news? Trial balloon? Big misunderstanding? At the very least, it sounds like Punchbowl News didn’t do enough checking on a “scoop” this morning. Earlier today, the DC-Media-insider site reported that Amazon had entered the tariff wars. Punchbowl alerted reader that the online giant would soon break out tariff price hikes, in order to make...
Eilish McColgan says she is simply looking to complete her marathon debut in London with “no mishaps” but then quickly admits to having a couple of “loose goals”, which turn out to be significant targets. One would be setting a new Scottish record and, if she does that, it will take care of number two...