Category: Ukraine

I didn’t have anything to write about in the last issue. I was coping with a family emergency at exactly the wrong time, and the needs of others took top…

“Only a maniac could want a nuclear war,” say both sides of a conflict that shows no sign of abating. And, whilst the establishments in both the east and the…

Xenos, an ancient Greek word, can be translated as ‘stranger’ or ‘guest’ but, combined with the word ‘phobia’, it means fear of strangers. In Swahili the word mgeni is similar…

I’ve always talked openly to the boys about most things; it wasn’t a conscious decision so much as an instinctive one. When they got to the age where they could…

Is Putin a war criminal? Russia is fighting a dirty war in Ukraine. Civilians are not just collateral damage. They are being targeted in his desperate attempt to reboot the…

Nuclear war is now more likely than at any time since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. The USA had set up missile bases in Turkey, and Russia retaliated by…

There are encouraging signs from the latest peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. According to Reuters, both sides reported positive progress from the talks which began at the weekend. Ukraine…

This week’s briefing is focussed, of course, on the war in Ukraine but with articles on Climate Emergency, International Womens’ Day and poverty. We recommend you use this full screen…

Who profits from war? Arms companies profit, obviously. They benefit directly from selling arms to combatants in actual wars, but also from increased tensions in the world that drive up…

All refugees should be welcome here. As one of the richest countries in the world we should accept our moral obligation. We have failed the victims of other theatres of…