The summer is most certainly over. It is sometimes hard to tell in the UK but I’ve cunningly learned over time that you know for sure when the rain keeps falling but your feet start freezing. Experience is everything! The silly season of journalism was late this summer. The queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics …
Monthly Archive: September 2012
Sep 20 2012
An interview with Chris Walker
Christopher Walker had a busy summer reporting for GRNlive. What with the Queen’s Jubilee, the Olympics, and Julian Assange taking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy, we had our veteran correspondent zigzagging across London relentlessly in our schizophrenic weather, be it torrential rain pouring on the Queen’s flotilla, and stifling sun beating over the heads of …
Sep 12 2012
Missing the Spirit of the Moment
The British exhilaration over the Olympic and Para-Olympics games must have puzzled some spectators. In July they unanimously converted overnight from a grumpy and grunting “this is going to be dreadful, I’m getting out of London until it is over” kind of mood, to a state of national exhilaration which threw them back – as …
Sep 03 2012
Mind the Gaff
Politicians, especially US republican ones, are known to put their foot in it when it comes to world facts. George W Bush has broken some world records when it comes to factual gaffs and us, journalists, were the first to get on his case for it. Mitt Romney is constantly challenging Bush Junior’s title, with …
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- First Tropical Polar Bear Dies Aged 27 in Singapore Zoo - Newsweek April 25, 2018NewsweekFirst Tropical Polar Bear Dies Aged 27 in Singapore ZooNewsweekThe world's first and only polar bear to be born in the tropics has died in Singapore, ending the long and controversial story of the beloved animal. Inuka, a male polar bear born in Singapore in 1990, succumbed to age-related ailments on Wednesday ...First 'tropical' polar […]
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- Madrid leader Cifuentes resigns over supermarket 'theft video' - BBC News April 25, 2018BBC NewsMadrid leader Cifuentes resigns over supermarket 'theft video'BBC NewsThe head of Spain's Madrid region has stepped down amid shoplifting allegations, weeks after being accused of faking a master's degree. Cristina Cifuentes condemned as a personal attack the publication of a video from 2011 showing her handing items to ...Spanish politician resigns over theft and […]
- The West has been bombing Syria longer than you might think - The Conversation UK April 25, 2018The Conversation UKThe West has been bombing Syria longer than you might thinkThe Conversation UKIn response to the Syrian government's alleged use of chemical weapons in the city of Douma on April 7 2018, the US, the UK and France recently launched missile strikes against targets in the cities of Damascus and Homs. The coalition […]
- Trump suggests he could be persuaded to stay in Iran deal - Financial Times April 25, 2018Financial TimesTrump suggests he could be persuaded to stay in Iran dealFinancial TimesDonald Trump has hinted that he could be persuaded to keep the US in the Iran nuclear deal after talks with French president Emmanuel Macron, who pledged to work with Washington to contain the Islamic republic. Mr Trump, who has given European ...Melania […]
- Report finds rising 'climate of hate' towards the media - Financial Times April 25, 2018Financial TimesReport finds rising 'climate of hate' towards the mediaFinancial TimesThere are signs that press freedom has worsened around the world amid unprecedented attacks on the media in Europe and the spread of China's model of state-controlled news to other parts of Asia, according to a new report. The latest world press ...The freedom of […]
- UN warns Idlib could be next Syrian disaster zone in 'marathon of pain' - The Guardian April 25, 2018The GuardianUN warns Idlib could be next Syrian disaster zone in 'marathon of pain'The GuardianThe UN's two most senior Syria experts have warned of an Aleppo-style humanitarian catastrophe in Idlib as an EU donor conference aimed to raise up to $6bn (£4bn)to help Syrians displaced both inside and outside the country. Idlib is the last […]