There is just one bird that features in today’s photos. It is a buzzard. I remember when they were not that common in East Anglia.
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As many readers here will know, I write for The National in Scotland, which is the only pro-independence newspaper in that country. I am proud
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The Guardian has noted this morning that: Donald Trump has appointed the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and former British prime minister Tony Blair to a
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AI is happening. We are not going to stop it, and we shouldn’t pretend we can. But we can manage the economy that AI will
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A recent comment from RobertJ on this blog made me smile, and then made me think. He wrote of Funding the Future: Topsy has growed
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It was pointed out to me earlier this week that the glossary lacked an entry on globalisation. The following list makes up for that deficiency.
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I watched too much television news last night. There was much coverage of Badenoch’s sacking of Jenrick. And then there was the Reform show as
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Is the US dollar losing the trust required of a global reserve currency? The dollar isn’t just America’s currency. It is the plumbing of global
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We posted this video before midday today, but another recording delayed me from sharing it here. The transcript is as follows: How toxic do you
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