Yes and then we can work out an agreement with the Greek government for temporary exchanges, joint exhibitions etc. The argument about the Museum being a safe pair of hands has been somewhat undermined by allegations of collection items going missing and not being catalogued.
Like a lot of people on here I find the excessive romanticising of this win pretty irritating but when the train pulls into Newcastle and you see the stadium dominating the skyline it does make a statement about priorities.
I have constant hospital appointments and in my experience the people that moan the most about pretty much anything are the men in the same demographic as me; 60+.
It is becoming clear that the USA is becoming too divided to operate as as a coherent nation. It's not clear how this can be resolved as there is no common ground or even agreement on what constitutes reality. You can't put this all down to years of Russian online activity but we must be be...
Looking at it rationally no state would benefit from that scale of destruction. So the one's to worry about are those with religious extremists running or close to their governments like Israel, Iran and the USA. The apocalyptic obsessions of American evangelicals becomes particularly...
Every year I work with small teams of university students from the US on projects for a charity in Camden. I have to say I have been really impressed with their balance between fun and work and their willingness to work and learn. A small sample I know but I am 66 and I think the world is in...
The great thing about this group from a leader's' point of view is that you don't have to improve or even really maintain their standard of living, you just have to make sure that other groups visibly suffer more. They won't be watching you piling up the billions.
I agree that Putin is the obvious, and possibly only, beneficiary of this global chaos, except maybe Netanyahu. I am not sure that this makes Trump an 'asset' who is being directed from the Kremlin but I think they are happy to see his lunacy let loose and just to provide a few nudges. I think...
My dad was a diplomat so private boarding education was part of the package. I went to Windlesham House near Storrington and Lancing. I have major ethical issues about private education as I think it is a major cause of inequality and I think it's ludicrous that they were taxed as charities but...
You would expect that there would be a secure comms channel between the Five Eyes countries to be used if one of the countries elected a rogue government. I don't think anyone thought this would be the USA.
Although the re-creation of USSR 2.0 or the earlier Russian Empire is clearly Putin's objective it is a bit less clear to predict what form that would take. I guess the two options are outright invasion or the installation of puppet regimes or, and maybe more likely, a mix of the two. He clearly...
Even though I am just north of London I can walk or drive to the Lea Valley Park and have a park and woods across the road from my house. It was so important to have those close during Covid. Still miss my younger days and walks by the sea in Sussex.