Where would we be without tabloids to inform us about important scientific news? Scientists fear wolves living in Chernobyl’s radioactive forbidden zone may be spreading mutant genes across Europe. The …
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I won’t lie and say that “The Daily Chrenk’s Best Proverbs From Around The World” are back by popular demand. Unlike the still often remarked upon and secretly missed “Girls …
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An apt follow up to my blog post yesterday about political activists using the climate change issue as an excuse and a cover to push for a radical transformation of our …
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I’m glad that I got the chance to walk down Avenue des Champs-Elysees from Arc de Triomphe towards Louvre when doing so did not mean getting gassed by the police …
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Hillary Clinton – she’s got principles; and if you don’t like them, she’s got some others ones too: Europe must get a handle on immigration to combat a growing threat …
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Oh Germany, really? As the Russians say, “proverbs are the coins of the people” – and they should know, as both Tsarism and communism ensured the people didn’t have too …
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I don’t often sympathise with Donald Trump, but when I do it’s when he travels to Europe to meet with the motley crew of what passes as the continent’s best …
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At least the Brits had won the war that Basil Fawlty urged his staff not to rub the German guests’ noses in. It seems a lot of people are pretty …
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Gender and sexuality being fluid, and increasingly colour and ethnicity too, why not age? When you abandon any objective standards – because they reflect the power structures in the society …
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Europe is a big continent , with lots going on in different parts of it, but I’ll be quite interested to see how these two trends might get reconciled: Ireland’s …
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An artist formerly known as Sinead O’Connor becomes a Peace* Symbol: Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has revealed she has renounced Catholicism and converted to Islam, taking the new name “Shuhada’ …
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Over the past few days two public figures have received flak for acknowledging the military talents of historically incorrect generals. The first case was a typical fake news beat-up, the …
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As they say, so much “Guardian”: In some respects, the UK military – the institution, rather than the people – is itself a far-right organisation. On one hand it is …
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Just because 2018 can’t get any surreal, German tabloid “Bild” has tracked down Adolf Hitler’s relative to ask him, among other things, about Donald Trump: Relatives of notorious Nazi leader …
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The progress report is glowing: Ukraine launched Friday a park of photovoltaic panels at the former Chernobyl power plant as the country seeks to use solar power to give the …
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And it’s not the side of the Middle East’s only liberal democracy, which is surrounded by hundreds of millions of people who would love to see the second Holocaust happen: …
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It’s been a rather rough three centuries for this formerly largest and one of the most powerful countries in Europe. During its golden age, Poland – or the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth …
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Just over a year ago, I was walking in the shadow of one of Iceland’s largest and most unsettled volcanoes. Katla – kettle or cauldron in Icelandic – looms like …
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A 21-year old Conservative Councillor from Holme Valley Parish Council in West Yorkshire shows them how it’s done: A Tory councillor who fell victim to death threats and vile sexist …
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