Little Letterhole: Remembering the Prague Spring
ON 20 AUGUST 1968, half a million Warsaw Pact soldiers swarmed into Czechoslovakia. Within 24 hours, the whole country wasContinue Reading
Tag: russia
World Cup 2018: Should Russia be hosting?
When Russia was awarded the hosting rights of this year’s FIFA World Cup, more than a few eyebrows were raised. But did FIFA make a good choice, or was it driven by corruption and greed?
Jeremy Corbyn must never become prime minister
Though far from the Marxist bogeyman he is so often portrayed as, Jeremy Corbyn’s response to the Russia crisis highlights why he must never become prime minister.
2017 in retrospect: Donald’s year
In retrospect, 2017 hasn’t produced a lot of good news, from Trump to the sexual harassment revalations. But don’t despair: there are signs the tide is beginning to turn.
Little Letterhole: What’s a World Cup without Italy?
WHAT’S A WORLD CUP without Italy? Anyone following the draw today, will have been dismayed to see the four-time worldContinue Reading
Trumpocalypse
Against the odds Donald Trump will be President of the United States: the most powerful man in the world. Beholden to Putin and a regressive agenda, America’s best hope is to let Trump discredit himself.
When we were refugees: Anglo-Saxons on the Black Sea
Whether fleeing civil war in Syria, or political oppression in Africa, the right-wing media has met refugees with scorn. This is in contrast to a past of English people both welcoming and being refugees.
Little Letterhole: The bear is back
I’VE NEVER been to Russia. It’s a huge, bear-shaped hole at the eastern edge of my personal map of Europe.Continue Reading
The lost clubs of old Germany
In the 1930s, Germany threatened to be a football power, finishing third in the 1934 World Cup. Then, they had a larger country from which to pick talent – an eastern province with a lost football history.
