Kosovo: a website bibliography for students
A website bibliography of writings and texts on Kosovo for teachers and students to quote from or plagiarise, according to choice [More >>>]
Category: International Affairs
Yes, it’s Kosovo again: a modest proposal
My letter in Saturday’s Guardian points out the fatal flaw in the solution for Kosovo proposed by Mr Garton Ash. I suggest outlines of a better settlement, least bad for everyone including the Kosovo Albanians, and achievable [More >>>]
‘Hitler’s Favourite Royal’: getting it right (not)
A historical consultant to the TV programme ‘Hitler’s Favourite Royal’ confirms that it contained some errors in describing the Duke of Albany’s royal relationships, here corrected [More >>>]
On the November 2007 Australian elections (2)
Further comments on the dramatic Australian election results of November 2007 by an experienced Australian observer, John Greenwell [More >>>]
A view of the Australian election result — (1)
John Langmore, former Australian Labor Party MP and international civil servant, now an academic and writer, reflects on last week’s Australian elections [More >>>]
Kosovo looms yet again
My letter in the Times (23.xi.07) exposes some myths about the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia over Kosovo in 1999. Need to head off a Kosovo Albanian UDI [More >>>]
A referendum on the EU treaty: bad idea
My letter in today’s Times argues that the risk of losing a referendum on the EU treaty, with catastrophic consequences for the UK, is one no responsible government should take [More >>>]
Rendition, the Movie
New US film ‘Rendition’, about the illegal CIA practice of kidnapping a terrorist suspect for interrogation in a country practising torture, deserves to be seen both for its political message and as excellent cinema, notwithstanding some misconceived criticism in some of the UK media [More >>>>]
The Marseillaise
The words of the French national anthem, to sing along at the Rugby World Cup semi-finals [More >>>]
Jottings after an absence
Random comments after three weeks away on: Gordon Brown’s conference speech, meritocracy and equality of outcomes, the election date fever, the new flawed case for the attack on Iraq, Blair’s limited new job, and the latest folly of the Foreign Office censors [More >>>]