By Alexander Lee.
“If there is a single underlying cause for the riots, it is to be found in the shocking social problems in Britain’s depressed suburbs and in the gradual abandonment of social questions by mainstream political discourse.”
By Alexander Lee.
As revolutions unfold in the Middle East, we must not look on these brave actions as foreign measures, alien to democratic nations. They are not the distant, muffled sounds of nations from which we are separated by an unbridgeable divide, but a call to arms for all those who suffer.
By Alexander Lee.
“Is it better to be chaste and restrained but moral and sociable, or promiscuous and free but atomised and isolated?”
By Alexander Lee.
In 1993, two ten-year-olds tortured, abused, and killed a toddler. In 2001, they were released from prison. One of the juvenile murderers has now been rearrested on child porn charges. The question is: where does justice lie?
By Alexander Lee.
Silvio Berlusconi isn’t an ideal leader. In fact, he’s a crook. But sometimes, the crook is still the best option…
By Alexander Lee.
“The recent rise of right-wing populism in Italy has been frightening. Counterintuitively, only the Italian left can stop it.”
By Alexander Lee.
“I have a confession to make. I am an historian. I am useless. I am glad. This is the way it is meant to be.”
By Alexander Lee.
A sky signed with honour: remembering Antoine de Saint-Exupery in life, literature and flight.
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