Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

10 January 2018
Complicit Sisters: Gender and Women’s Issues across North-South Divides. by Sara de Jong. Oxford University Press. 2017. In recent years, feminist, postcolonial and…
10 January 2018
If human beings are so ineffective in confronting planetary problems, shouldn’t we seek out help wherever we can find it? A few years ago I visited an old friend at his home…
09 January 2018
Andy Tattersall argues research reporting must be improved to counter fake news. Newspaper articles, TV appearances and radio slots are increasingly important ways for…
08 January 2018
Dani Rodrik suggests that the best way to combat populist demagogues is a re-imagining of the national interest.  We will never know whether greater honesty on the part of…
04 January 2018
The WHO's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus with a call to make healthcare fair and affordable. A friend of mine was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago. He had two options. He…
03 January 2018
They believe cryptocurrencies won't affect financial stability, but there should be more regulatory oversight - new CFM survey. Cryptocurrencies have been a staple of news…
03 January 2018
The reality of racism, hatred, anger, insecurity and inequalities is spreading irresistibly. There is no way of escaping from all these daily phenomena unless there is an…
29 December 2017
Jim O’Neill from the Emerging Global Governance (EGG) Project outlines his thoughts for 2018. At the start of 2018, the world economy appears to have continued its cyclical…
22 December 2017
David wants us to throw less plastic into the sea. We say we want to be more ethical consumers. So why are we still using so much plastic?!?! This Sunday, just like last Sunday,…
22 December 2017
What does it mean to be cosmopolitan – to be the kind of ‘global citizen’ whom Theresa May famously described as ‘citizens of nowhere’? Does it…