Should we ever intervene?

So, I have a confession to make. I am currently reading Tony Blair’s autobiography “My Journey”. Now there are loads of reviews out there of it and I shan’t add to the list (unless I can’t think of anything else to write about!). I’m not half way through and I haven’t yet reached the Iraq [...]

Now That We Have Tasted Hope

I was listening to Radio 4 this morning and heard the Libyan poet Khaled Mattawa reading his poem Now That We Have Tasted Hope and found it very moving, especially with the cost of what is going on in Libya coupled with the desire for freedom.

Now That We Have Tasted Hope

Now that we have tasted hope
Now that we have come out of hiding,
Why would we live again in the tombs we’d made out of our souls?

Obama fiddling whilst Libya burns

I must admit it. I was pleased when President Obama became president. I’m not a big follower of US politics but I read the odd article. One of the things that seemed to be his strongest card was his realisation about how much the Guantánamo Bay camp was poisoning