The cost of peace
We are living in the longest ever known period of European peace primarily because the warring powers are talking together rather than murdering one another. The annual cost of that peace is miniscule ...
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Peace in our time
I was amazed to read in one of the letters in the July issue: “The most important argument for the EU is that this institution has maintained the peace in Europe for almost 70 years”. For ...
The devastating effects of divorce
Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs THE PAST (Artificial Eye). A husband (Ali Mosaffa) and wife (Berenice Bejo), long separated, meet after a four year absence in order to divorce. Her lover (Taha ...
Stop celebrating war!
One minute it’s the continuing World War 1 commemorations, the next it’s the anniversary of D-Day, and World War 2. When will it stop? To celebrate heroic fighting is one thing, but war it ...