June 19, 2018
Could England become independent as Scotland quits the UK? Murray Ritchie says emboldened nationalists are now showing renewed optimism amid growing signs of impatience with their first minister’s caution. The SNP always…
June 18, 2018
More than 10 per cent of the European Union’s GDP is already dependent on space-related services and major investments by the EU have enabled progress that no member state could have achieved…
June 12, 2018
A growing tide of desperate people seeking sanctuary and a surging anti-immigrant sentiment among the native populations of some nations will lead to an even greater crisis in Europe, writes Geoff Kitney….
June 7, 2018
So it is agreed, capitalism is broken – for many. Can it be fixed to make it more “inclusive and sustainable”? Yes, says a politician and an economist, but their remedies diverge….
May 31, 2018
Or as John Egan discovers, in diplomatic parlance, it is the art of compromise. It seemed that the time for talking was running out at the OECD yesterday. President Donald Trump’s most…
May 28, 2018
A new “anti-system” political coalition in Italy is stirring up the relative tranquillity of the Eurozone economy. Banks and businesses are fastening their seatbelts and preparing for a bumpy ride, John Egan…
May 25, 2018
By Romina Sofia Fitzgerald (aged 7). I stopped my horse riding lessons when the winter got too cold. My Daddy told me bedtime stories about horses instead. One night, he told me…
May 17, 2018
A British businessman has engineered a renaissance in 1960s car design — but it was never this good back then, writes James Fitzgerald. They say a picture speaks a thousand words —…
May 14, 2018
James Fitzgerald talks to the man who championed seasonal vegetables well before they became fashionable. Guy Singh-Watson, founder of Riverford Organic Farmers, is thinking outside the box once again as he prepares…
May 8, 2018
Post-Brexit trade policy and whether or not the United Kingdom wants to remain in the European Customs Union, has not sparked the informed debate it deserves, writes Geoff Kitney. If the world…