Editor in chief

Editor in chief:  Said Batrouni

PEN Name:  Marcos Fidel

Israel’s forthcoming general election

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 27 April 2026 The forthcoming Israeli general election, scheduled for October 2026 unless precipitated […]

27.04.2026

This morning’s overnight strikes on Odesa

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 27 April 2026 The night of 27 April 2026 in Odesa unfolded in a […]

27.04.2026

On the importance of saying no

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 27 April 2026 The capacity to say no is one of the most underrated […]

27.04.2026

Celebrities’ social media cycles

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 27 April 2026 The modern celebrity exists within a peculiar and self-sustaining rhythm — […]

27.04.2026

Chornobyl’s fortieth anniversary

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 27 April 2026 On 26 April 1986, in the early hours of a spring […]

27.04.2026

Attacks upon the legal profession in the United States

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 26 April 2026 There is a quiet but corrosive tension at the heart of […]

26.04.2026

The Essar refinery in England: a sanctions busting scandal

Sunday 26 April 2026 The story of Essar Group and its British refinery at Stanlow Oil Refinery is not at […]

26.04.2026

Reason and emotion in politics

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The conceit that democratic politics is a contest of ideas, rationally debated and soberly adjudicated […]

26.04.2026

Ukraine: a most grievous spectacle

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 26 April 2026 In the style of King James I of England, VI of […]

26.04.2026

Land robots changing the front line landscape in Ukraine

Sunday 26 April 2026 The war in Ukraine has, from its earliest days in 2014 and with terrible intensity since […]

26.04.2026