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Dan Sillett
Nov 224 min read
John Prescott: The Politician Who Pulled No Punches
I like rediscovering remarkable things. More often than not, this happens with songs that have been buried at the bottom of my Spotify...
Europinion
Nov 212 min read
John Prescott: Former Deputy PM Passes Away at 86
John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott, who served as the United Kingdom's Deputy Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007, passed away peacefully...
Omar Khram
Oct 163 min read
Alex Salmond, big beast of Scottish politics, dead at 69: What next for the SNP?
The SNP, almost exhaustively lampooned as a pariah in British politics, representing more of a parliamentary thorn rather than a serious...
Charlotte Rowland
Sep 243 min read
New Zealand's Māori King dies at the turn of the Pacific tide
Kua hinga te tōtara i Te Waonui a Tāne. A mighty Totora tree has fallen. A few weeks have passed since the death of Kiingi Tuheitia...
Lina Bounab
May 83 min read
Frank Field: 40 Years an MP
Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead, and former MP for the Birkenhead constituency for 40 years, passed away on the 23rd of April 2024...
Sean Young
Feb 173 min read
Alexei Navalny: Putin Critic Dies in Prison Now the West Must Learn its Lesson
On Friday the 19th of February, Alexei Navalny died in a Russian penal colony. As per local media, Navalny, 47, became unwell after a...
Adelie Aubin
Dec 28, 20234 min read
Jacques Delors: Remembering the Man who Forged the EU
On the 27th of December 2023 Jacques Delors, passed away. The passing of the former Minister of Finances of France under the socialist...
Cyrus Larcombe-Moore
Dec 2, 20234 min read
Alistair Darling: 2008 Casts a Long Shadow on Former Chancellor's Memory
Alistair Darling, who died of cancer aged 70, was the former Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer under Gordon Brown during the most...
Lance Moore
Dec 1, 20233 min read
Henry Kissinger: Remembering America’s Polarising Statesman
On November 29th, 2023, the both revered and reviled Cold War-era American statesman Henry Kissinger died at the age of 100 at his home...
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